NGINX Plus vs. Pivotal tc Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Pivotal tc Server
Score 6.5 out of 10
N/A
The Pivotal tc Server (formerly VMware vFabric tc Server) is a Lightweight Java application server that extends Apache Tomcat for use in large-scale mission-critical environments.N/A
Pricing
NGINX PlusPivotal tc Server
Editions & Modules
Team
$849
per month billed annually
Advanced
$2,099
per month billed annually
Enterprise
Tiered Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NGINX PlusPivotal tc Server
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
NGINX PlusPivotal tc Server
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Top Cons

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Features
NGINX PlusPivotal tc Server
Application Servers
Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
NGINX Plus
7.3
3 Ratings
9% below category average
Pivotal tc Server
7.8
1 Ratings
2% below category average
IDE support7.32 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Security management7.72 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Administration and management6.42 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Application server performance7.72 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Installation6.82 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance7.72 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
NGINX PlusPivotal tc Server
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(3 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NGINX PlusPivotal tc Server
Likelihood to Recommend
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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VMware by Broadcom
-Pivotal tc Server is best used as web application server on a virtual machine for middleware purposes -I feel it is less appropriate to be used with utilizing data that does not need to be secure
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Pros
F5
  • Load balancing
  • Caching
  • App security
  • Boost App performance
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VMware by Broadcom
  • send a receive HL7 message securely
  • details issues and errors in logs
  • very reliable uptime record with no system crashes
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Cons
F5
  • Update full config via api
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VMware by Broadcom
  • User management and administration access account setup has room for improvement and can be more user friendly and clearly list how many admin accounts we can setup
  • password complexity for user accounts need to be updated
  • although all logs list all errors some of the tomcat errors are not time stamped
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Alternatives Considered
F5
The API and dashboard alone make NGINX Plus a better choice.
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VMware by Broadcom
We selected Pivotal tc Server opposed to Cent0s Linux because Pivotal tc Server is more reliable and causes less downtime , also better logging. I have used both
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Return on Investment
F5
  • More uptime for business critical applications
  • Less overhead for administrator to maintain the applications
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VMware by Broadcom
  • one positive is that we can securely send patient data across to our food service dept.
  • another positive is that we can integrate the communication with our patient tv terminals
  • third positive is that there is less downtime because it is reliable
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