NGINX Plus vs Zend PHP Engine comparison

F5 and Zend are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. F5 is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.3, while Zend is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.0. F5 holds a 11.5% mindshare in AIS, compared to Zend’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of F5 users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Zend users who would recommend it.

NGINX Plus

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92% willing to recommend

Zend PHP Engine

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268 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between NGINX Plus and Zend PHP Engine based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

NGINX Plus

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (5th)

Zend PHP Engine

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of NGINX Plus is 11.5%, down from 12.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zend PHP Engine is 1.4%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Infrastructure

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Ritesh-Bakhru

Major Account Manager at Check Point Software

Jul 12, 2022

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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SatyendraGupta

External Consultant (Digital Tool Developer and Intervention Specialist) at IQVIA

Jan 29, 2024

The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature

The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature. A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it. I have been Zend PHP Engine for nine years. Multiple people are using the solution. Overall, I rate the solution a seven 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

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

"Using NGINX Plus for web traffic distribution is fantastic. It offers performance similar to physical load balancers but with added flexibility."

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

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

"The flexibility of its modules allow it to be scalable."

"Supports IMAP, POP and SMTP protocols for the reverse proxy."

"This solution has everything."

"I find the solution’s community support and documentation most valuable. Compared to HAProxy, have found a lot of documentation and community support on Quora. If you would be asking me as a developer whether to choose this product, I would recommend this since it has good community support, documentation, and signature updates. The configuration of HAProxy is also very tedious. However, NGINX’s configuration is very simple."

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"This solution is really easy for me to use."

"Zend Engine is the core of PHP. It makes PHP fast, efficient, and basically, the language of choice for web applications."

"It offers good support for various types of classes, along with many open source libraries that we can readily utilize in our application development process. This gives us a lot of options when it comes to custom development solutions, without having to worry about licensing or other programming-related issues."

"The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature."

"Faster web app implementation, when PHP dev is required by customers."

"Offers a complete environment to develop PHP applications. It is valuable because it allows you to have a complete stack (PHP, MySQL, Zend Server) enabling the building of a development environment, and to deploy to the production system."

"Scaling up is an important factor for large projects, and with PHP 7 and its performance improvements, this becomes even easier."

"Zend PHP Engine is more secure than any other framework, and I usually prefer Zend PHP Engine for big applications."

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Cons

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

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

"NGINX is a very basic load balancer and cannot do as many customizations as F5."

"They should do in the open source version of what they did to Advanced HTTP, TCP, and UDP load balancing."

"The drawback is that you must obtain a license for everything."

"The biggest room for improvement would be to allow NGINX Core machines to cluster for memory zones in some way with a plug and play module. "

"I would suggest adding GUI-based configuration panels to NGINX Plus to simplify setup and management tasks."

"The scaling should be built into the software rather than configured from an outside source."

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"A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it."

"The process of installing and configuring the product is a bit complex and could be improved."

"The solution can be quicker."

"Zend PHP Engine needs to improve the loading time of its libraries and make it faster."

"Its object oriented programming language needs improvement."

"The biggest problem with PHP is you have to write lot of conditions or have to use a framework."

"The main area that Zend needs to improve is to support asynchronous programming tasks, which is facilitated in PHP 7, but not at the same degree as HHVM."

"SQL queries have always been an issue with PHP, especially if you use large tables, which require caution from the side of the developer."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"HAProxy is cheaper than NGINX."

"Compared to other similar solutions on the market, I think it's over-priced."

"NGINX Plus is an open-source solution with limited additional features. When you try to get additional features in the solution, then you need to pay an extra amount to NGINX Plus."

"I use the solution's community edition which is free of cost."

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

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

"The cost is reasonable."

"Nginx is free. I don't have experience with the Plus version."

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"Zend PHP Engine is not an expensive solution."

"The solution is open source and you just pay for the server cost."

"The Zend PHP engine is open source technology, so there's no need for us to worry about licensing or other costs."

"Its pricing depends on the number of users."

"No problem with pricing and licensing, as tools are open source. You have to consider training cost, mindset setup cost, as part of the TCO."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

15%

Construction Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about Zend PHP Engine?

The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zend PHP Engine?

Zend PHP Engine is not an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with Zend PHP Engine?

A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it.

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Overview

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.

The Zend PHP Engine is designed to optimize PHP code and improve performance, making it a popular choice for web developers. It is easy to use, stable, does not require a lot of code, is open source, and only requires payment for server costs. The initial setup is straightforward, and there is no real need to set up the solution because it's built into the deployment.

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