Mirantis Container Cloud vs NGINX App Protect comparison

Mirantis and F5 are both solutions in the Container Security category. Mirantis is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.6, while F5 is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.7. Mirantis holds a 0.1% mindshare in Container Security, compared to F5’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Mirantis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of F5 users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Mirantis Container Cloud and NGINX App Protect are leading solutions in their respective categories. User reviews show that while Mirantis Container Cloud is preferred for better overall performance and support, NGINX App Protect offers more advanced security features.

Features: Mirantis Container Cloud is known for its scalability, intuitive management, and comprehensive monitoring capabilities. NGINX App Protect is praised for its advanced security features, extensive protection mechanisms, and traffic management. The key difference lies in the primary focus, with Mirantis targeting container management and orchestration, whereas NGINX is superior in security.

Room For Improvement: Mirantis Container Cloud users suggest improvements in documentation, user accessibility, and support materials. NGINX App Protect users ask for better integration capabilities, reporting features, and smoother integration processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Mirantis Container Cloud receives positive feedback for its simplified deployment process and reliable customer service. NGINX App Protect has a steeper learning curve but still offers good customer support, though its deployment process is more complex.

Pricing and ROI: Mirantis Container Cloud is considered cost-effective, offering good returns on investment according to users. NGINX App Protect, while more expensive, is valued for its top-tier security features. Users find Mirantis to offer better cost-efficiency, while NGINX is worth the price for its security benefits.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is 2.1%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Mirantis Container Cloud is 0.1%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NGINX App Protect is 0.2%, down from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Andrew W

VP - Information Technology at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Tells us about vulnerabilities as well as their impact and helps to focus on real issues

Looking at all the different pieces, it has got everything we need. Some of the pieces we do not even use. For example, we do not have Kubernetes Security. We are not running any K8 clusters, so it is good for us. Overall, we find the solution to be fantastic. There can be additional education components. This may not be truly fair to them because of what the product is going for, but it would be great to see additional education for compliance. It is not a criticism of the tool per se, but anything to help non-development resources understand some of the complexities of the cloud is always appreciated. Any additional educational resources are always helpful for security teams, especially those without a development background.

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Amrutha Bennen

Partner Development Manager - APAC at Nuaware

An enterprise-level solution with amazing stability, integration capability, and support

Its integration capability is amazing. One thing about every single solution or product in the containerization or DevOps world is that it helps to integrate really well because we are not talking about one use case here. We are talking about multiple use cases. When it comes to the integration part, it's the basic functionality, but for any product, at the end of the day, security is extremely relevant. I personally feel like you have to constantly strive towards being more secure. You can never be 100% secure, and you have to work more toward security. It's as simple as that. That's where every product has room to improve. Whether it's Mirantis, Docker, or even the other vendor that we work with called Sysdig, all of these organizations always strive to be extremely secure, and that is something that they are working towards every day. That's because the kind of problems that are being faced today will not be similar to what comes tomorrow. There will be a hundred new threats. It's an ongoing journey when it comes to security.

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Saurav Kumar

Senior security architecture at National Payment Corporation Of India

Offers protection to users from external threats

NGINX App Protect secures our company's application, and it has helped me a lot, considering that we have critical infrastructure in India where we see how lots of attacks come onto our organization's servers. The tool offers protection against multiple threats present in India's IT ecosystem. The tool helps our company to make our payments secure, meaning it has the ability to provide a secure payment environment in India. Speaking about the improvements in our company's application performance since implementing NGINX App Protect, the gRPC support for the solution is very low. My company is not getting any proper documentation on how to deploy gRPC over NGINX App Protect. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. People can use the product as their company's base server, WAF, or for its proxy manager, depending on the business requirements. My company follows PCI DSS compliance because we operate in a payment-related industry. Right now, my company follows all the standards, so we comply with all the requirements and policies. I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

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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

"The user-friendliness is the most valuable feature."

