We performed a comparison between Citrix Web App and API Protection and NGINX App Protect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the solution's simplicity compared to Citrix's on-prem solutions."
"I prefer this solution because of its user-friendly interface. I find it simple and close to what I am currently using, which is Citrix Fortiva Access for Multi-Factor Authentication. I appreciate the familiar user interface and troubleshooting tools it offers."
"Citrix Web App API Protection allows you to enable a blocking mode"
"Citrix is good for application protection."
"When our primary link goes down I can still get to my Cisco devices and the NetScaler devices on-prem because of the SDN solution. If the internet connection at one of the branches goes down, we can still route them, they still get internet based on the SDN solution through one of the other sites. They can carry on working."
"We have good customer support."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The work balancing applications are the most valuable feature."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the OWASP certification. Additionally, the tool's ability to enforce strong passwords and OTP within minutes is impressive. With its analytics and recommendations, it is a very good solution."
"The policies are flexible based on the technologies you use."
"It is a very good tool for load balancing."
"It's very easy to deploy."
"The stability of the product is very impressive since it handles 60,000 to 70,000 requests or transactions per second."
"NGINX App Protect's best features are auto-learning, which creates a profile of applications that are deployed, bot protection, and force protection, which lets you configure your brute force policy and alert for and prevent brute force attacks."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its flexibility."
"We were looking for a product that is capable of complete automation and a container based solution. It's working."
"The user interface could be more friendly. Some wizards and other documentation for administrators, as well as some use cases, helps us to understand the solution."
"Their upgrades are not very backward compatible, and sometimes they mess up."
"The configuration for its web application firewall is complicated."
"The setup was not simple."
"Citrix Web App and API Protection could improve in the area of licensing"
"An area for improvement in Citrix Web App and API Protection is for it to give real-time notifications and alerts. It would be practical if the solution warns you if there's an attack or if the load or traffic volume increases or decreases. An additional feature I'd like to see in Citrix Web App and API Protection is a prediction or artificial intelligence on what is happening, for example, attacks."
"The reporting is not so good. They don't have an application to connect the logs."
"The product could be improved by making it easier to use and easier to implement."
"As far as scalability, it takes a long time for deployment."
"The dashboard could provide a more comprehensive view of the status of the connections."
"Right now, the tool doesn't provide an option revolving around update feeds, specifically the signature update option in the UI."
"NGINX App Protect could improve security."
"Its technical support could be better."
"The product's user interface is an area with shortcomings as it can be quite confusing for users, making it an area where improvements are required."
"I encountered issues with NGINX App Protect while trying to upgrade custom rules."
"They could provide a better user interface."
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Citrix Web App and API Protection is ranked 18th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 11 reviews while NGINX App Protect is ranked 13th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 20 reviews. Citrix Web App and API Protection is rated 8.0, while NGINX App Protect is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix Web App and API Protection writes "Affordable, provides advanced features, and protects applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX App Protect writes "Capable of complete automation but is costly ". Citrix Web App and API Protection is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Azure Front Door, Fortinet FortiWeb, AWS WAF and Akamai App and API Protector, whereas NGINX App Protect is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, F5 Advanced WAF and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our Citrix Web App and API Protection vs. NGINX App Protect report.
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