NGINX vs. Pulse vADC (discontinued)
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NGINX | Score9.1 out of 10 | Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees) | 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 |
Pulse vADC (discontinued) | Score9 out of 10 | N/A | Pulse vADC was a virtual application delivery controller suite used to manage, distribute, and secure application traffic across data center and cloud infrastructure. The suite combined traffic management, centralized ADC administration, and web application protection. Ivanti acquired Pulse Secure in December 2020 and subsequently marketed the suite as Ivanti vADC. Ivanti has designated this legacy offering for sunset. | N/A |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | Optional | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
| Additional Details | — | Ivanti vADC software uses a tiered pricing model based on feature sets and throughput requirements, with subscription licenses. Licensing typically depends on the number of instances, bandwidth, or capacity and can include additional modules for advanced features, support, and maintenance. Cloud deployment versions are available with usage-based pricing models. | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | No answer on this topic |
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98% Would buy again 49 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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100% Delivers good value for the price 45 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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100% Happy with the feature set 50 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
| Lived up to sales and marketing promises | ||
92% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 34 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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96% Implementation went as expected 43 Answers | No answers on this topic | |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | Oracle WebLogic Server Score7.3 out of 10 | ![]() Azure Application Gateway Score8.8 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | Red Hat JBoss EAP Score8.5 out of 10 | NetScaler Score8 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.3 | 9.0 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.0 | - |
| Usability | 8.3 | - |
| Support Rating | 8.0 | - |
| Implementation Rating | 8.0 | - |
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