NGINX Plus vs. VMware NSX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NGINX Plus
Score 8.6 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
VMware NSX
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
VMware NSX is network virtualization technology. VMware NSX is no longer sold as a standalone product and is now available as a part of VMware Cloud Foundation.N/A
Pricing
NGINX PlusVMware NSX
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 PlusVMware NSX
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
NGINX PlusVMware NSX
Features
NGINX PlusVMware NSX
Application Servers
Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
NGINX Plus
8.2
6 Ratings
3% above category average
VMware NSX
-
Ratings
IDE support8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Security management8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Administration and management8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Application server performance8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Installation8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance8.45 Ratings00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.2 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.2 out of 10

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Enterprises
NGINX
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Score 9.2 out of 10

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User Ratings
NGINX PlusVMware NSX
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(6 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.4
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
NGINX PlusVMware NSX
Likelihood to Recommend
F5
Makes our life easy as application admins in securing our applications and making them accessible. We can easily add an application within a few minutes and define the backend servers right away.
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VMware by Broadcom
With proper design, VMware NSX can and should be deployed to virtually any VMware virtualization environment, but the deployment should be tailored to the needs of that environment. There isn't really a one size fits all deployment design for all environments. That versatility is what provides its greatest strength to a business.
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Pros
F5
  • APIGW
  • Policy Enforcement
  • Centrally Manage API Traffic
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VMware by Broadcom
  • End to end encryption on the wire.
  • Micro-segmentation.
  • Integrates well with existing VMWare environment.
  • Integrates well with our existing network.
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Cons
F5
  • An AI bot would be cool to help build config files
  • More webinars for advanced NGINX Plus would be great
  • GUI tool... might already be one available
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VMware by Broadcom
  • Interoperability in multi-vendor environments
  • Advanced networking and packet acceleration options can be improved
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Likelihood to Renew
F5
No reason not to renew it, we are happy with it.
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VMware by Broadcom
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Usability
F5
Very easy to use
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VMware by Broadcom
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Support Rating
F5
We had an issue after upgrading from RHEL 7 to 8, and there were some issues that the security team imposed upon the platform with a scanning tool. We also had a VXLAN environment that was not properly sending a gratuitous arp to the network. NGINX support was instrumental to speedily resolving our issue.
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VMware by Broadcom
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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 use both Cisco ACI and VMware NSX, and while they have different strengths and capabilities, I would recommend VMware NSX, as it can be used in all VMware environments, without costly physical infrastructure changes. Cisco ACI provides some of the same capabilities, but not all. It's focus relies on physical networking changes.
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Return on Investment
F5
  • We are planning by using NGINX it can greatly reduce our OPEX by 50% "just our own running APIGW" the cascading effects in the long run will be much more.
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VMware by Broadcom
  • Ability to move workloads more easily with the ability to stretch/move networks across multiple physical locations.
  • The added flexibility allows you to expedite tech refreshes since you're no longer constrained by the hardware.
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