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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NGINX Plus

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ANGINX 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

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AVMware 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
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    Community Pulse
    NGINX PlusVMware NSX
    Considered Both Products
    F5
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    VMware by Broadcom
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    NGINX PlusVMware NSX
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of NGINX Plus and VMware NSX
    Feature
    NGINX Plus
    8.1
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    VMware NSX
    -
    Ratings
    IDE support7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
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    NGINX PlusVMware NSX
    Small Businesses
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    NGINX PlusVMware NSX
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (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.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    F5
    • APIGW
    • Policy Enforcement
    • Centrally Manage API Traffic
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Interoperability in multi-vendor environments
    • Advanced networking and packet acceleration options can be improved
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    No reason not to renew it, we are happy with it.
    Incentivized
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    VMware by Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    F5
    Very easy to use
    Incentivized
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    VMware by Broadcom
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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