"Cloud Native Security's evidence-based reporting allows us to prioritize issues by understanding their impact, helping us resolve the most important problems first."

"The Offensive Security Engine, powered by impressive AI/ML capabilities, seamlessly integrates with cloud infrastructure to analyze data and provide optimal security solutions."

"The most valuable aspect of Singularity Cloud Security is its unified dashboard."

"Cloud Native Security is user-friendly. Everything in the Cloud Native Security tool is straightforward, including detections, integration, reporting, etc. They are constantly improving their UI by adding plugins and other features."

"The offensive security where they do a fix is valuable. They go to a misconfiguration and provide detailed alerts on what could be there. They also provide a remediation feature where if we give the permission, they can also go and fix the issue."

"It integrates very well. We sell different products from different vendors. We know that the SentinelOne Singularity platform can be integrated with several different solutions from different vendors."

"With PingSafe, it's easy to onboard new accounts."

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"The UI is very useful."

"The most valuable aspect is the excellent support. In addition, the billing system is really easy to understand."

"The solution containerizes software."

"This solution has improved our organization with the agility, microservices approach, and scalable solutions for distributed systems."

"I think the volume binding is a really interesting feature."

"The product is easy to use."

"I use Docker in combination with Kubernetes. Management of software packages is easy. It also can be done fast. Rolling out new software updates is smoother and faster due to Mirantis Container Cloud."

"Very easy solution to use as it is intuitive."

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"The most valuable feature is that I can establish different services from the firewall."

"NGINX App Protect has complete control over the HTTP session."

"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its flexibility."

"It has the best documentation features."

"The stability of the product is very impressive since it handles 60,000 to 70,000 requests or transactions per second."

"There's a cache, or it works like a proxy, so it can speed up applications."

"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."

"We were looking for a product that is capable of complete automation and a container based solution. It's working."

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Cons

"There is room for improvement in the current active licensing model for PingSafe."

"The Singularity Cloud Security console is experiencing delays in clearing resolved issues, which can take over an hour to be removed from the display."

"Some of the navigation and some aspects of the portal may be a little bit confusing."

"Crafting customized policies can be tricky."

"In version 2, a lot of rules have been deployed for Kubernetes security and CDR, which makes a lot of issues of critical severity, whereas they are not critical or of high severity. There is a mismatch of severities. They need to work on severity management."

"The recommended actions aren't always specific, so it might suggest recommendations that don't apply to the particular infrastructure code I'm reviewing."

"PingSafe can be improved by developing a comprehensive set of features that allow for automated workflows."

"The documentation could be better."

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"I feel that the product lacks to offer a proper health status of the images which are running, making it an area where improvements are required."

"There are a couple of things. Firstly, the vaultStore database within Container isn't as efficient as a standalone Container vault. This needs improvement."

"This solution is open-source and they need to focus on improving the Linux Operating Systems' GUI. It does not have a GUI making it not user-friendly. Additionally, the containers need to improve security and compliance."

"It will be better if the product provides dynamic load-balancing capabilities."

"I think this solution needs better security due to more risks from the outside world."

"The solution's stability could be improved."

"In my previous years, I have brainstormed about the development of Container software. I have recently shifted focus, but the knowledge gained from those were really helpful. In my experience, Containers have their own complexities and to implement them, open source information is crucial. A software with new features would be beneficial. I suggest to implement a flow-based approach for container sequences, similar to Google Cloud's machine learning. The current process of deploying containers involves too many steps, and a more streamlined method would be appreciated. I've even automated deployment using APIs. Overall, simplifying container management and deployment processes would be valuable."

"An improvement would be automated testing."

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"They could provide a better user interface."

"Setting policies and parameters through the UI should be more automated because the process is manual, where we can only edit one rule at a time."

"The dashboard could provide a more comprehensive view of the status of the connections."

"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."

"Currently, the policies have to be handled manually, and you have to create from scratch, which can be a bit time-consuming, in a large environment."

