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    Score9.1 out of 10
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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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    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAn AppSec solution formerly from Micro Focus, spanning SCA, SAST and DAST that supports the breadth and management of any application portfolio, used to secure code. Features API discovery and testing for any application, throughout the software lifecycle.N/A
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    NGINXFortify by OpenText
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Features
    NGINXFortify by OpenText
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of NGINX and Fortify by OpenText
    Feature
    NGINX
    8.8
    43 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Fortify by OpenText
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    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
    NGINXFortify by OpenText
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (72 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (25 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    NGINXFortify by OpenText
    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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    OpenText
    It is best suited for runtime application security scanning and very useful for automation. You can seemlessly integrate with pipeline for dynamic scans. Cloud based apps can also be scanned for vulnerabilities, cross site scripting attacks. Basically all OWASP TOP 10. It is less appropriate to use if you have serverless architecture
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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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    OpenText
    • DAST Scanning
    • API Scanning
    • Less detection of false positive
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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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    OpenText
    • Reporting could be better
    • Can be an involved setup if your organization is not using common build tools
    • Users get spammed with a lot of email updates from the service
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    Likelihood to Renew
    F5
    Great value for the product
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    OpenText
    Since every firm needs to perform static code analysis on their applications, I believe Micro Focus Fortify WebInspect would work well for them (they also offer dynamic scanning, although I haven't used it myself). Different static analysis tools scan code in different ways, and Micro Focus Fortify WebInspect asks you to submit a complete build of the application along with debugging files. Depending on how your company builds its apps, this requirement may be simple or challenging.
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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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    OpenText
    It is a cloud-based platform which can provide us a very useful and unique features like Application Assessment, Scans, Vulnerability Test, Comprehensive Reporting, Monitoring, etc. Fortify by Open Text is also outstanding in various parameters for the support and integration and it is highly adaptable in various DevOps Program where you need secure app testing with all given features.
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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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    OpenText
    Always receive excellent support from the vendor. No issues there.
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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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    OpenText
    Fortify Application Defender is a little more timely and upfront with a lot of their information on cyber security. we like what they provide and how they communicate with our users. I think they have a good understanding and practice in their field. they seem best suited for us and the best fit.
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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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    OpenText
    • DevSecOps helped in reducing efforts
    • License cost was less
    • We could roll out double the count of applications with implementation of WebInspect
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