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

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

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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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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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Hitesh D

Senior Manager at pnb metlife

High availability and self-healing mechanisms ensure seamless production builds

The most useful feature of Mirantis Container Cloud ( /products/mirantis-container-cloud-reviews ) for our container management is Kubernetes ( /products/kubernetes-reviews ). It provides a cluster, high availability, and a self-healing mechanism. Its multi-cluster management capability enhances our operational efficiency as it is easy to use, and every deployment is from the CI/CD, which automatically builds and deploys without human interference, reducing our deployment time to a few seconds.

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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

"Cloud Native Security has helped us with our risk posture and securing our agenda. It has been tremendous in terms of supporting growth."

"The cooperative nature of SentinelOne has influenced our decision not to shift."

"PingSafe offers an intuitive user interface that lets us navigate quickly and easily."

"PingSafe released a new security graph tool that helps us identify the root issue. Other tools give you a pass/fail type of profile on all misconfigurations, and those will run into the thousands. PingSafe's graphing algorithm connects various components together and tries to identify what is severe and what is not. It can correlate various vulnerabilities and datasets to test them on the back end to pinpoint the real issue."

"The UI is very good."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its storyline, which helps trace an event back to its source, like an email or someone clicking on a link."

"PingSafe offers security solutions for both Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines."

"The most valuable feature of PingSafe is its integration with most of our technology stack, specifically all of our cloud platforms and ticketing software."

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"If we compare legacy application support to Docker, it's a superior product."

"When you have Kubernetes, you can use Mirantis Container Cloud to manage your Kubernetes for easy access and security. It also helps you to manage your CI/CD system. It helps you to build a container-oriented developer workflow. So, if you're building an application in Kubernetes, it provides you with a Kubernetes engine."

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

"The product's initial setup phase is simple."

"It is a compact, complete solution that performs well."

"It is a stable solution. It is nearly perfect. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."

"Now it is easier to set up the development environment and also to test the applications on the pipelines."

"Mirantis Container Cloud operates similarly to how we interact with databases. It provides a comprehensive platform for deploying and managing containerized applications across cloud environments."

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"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."

"Overall, I rate NGINX App Protect between eight and nine."

"The most valuable feature is that there is a link in the system that will help to analyze the security of an application when something abnormal is found."

"NGINX App Protect is stable."

"The policies are flexible based on the technologies you use."

"I tested specific features and evaluated the solution against the Web Application Firewall. I conducted research to test different detection percentages. I did not use it directly for protection but for evaluation purposes."

"The initial setup was simple and took three to four days."

"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

"In some cases, the rules are strictly enforced but do not align with real-world use cases."

"There's room for improvement in the graphic explorer."

"While SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security offers robust protection, its cost could be a barrier for some users."

"PingSafe can improve by eliminating 100 percent of the false positives."

"We are getting reports only in a predefined form. I would like to have customized reports so that I can see how many issues are open or closed today or in two weeks."

"The areas with room for improvement include the cost, which is higher compared to other security platforms. The dashboard can also be laggy."

"There's an array of upcoming versions with numerous features to be incorporated into the roadmap. Customers particularly appreciate the service's emphasis on intensive security, especially the secret scanning aspect. During the proof of concept (POC) phase, the system is required to gather logs from the customer's environment. This process entails obtaining specific permissions, especially in terms of gateway access. While most permissions for POC are manageable, the need for various permissions may need improvement, especially in the context of security."

"They can add more widgets to its dashboard. A centralized dashboard with numerous metrics would improve user understanding."

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"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."

"Mirantis Container Cloud needs to improve its documentation."

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

"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."

"Areas for improvement are the privacy of container management and the documentation. In the next release, I would like to see best practices on how to manage distributed containers and networks."

"Sometimes the basic support is a bit difficult if you have a firewall and cloud servers behind the firewall and then try to implement the backup solution, it is a bit difficult to do by yourself."

"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."

"I have consulted Mirantis support for some issues, but the support quality is not good. I suffer from support delays due to timezone differences between India and USA."

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"The configuration needs to be more flexible because it is difficult to do things that are outside of the ordinary."

"It's challenging if you need to go for a high throughput."

"The product's price is high, making it an area of concern where improvements are required. The tool's licensing model is also not good."

"Right now, the tool doesn't provide an option revolving around update feeds, specifically the signature update option in the UI."

"As far as scalability, it takes a long time for deployment."

"Areas for improvement would be if NGINX could scan for vulnerabilities and learn and update the signatures of DoS attacks."

"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."

"Its technical support could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's a fair price for what you get. We are happy with the price as it stands."

"Pricing is based on modules, which was ideal for us."

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

"Its pricing was a little less than other providers."

"I understand that SentinelOne is a market leader, but the bill we received was astronomical."

"It's not expensive. The product is in its initial growth stages and appears more competitive compared to others. It comes in different variants, and I believe the enterprise version costs around $55 per user per year. I would rate it a five, somewhere fairly moderate."

"I would rate the cost a seven out of ten with ten being the most costly."

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

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"This solution is free."

"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."

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

"The product is not expensive."

"Its licensing is on a yearly basis."

"We use the free version of this solution."

"Docker is a free solution."

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

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"The solution's price is reasonable."

"The pricing is reasonable because NGINX operates on an instance basis."

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

"The product's price is high."

"Our licensing costs are about $40,000 a year."

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

"NGINX App Protect is expensive."

"The price of NGINX App Protect is not much different from the products that fall under the leader category of Gartner Magic Quadrant."

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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

19%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

14%

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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?

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is an excellent CSPM tool, but its CWPP features need improvement, and there i...

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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

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

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