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    NGINX, a business unit of F5 Networks, powers over 65% of the world's busiest websites and web applications. NGINX started out as an open source web server and reverse proxy, built to be faster and more efficient than Apache. Over the years, NGINX has built a suite of infrastructure software products o tackle some of the biggest challenges in managing high-transaction applications. NGINX offers a suite of products to form the core of what organizations need to create…N/A

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    NGINXOctopus Deploy
    Editions & Modules
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    Octopus Server - Professional
    $1920
    per year starting with 20 projects
    Octopus Cloud - Professional
    $4170
    per year starting with 20 projects
    Octopus Server - Enterprise
    $14400
    per year starting with 100 projects
    Octopus Cloud - Enterprise
    $23400
    per year starting with 100 projects
    Cloud
    Free
    10 users/10 projects/10 tenants/10 machines
    Server
    Free
    10 users/10 projects/10 tenants/10 machines
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NGINXOctopus Deploy
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—Octopus Deploy offers a Free tier (Cloud and Server) and a 30-day free trial of the Enterprise tier. No credit card needed. Octopus also offers a Professional tier with 8/5 support (9 am–5 pm on weekdays). The Enterprise tier provides advanced features for teams to scale, including high availability, DevOps Insights, ServiceNow & Jira Service Management integration, unlimited instances, 24/7 support & service credits, and a dedicated Customer Success Manager.
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    Features
    NGINXOctopus Deploy
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of NGINX and Octopus Deploy
    Feature
    NGINX
    8.8
    43 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Octopus Deploy
    -
    Ratings
    IDE support8.127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management8.638 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management8.939 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance9.139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation9.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance9.037 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    NGINXOctopus Deploy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (72 ratings)
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (25 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    8.5
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    Ease of integration
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    8.5
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    Professional Services
    -
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    NGINXOctopus Deploy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    F5
    Nginx is well-suited for any web server scenarios, such as web applications, backend or reverse proxy for both application and HTTP requests, and distribution. It is less appropriate for Windows-based applications that run directly on a Windows Server host. In any case, it is very easy to manage, through separate conf files for each application or site you want to host with it.
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    Octopus Deploy
    Octopus Deploy is well suited for our requirements of deploying across multiple environments with one consistent release. We are saving a lot of time by not having to package and move release files around. Our release process is more efficient and consistent with automation. There are some parts that we could probably perform with existing tools such as DevOps and there are one or two features we have to workaround to fit for our setup such as the step templates to install websites. These are minor in our opinion.
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    Pros
    F5
    • Very low memory usage. Can handle many more connections than alternatives (like Apache HTTPD) due to low overhead. (event-based architecture).
    • Great at serving static content.
    • Scales very well. Easy to host multiple Nginx servers to promote high availability.
    • Open-Source (no cost)!
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    Octopus Deploy
    • Octopus integrates nicely with TeamCity, our build server.
    • Octopus uses the same deployment packages across environments and makes it easy to track their progress across those environments.
    • Octopus makes it easy to handle configuration across environments which is usually a particularly difficult task.
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    Cons
    F5
    • Customer support can be strangely condescending, perhaps it's a language issue?
    • I find it a little weird how the release versions used for Nginx+ aren't the same as for open source version. It can be very confusing to determine the cross-compatibility of modules, etc., because of this.
    • It seems like some (most?) modules on their own site are ancient and no longer supported, so their documentation in this area needs work.
    • It's difficult to navigate between nginx.com commercial site and customer support. They need to be integrated together.
    • I'd love to see more work done on nginx+ monitoring without requiring logging every request. I understand that many statistics can only be derived from logs, but plenty should work without that. Logging is not an option in many environments.
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    Octopus Deploy
    • In the past has been somewhat .net focused but that has been changing in recent times
    • Would be great if community licenses for NFP organizations were perpetual - but in saying that I appreciate that Octopus does provide my organization with a community [license]. Not all organisations do
    • I can’t think of any other
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    Great value for the product
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    Octopus Deploy
    Would be a 10 except for the retirement of the free Community Edition.
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    Usability
    F5
    This tool is really easy to use and configure. Consumes very less system resources. It is highly modular and configurable. You can easily use it with other tools like certbot for SSLs. You can configure basic security with configuration and headers
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    Octopus Deploy
    Octopus Deploy has greatly helped us to improve our reliability and frequency of our deployments and given us the confidence to deploy much more often, with a direct benefit to customers. Cross-platform support and release to Cloud require more focus on the product side.
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    Performance
    F5
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    Octopus Deploy
    Octopus Deploy is a software that runs very effectively, is easy to use, does not require such a high learning curve, provides the necessary tools to carry out the functions it offers, making it a very flexible software, it also allows that can be configured according to the needs of the user and provides integrations with other very advantageous tools since they are carried out in a very favorable way.
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    Support Rating
    F5
    Community support is great, and they've also had a presence at conferences. Overall, there is no shortage of documentation and community support. We're currently using it to serve up some WordPress sites, and configuring NGINX for this purpose is well documented.
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    Octopus Deploy
    Octopus Deploy support has always been there for us, even when using the free tier, we get responsive hands-on help. We haven't needed to use that level of support since the documentation is clearly written, and help is readily available within the interface itself. Using Octopus Deploy is a truly joyful experience.
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    Alternatives Considered
    F5
    I have found that [NGINX] seems to perform better throughout the years with less issues although I've used Apache more. I would definitely recommend [NGINX] for any high volume site and I've seen this to usually be the case from most provided web hosts who will pick [NGINX] over alternatives
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    Octopus Deploy
    There aren't really any competitors in the land of ASP.NET. Deployment is too ad-hoc. Other tools exist that have massive downsides, like Web Deploy. Most aren't even supported anymore. You could argue that containers (Docker) are a competitor, but containers cannot be used for everything and solve a somewhat different problem. Octopus Deploy is even able to help with containers. To us, Octopus Deploy was really the only really polished solution.
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    Professional Services
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Octopus Deploy
    Great support from professional services.
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    Return on Investment
    F5
    • By using Nginx, we can host multiple web services on a single server, keeping our infrastructure costs lower.
    • Nginx maintains our HTTPS connections, allowing us to keep our promise to our customers that their data is safe in transit.
    • Due to Nginx's extremely low failure rate, our web addresses always return something meaningful, even when individual services go down. In sense, this means we are "always online" and allows us to maintain brand and support our customers even in the face of catastrophe.
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    Octopus Deploy
    • Allows us to deploy to our fleet quickly and without interruption to service
    • Can roll back to previous releases quickly, allowing us to back out of breaking changes in the worst-case scenarios.
    • Integration with several targets has allowed us to explore new platforms for our products, such as Docker in AWS ECS.
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    ScreenShots

    NGINX Screenshots

    Screenshot of Overview of the NGINX Application PlatformScreenshot of NGINX Controller - MonitoringScreenshot of NGINX Controller - Configuration

    Octopus Deploy Screenshots

    Screenshot of where Octopus provides real-time visibility into which application versions are deployed across all environmentsScreenshot of some of the 500+ pre-built step templates for Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Terraform, and Docker, to define deployment processes.Screenshot of the interface to create a deployment process once and reuse it across all environments, ensuring consistent deployments from development through production.Screenshot of tenanted deployments, which allow users to deploy unique application versions to individual customers or business units while maintaining centralized control and visibility across all instancesScreenshot of the audit log, which captures every deployment action, change, and user activity with full attribution and timestamps, providing accountability for compliance and security.Screenshot of the Runbooks that enable teams to automate routine operational tasks like backups, certificate renewals, and infrastructure maintenance, reducing manual effort and ensuring consistent execution of critical procedures.