We performed a comparison between Apache Web Server and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"It is more secure to use Apache and you will have fewer problems than other web services."
"Apache Web Server is free of cost."
"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."
"The control panel is very easy to navigate. It's similar to most hosting platforms, so it's user-friendly. Once you get used to it, managing your hosting becomes easy, too."
"Apache Web Server can be used as a proxy server"
"The solution's most valuable feature is reporting."
"The open-source nature is one of its most significant advantages."
"It is scalable."
"The product is lightweight and fast."
"NGINX Plus also has NGINX App Protect. It's a separate module, which is inspired by the F5 apps."
"Its versatility and capabilities make it invaluable for implementing patches and fixes when necessary."
"I find the solution’s community support and documentation most valuable. Compared to HAProxy, have found a lot of documentation and community support on Quora. If you would be asking me as a developer whether to choose this product, I would recommend this since it has good community support, documentation, and signature updates. The configuration of HAProxy is also very tedious. However, NGINX’s configuration is very simple."
"Nginx is extremely efficient in terms of the connection rate to the CPU cycles ratio, and in terms of the bandwidth to CPU cycles."
"Its most valuable features are load balancing and application delivery. This is the most efficient application for these features because of stability and its efficiency."
"Application Gateway with application-level firewall tool and load distributor and balancer (also serves for A/B testing)."
"NGINX Plus' most valuable feature is the ingress controller."
"Adding a reverse proxy to Apache Web Server would be a significant improvement."
"So far, for us, everything is okay."
"For NGINX, I think it has NGINX Management Suite, which is GUI-based and allows you to manage your configuration via the user interface, but Apache fails to offer such capabilities to users."
"Lacks integration with some cloud solutions."
"A monitoring interface would be great for this product. The monitoring dashboards for Apache's models are not included in the basic installation. You can install the basic monitoring model, then connect this model to another monitoring system."
"It would be great if technical support for Apache were available in Iran. It is a very important need."
"I want the user interface to be more user-friendly."
"The major issue occurs with ports. So, I would like to see easier port management."
"Make modules easier to enable or disable. The beauty and ugly side of the NGINX modules is you have to know how to compile the module. For beginners or non-very technical aspirant(s) going for NGINX, they have to learn how to compile the modules."
"I would like it to have a more user-friendly graphical interface."
"The KPI should be more focused on load balancing and the latency in application calling from the end system."
"I would like the configuration process to be more simplified."
"Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing."
"It would be great if there was even more automation to make it even easier to maintain."
"Improvement needed in NGINX Plus could focus on optimizing memory usage for users."
"The biggest room for improvement would be to allow NGINX Core machines to cluster for memory zones in some way with a plug and play module. "
Apache Web Server is ranked 3rd in Application Infrastructure with 22 reviews while NGINX Plus is ranked 2nd in Application Infrastructure with 28 reviews. Apache Web Server is rated 8.6, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Apache Web Server writes "Has good security, speed and traffic handling features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". Apache Web Server is most compared with IIS, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Microsoft .NET Framework, Zend PHP Engine and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Citrix NetScaler. See our Apache Web Server vs. NGINX Plus report.
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