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NGINX Plus pros and cons

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PROS

Nginx Plus is simple to configure and provides stability in highly utilized environments, offering modularity that enables custom module creation.
The tool is efficient in connection rate to CPU cycles and bandwidth to CPU cycles.
Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing.
Excellent for web traffic control in production settings.
Community support and documentation are well-regarded, making it a recommended choice for developers.

CONS

Scalability needs improvement, with suggestions for clusterized organization at a low level and memory zone clustering.
Modules should be easier to enable or disable, as users currently need to know how to compile them.
NGINX Plus is moderately priced but could offer better value for money and has room for improvement in its pricing model.
Grafana integration is desired for data visualization, similar to what is available in HAProxy.
More automation would be beneficial to simplify maintenance tasks.
 

NGINX Plus Pros review quotes

Ritesh-Bakhru - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 12, 2022
NGINX Plus also has NGINX App Protect. It's a separate module, which is inspired by the F5 apps.
MB
Jun 15, 2023
With NGINX, I appreciate its ability to route traffic geographically.
Vijay Muddu - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 4, 2024
Using NGINX Plus for web traffic distribution is fantastic. It offers performance similar to physical load balancers but with added flexibility.
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reviewer1573344 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 20, 2022
The load balancing module, which is equivalent to LTM, is the focus of the PSE. So far, the features of both are identical. I believe NGINX has more features for securing these services, but in terms of load balancing, both are massive solutions.
AS
Jan 16, 2018
Nginx is extremely efficient in terms of the connection rate to the CPU cycles ratio, and in terms of the bandwidth to CPU cycles.
reviewer1441791 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 8, 2020
I think installation only took a couple of minutes — no more than 10 minutes.
M.Umar Farooq - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 4, 2024
It performs very well. That's one of the primary reasons we use NGINX.
Derrick Brockel - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 14, 2023
The product is resilient.
reviewer1497894 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 28, 2022
The web proxy and the database proxy are excellent.
AANKITGUPTAA - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 18, 2022
Supports IMAP, POP and SMTP protocols for the reverse proxy.
 

NGINX Plus Cons review quotes

Ritesh-Bakhru - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 12, 2022
NGINX is a very basic load balancer and cannot do as many customizations as F5.
MB
Jun 15, 2023
Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing.
Vijay Muddu - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 4, 2024
I would suggest adding GUI-based configuration panels to NGINX Plus to simplify setup and management tasks.
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reviewer1573344 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 20, 2022
The drawback is that you must obtain a license for everything.
reviewer1441791 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 8, 2020
The scaling should be built into the software rather than configured from an outside source.
M.Umar Farooq - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 4, 2024
I would like the configuration process to be more simplified.
Derrick Brockel - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 14, 2023
The solution must improve its performance.
DW
Apr 22, 2018
Our most challenging part was to run an older PHP website reverse-proxied through NGINX. That was not fun.
reviewer1497894 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 28, 2022
It would be great if there was even more automation to make it even easier to maintain.
AANKITGUPTAA - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 18, 2022
The KPI should be more focused on load balancing and the latency in application calling from the end system.