"It would be better if it were easier to implement and if there was more information from F5 regarding hardware requirements and specifications to deploy the service, to avoid disruptions after implementation."

"NGINX App Protect could improve security."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is cheap."

"Singularity Cloud Workload Security's pricing is good."

"PingSafe is fairly priced."

"The pricing for PingSafe in India was more reasonable than other competitors."

"We have an enterprise license. It is affordable. I'm not sure, but I think we pay 150,000 rupees per month."

"It is not that expensive. There are some tools that are double the cost of PingSafe. It is good on the pricing side."

"As a partner, we receive a discount on the licenses."

"The features included in PingSafe justify its price point."

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"With open source, you can use Mirantis completely free."

"It is more costly than other products, but it is worth every penny."

"The pricing and licensing really depends on what your needs are. You could be paying $100 a month to $100,000. It depends on the needs you have from the solution, and the agreement you make."

"The community edition does not require a license and is completely free."

"The product is not expensive."

"I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one means low price and ten means high price."

"Its licensing is on a yearly basis."

"Mirantis Container Cloud is free. However, there are features for which you need to pay."

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"The price of NGINX App Protect is approximately $3,000 annually. All of our licenses are observed by a managed service partner."

"Really understand the licensing model, because we underestimated that."

"The licensing fees for this solution are pretty expensive for what it does, but there is no alternative."

"The product's price is high."

"NGINX is not expensive."

"There are no additional fees."

"There is a monthly or annual subscription to use NGINX App Protect. There are not any additional costs to the subscription."

"There are not any additional costs we had to pay to use NGINX App Protect."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

18%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Comms Service Provider

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about PingSafe?

The dashboard gives me an overview of all the things happening in the product, making it one of the tool's best featu...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PingSafe?

It is cost-effective compared to other solutions in the market.

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What needs improvement with PingSafe?

In version 2, a lot of rules have been deployed for Kubernetes security and CDR, which makes a lot of issues of criti...

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What do you like most about Mirantis Container Cloud?

The product's initial setup phase is simple.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mirantis Container Cloud?

The cost savings are significant as you only pay for the active nodes. Managed Kubernetes services ensure cost optimi...

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What needs improvement with Mirantis Container Cloud?

Mirantis Container Cloud could improve in simplifying security and compliance management, particularly in vulnerabili...

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What do you like most about NGINX App Protect?

It's very easy to deploy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX App Protect?

I don't know the pricing yet because in my other project, I was not part of the buying side and I was just starting t...

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What needs improvement with NGINX App Protect?

It would be better if it were easier to implement and if there was more information from F5 regarding hardware requir...

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Also Known As

PingSafe

Docker Enterprise

NGINX WAF, NGINX Web Application Firewall

Overview

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security protects cloud workloads, offering advanced threat detection and automated response. It integrates seamlessly with cloud environments and secures containerized applications and virtual machines against vulnerabilities.

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is renowned for its efficiency in mitigating threats in real-time. The platform integrates effortlessly with existing cloud environments, ensuring robust cloud security management with minimal manual intervention. Securing containerized applications and virtual machines, it excels in threat intelligence and endpoint protection. However, improvements are needed in performance during high workload periods, and more integrations with third-party tools and better documentation would be beneficial. Users often find the installation process complex, support response times slow, and the dashboard's navigation unintuitive.

What are the key features of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security?

Real-time Threat Detection: Identifies and mitigates threats as they occur.
Automated Response: Automatically responds to threats to minimize impact.
Ease of Deployment: Simple setup process with scalable options.
Machine Learning Insights: AI-driven insights enhance threat prevention.
Seamless Integration: Integrates with cloud environments for unified security management.

What are the primary benefits or ROI to expect from SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security?

Enhanced Threat Mitigation: Improved security against real-time threats.
Reduced Manual Intervention: Automated processes save time and resources.
Scalability: Easily adapts to growing security requirements.
Centralized Management: Manage security across platforms from a single console.
Advanced Threat Intelligence: Provides in-depth analysis and protection.

