We performed a comparison between NGINX App Protect and Noname Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Noname Security, Salt Security, F5 and others in API Security."We were looking for a product that is capable of complete automation and a container based solution. It's working."
"The policies are flexible based on the technologies you use."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its open source."
"The stability of the product is very impressive since it handles 60,000 to 70,000 requests or transactions per second."
"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 most valuable feature is that I can establish different services from the firewall."
"It is a stable solution."
"The initial setup was simple and took three to four days."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its integration with API gateways, WAP and with part of their SDLC."
"The solution needs to be improved in the e-commerce portal."
"NGINX App Protect would be improved with integration with Shape and F5 WAF, which would make it easy for users to manage all their web application security with a single solution."
"NGINX App Protect could improve security."
"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."
"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."
"Areas for improvement would be if NGINX could scan for vulnerabilities and learn and update the signatures of DoS attacks."
"It's challenging if you need to go for a high throughput."
"The setup of NGINX App Protect is complex. The full process took one week to complete. Additionally, we had to change the network infrastructure platform which took one month."
"I think it would be good if they can integrate more with API gateways as this is currently limited."
NGINX App Protect is ranked 3rd in API Security with 20 reviews while Noname Security is ranked 1st in API Security with 1 review. NGINX App Protect is rated 8.2, while Noname Security is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of NGINX App Protect writes "Capable of complete automation but is costly ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Noname Security writes "Security platform that offers value through its integration with API gateways". NGINX App Protect is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, F5 Advanced WAF and Azure Front Door, whereas Noname Security is most compared with Salt Security, Traceable AI, Akamai API Security, Cequence Security and Wallarm NG WAF.
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