Akamai Ion vs NGINX Plus comparison

Akamai and F5 are both solutions in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category. Akamai is ranked #15 with an average rating of 7.5, while F5 is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.3. Akamai holds a 0.5% mindshare in ADC, compared to F5’s 8.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Akamai users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of F5 users who would recommend it.

Akamai Ion

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100% willing to recommend

NGINX Plus

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92% willing to recommend

Akamai Ion

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Akamai Ion and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Akamai Ion vs. NGINX Plus Report (Updated: November 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Akamai Ion

Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

15th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NGINX Plus

Ranking in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

5th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) category, the mindshare of Akamai Ion is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NGINX Plus is 8.5%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

Featured Reviews

HarshBhardiya

SOC Engineer at Just Dial Limited

Reliable bot management with valuable traffic analytics and good delivery configuration

We are using Akamai Ion primarily for CDN services. It is more about delivery configuration, and for security, we use Akamai WAF security controls and Botman Akamai Ion helps protect us from DOS, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and scraping tools. Real-time analytics are very helpful for…

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Ritesh-Bakhru

Major Account Manager at Check Point Software

Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation

NGINX cannot be a replacement for your traditional load balancer with what we use in the network today. However, with applications going toward microservices, NGINX is definitely a way forward. F5 has many traditional load balancing features, so they still need to bring some of those features to NGINX. NGINX is a very basic load balancer and cannot do as many customizations as F5. I think F5 is trying to implement those features in NGINX so they can improve the balancing on NGINX, but I think that will take some time. With the traditional F5 set up, the same OS can do load balancing, firewalls, and even policy enforcement. If we are able to bring some of those capabilities to NGINX, I think it would become a versatile solution and usage would definitely increase.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Akamai is easy to use and very effective."

"The most valuable feature is bot management."

"The most valuable features are the gateway and the ability to publish to sites."

"NGINX Plus also has NGINX App Protect. It's a separate module, which is inspired by the F5 apps."

"This solution has everything."

"When you use NGINX, you have more options and power."

"Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing."

"With NGINX, I appreciate its ability to route traffic geographically."

"NGINX Plus' most valuable feature is the ingress controller."

"It performs very well. That's one of the primary reasons we use NGINX."

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Cons

"Log management should display data for more than two months."

"The product must provide more flexibility."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."

"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."

"The solution needs to be easier to setup and deploy."

"It would be good if NGINX provided a graphical user interface."

"The user interface could be improved."

"Only improvement needed that I would point to is scalability. With it, I mean clusterized organisation on a low level. At the moment, the best alternative is RHEL HA."

"I would like to see the Grafana integration in NGINX which is already present in HAProxy. Grafana integration will help the solution visualize all the data analytics on the dashboard which is currently not present."

"Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing."

More NGINX Plus cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is expensive."

"The solution is free, but you can spend a lot of money with a complex solution."

"NGINX is a free tool in Brazil. There are some companies which do support it."

"You pay for each feature that you want."

"It's an open source solution, so it's free."

"There's an open-source version of NGINX that is free."

"I am not so happy with their pricing policy, but this is not the worse thing in my life. I can tolerate it."

"HAProxy is cheaper than NGINX."

"NGINX Plus is worth it, if you need it. If you do not need the features or support, the free and open source package is more than capable. "

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Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

17%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Akamai Ion?

Akamai is easy to use and very effective.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Akamai Ion?

The billing cycle is monthly, however, payment is done yearly. While expensive, it provides value for the services offered.

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What needs improvement with Akamai Ion?

Log management should display data for more than two months. The traffic report needs to be more flexible. The response time of technical support should be improved.

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Which is better - IIS or NGINX Plus?

IIS is a flexible, secure, and manageable web server to host anything on the web. IIS’s scalable and open architecture can handle the most demanding tasks. From media streaming to web applications,...

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What do you like most about NGINX Plus?

It performs very well. That's one of the primary reasons we use NGINX.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX Plus?

There's an open-source version of NGINX that is free. There's also NGINX Plus, which is a paid version with additional features.

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Akamai

Overview

Ion, Akamai’s flagship performance solution, is a suite of intelligent performance optimizations and controls that helps deliver superior web, iOS, and Android app experiences. Built on the SLA-backed availability of the globally distributed Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform, Ion continuously monitors real user behavior — applying best-practice performance optimizations automatically — and adapting in real time to content, user behavior, and connectivity changes.

NGINX Plus is a versatile solution that offers load balancing, caching, proxying, and API deployment capabilities. It can be deployed on private or public clouds and is ideal for building CDN solutions. The solution can also be used to secure web applications and replace web services like Apache.

NGINX has helped organizations improve functioning, reduce downtimes, and offer a DevOps-friendly solution. Its community support and documentation are highly regarded, and its configuration is more straightforward, making it a recommended choice over HAProxy.

Sample Customers

Eurail, Boston Scientific

Locaweb, AppNexus, Wix, Reliam, Montana Interactive, MuleSoft, Warpwire, Discovery Education, InkaBinka, WordPress.com, Gogo, GOV.UK, NASA

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