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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    F5 BIG-IP

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AF5 BIG-IP software from Seattle-based F5 Networks is a load balancing and application protection solution suite available on cloud or via virtual editions, on a subscription or perpetual licensing basis.N/A

    NGINX

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    NGINX, a business unit of F5 Networks, powers over 65% of the world's busiest websites and web applications. NGINX started out as an open source web server and reverse proxy, built to be faster and more efficient than Apache. Over the years, NGINX has built a suite of infrastructure software products o tackle some of the biggest challenges in managing high-transaction applications. NGINX offers a suite of products to form the core of what organizations need to create…N/A
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    F5 BIG-IPNGINX
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    F5 BIG-IPNGINX
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    F5 BIG-IPNGINX
    Considered Both Products
    F5
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    NGINX is known for its high performance and scalability, particularly in serving static content and handling large volumes of concurrent connections.
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    I used NGINX and Cloudflare CDN and now that F5 owns NGINX it’s been an easy switch. Cloudflare has a very intuitive platform that makes it easy to get up and running. Most of my experience is with F5 and I’m happy to say it’s made my experience streamlined enough that I …
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    Porque nos es agnóstico a la tecnología implementada, de esta manera podemos evaluar en un futuro adquirir nuevas tecnologías y no depender de un solo vendor para implementar distintas necesidades que puedan surgir a futuro. Por lo tanto, se puede decir que los productos de F5 …
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    Number of issues or errors are very small, F5 BIG-IP change OS/Firmware architecture to microservice run on the container to easy to maintain and upgrade. Good support from engineer teams. Security functions upgrade and F5 BIG-IP is one important component in F5 Platform …
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    The company was already utilizing F5 BIG-IP when I started.
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    We have multiple vendors in our environment. As we have a number of F5 devices already deployed keeping them fed and happy is a task. We continue with F5 as the data plane is solid and management tools are consistent with automation objectives.
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    They agility of the product and the simplicity is great compare to other solutionsv
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    F5 BIG-IP meet the requirements and was on the company approved product list to purchase
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    Easy to configure , hardware based , no need to maintain or secure operating system and better performance.
    Better performance and stability against Citrix.
    With the virtualization feature you can have many virtual appliances for other environments like PoCs or Developments …
    Incentivized
    Chose F5 BIG-IP
    F5 has wide range of the environment coverage, including on-prem and clouded, it also has lots of options and flexibility in term of the processing the traffic (I.e. irule to customized based on the application need), unlike the application gateway which limited ONLY to what …
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    F5
    Chose NGINX
    Have not used anything further. Did table with the web service for ab it.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    F5 BIG-IPNGINX
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of F5 BIG-IP and NGINX
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    F5 BIG-IP
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    Ratings
    NGINX
    7.8
    21 Ratings
    IDE support00 Ratings7.210 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings9.718 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    User Ratings
    F5 BIG-IPNGINX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (129 ratings)
    8.8
    (48 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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