F5 BIG-IP DNS vs. NGINX Plus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
F5 BIG-IP DNS
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
F5 BIG-IP DNS (formerly BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager) secures DNS infrastructure.N/A
NGINX Plus
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
NGINX Plus is presented as a cloud‑native, easy-to-use reverse proxy, load balancer, and API gateway, from F5.
$849
per month billed annually
Pricing
F5 BIG-IP DNSNGINX Plus
Editions & Modules
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Team
$849
per month billed annually
Advanced
$2,099
per month billed annually
Enterprise
Tiered Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
F5 BIG-IP DNSNGINX Plus
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Features
F5 BIG-IP DNSNGINX Plus
Application Servers
Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
F5 BIG-IP DNS
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Ratings
NGINX Plus
7.3
3 Ratings
9% below category average
IDE support00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Security management00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
Administration and management00 Ratings6.42 Ratings
Application server performance00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
Installation00 Ratings6.82 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings7.72 Ratings
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User Ratings
F5 BIG-IP DNSNGINX Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(10 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
F5 BIG-IP DNSNGINX Plus
Likelihood to Recommend
F5
F5 BIG-IP DNS is well-suited for any organization looking to improve their Authoritative and Local DNS security and performance capabilities.
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F5
I think that NGINX Plus could be used in place of a hardware load balancer and it would be light weight and easier to configure than a hardware based load balancer but in terms of usability a GUI for said load balancer would definitely help in setting up
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Pros
F5
  • The easy of importing DNS records into the BIG-IP
  • The ease of searching and locating records
  • The speed of creating multiple records when you need to duplicate effort.
  • The DNS dashboards to see requests and data points.
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F5
  • Load balancing
  • Caching
  • App security
  • Boost App performance
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Cons
F5
  • More support documentation will be a nice to have.
  • I have not automated DNS deployments yet, but it would be nice to have ansible libraries for this module. (I have used ansible for many others).
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F5
  • Update full config via api
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Alternatives Considered
F5
F5 DNS is like DNS with out training wheels and data that can help you make real changes and improvements
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F5
The API and dashboard alone make NGINX Plus a better choice.
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Return on Investment
F5
  • Protection against security threats using DNS as a vector.
  • Protection against security threats targeting DNS itself.
  • Provide top user experience to application clients, by directing their requests to where they will be treated with the best performance.
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F5
  • More uptime for business critical applications
  • Less overhead for administrator to maintain the applications
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