In specific industries, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is implemented to safeguard critical data and infrastructure. Organizations in finance, healthcare, and technology depend on its real-time threat detection and automated response to protect sensitive information. Its ability to secure containerized applications and virtual machines is particularly valuable in dynamic environments where rapid scaling is necessary.

SentinelOne

Mirantis Container Cloud is a secure container platform for any cloud. It provides organizations with unmatched speed to ship code quicker on public clouds and on-premise infrastructure. Mirantis Container Cloud is the simplest method for building and managing Kubernetes clusters anywhere with one consistent cloud experience for developers and operators across public and private clouds. It enables full application and DevOps portability.

Mirantis Container Cloud simplifies infrastructure management by allowing you to deploy clusters anywhere on demand with one reliable connection, minimizing operational costs and increasing developer productivity. Mirantis Container Cloud is a clear solution for the world's most regulated businesses, with end-to-end security enabled by default and the highest level of FIPS 140-2 and DISA STIG compliance. Developers can quickly ship code by creating, monitoring, and managing their own Kubernetes clusters within pre-established boundaries using the self-service portal.

Mirantis Container Cloud Features

Mirantis Container Cloud has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Run apps anywhere: Your containerized workloads and configurations are very portable due to the ability to operate clusters anywhere. A truly open experience that prevents lock-in.

Continuous updates: Maintain availability of management and child clusters while being completely up to date with platform patches and pertinent dependencies through careful testing and validation.

Multi cloud and hybrid: Container Cloud has been optimized and tested for easy cluster management on OpenStack, VMware, bare metal, and leading cloud providers such as AWS and Azure.

Self-service: Reduce time to market by giving developers the ability to quickly build up their own development and test clusters on any cloud.

Touchless operations: Software updates are applied continuously and without downtime thanks to automated lifecycle management. Get the new features you need faster and with less risk.

Single pane of glass: Multiple clouds and infrastructure platforms can be integrated into operations through a single point. The built-in Stacklight allows you to monitor anything in your multi-cloud estate.

Full stack management: Manage the whole Kubernetes stack and related technologies on a single platform, including the operating system, container runtime, networking, storage, service mesh, image registry, and more.

Reviews from Real Users

Mirantis Container Cloud stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its deployment of images and the portability of its containers. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews:

Cristina C., Test Architect at a tech services company, writes of the solution, “The idea that you can configure an image, deploy it, and it can be reused and redeployed with the same setup over and over again is a valuable feature.

A DevOps Engineer at a tech services company, notes, “I like that Mirantis’ main products of containers are very portable. Any possible issues, problems, or troubles are fixed with improvements of the platform itself. Any constraints that Mirantis [has], have been fixed with other products or features that Mirantis provides.”

Mirantis

NGINX App Protect application security solution combines the efficacy of advanced F5 web application firewall (WAF) technology with the agility and performance of NGINX Plus. The solution runs natively on NGINX Plus and addresses some of the most difficult challenges facing modern DevOps environments:

Integrating security controls directly into the development automation pipeline
Applying and managing security for modern and distributed application environments such as containers and microservices
Providing the right level of security controls without impacting release and go-to-market velocity
Complying with security and regulatory requirements

NGINX App Protect offers:

Expanded security beyond basic signatures to ensure adequate controls
F5 app‑security technology for efficacy superior to ModSecurity and other WAFs
Confidently run in “blocking” mode in production with proven F5 expertise
High‑confidence signatures for extremely low false positives
Increases visibility, integrating with third‑party analytics solutions
Integrates security and WAF natively into the CI/CD pipeline
Deploys as a lightweight software package that is agnostic of underlying infrastructure
Facilitates declarative policies for “security as code” and integration with DevOps tools
Decreases developer burden and provides feedback loop for quick security remediation
Accelerates time to market and reduces costs with DevSecOps‑automated security

Sample Customers

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illumina, Groupon, PayPal, ebay, ING, New Relic

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