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NGINX vs Stoplight

NGINX
93 Ratings
Stoplight
5 Ratings

NGINX

93 Ratings
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Score 9.2 out of 100

Based on 93 reviews and ratings

Stoplight

5 Ratings
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Score 8.2 out of 100

Based on 5 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

    Application Servers

    7.9

    NGINX

    79%

    Stoplight

    Feature Set Not Supported
    N/A
    NGINX ranks higher in 6/6 features
    NGINX ranks higher in 6/6 features

    IDE support

    8.0
    80%
    1 Rating
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Security management

    8.0
    80%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Administration and management

    6.3
    63%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Application server performance

    9.0
    90%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Installation

    7.3
    73%
    3 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Open-source standards compliance

    8.5
    85%
    2 Ratings
    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Attribute Ratings

    • NGINX is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend

    Likelihood to Recommend

    9.2

    NGINX

    92%
    27 Ratings
    9.0

    Stoplight

    90%
    2 Ratings

    Usability

    9.0

    NGINX

    90%
    1 Rating

    Stoplight

    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Support Rating

    8.1

    NGINX

    81%
    8 Ratings

    Stoplight

    N/A
    0 Ratings

    Likelihood to Recommend

    NGINX

    [NGINX] is very well suited for high performance. I have seen it used on servers with 1k current connections with no issues. Despite seeing it used in many environments I've never seen software developers use it over apache, express, IIS in local dev environments so it may be more difficult to setup. I've also seen it used to load balance again without issues.

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    Josh Stapp | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Josh Stapp
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    Stoplight

    API mocking, testing, and sharing are all built in functions for StopLight that work quite well. They even have functionality for generating OAI and RAML code as well, which is a huge plus. AS for as areas where StopLight is not appropriate, if you're doing anything other than API testing, StopLight may not be appropriate for use.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Pros

    NGINX

    • 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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    Gabriel Samaroo | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Gabriel Samaroo
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    Stoplight

    • OpenAPI support
    • Markdown supports
    • Git integration

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Verified User
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    Cons

    NGINX

    • 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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    L Matthew Blancett | TrustRadius Reviewer
    L Matthew Blancett
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    Stoplight

    • Simplicity of set up. Although it's not difficult, there are tools out there that are easier to set up for testing endpoints.
    • Again, it's perfectly functional, but some competitors I think have a more user friendly UI to them.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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    Pricing Details

    NGINX

    General

    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level set up fee?
    Optional

    Starting Price

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    NGINX Editions & Modules

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    Stoplight

    General

    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    —
    Entry-level set up fee?
    No

    Starting Price

    $0 Up to 3 Users

    Stoplight Editions & Modules

    Edition
    Free$01
    Starter$992
    Pro$3993
    1. Up to 3 Users
    2. Up to 10 Users
    3. Unlimited Projects
    Additional Pricing Details
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    Usability

    NGINX

    NGINX 9.0
    Based on 1 answer
    Front end proxy and reverse proxy of Nginx is always useful. I always prefer to Nginx in overall usability when you have application server and database or multiple application servers and single database i.e. clustered application. Nginx provides really good features and flexibility which helps the system administrator in case of troubleshooting and also from the administration perspective. Also, Nginx doesn't delay any request because of internal performance issues.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Verified User
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    Stoplight

    No score
    No answers yet
    No answers on this topic

    Support Rating

    NGINX

    NGINX 8.1
    Based on 8 answers
    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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    John Reeve | TrustRadius Reviewer
    John Reeve
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    Stoplight

    No score
    No answers yet
    No answers on this topic

    Alternatives Considered

    NGINX

    We have used Traffic, Apache, Google Cloud Load Balancing and other managed cloud-based load balancers. When it comes to scale and customization nothing beats Nginx. We selected Nginx over the others because
    • we have a large number of services and we can manage a single Nginx instance for all of them
    • we have high impact services and Nginx never breaks a sweat under load
    • individual services have special considerations and Nginx lets us configure each one uniquely

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    Tyler Johnson | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Tyler Johnson
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    Stoplight

    I'd like to also throw Runscope and Fiddler into the mix. Between StopLight and all these competitors, we've chosen StopLight primarily for the support, ease of use, and reliability. Most tools out there today are top-notch, so it really comes down to personal preference and different use-cases. Having used other API testing frameworks, StopLight definitely stacks up against the competition.

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Verified User
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    Return on Investment

    NGINX

    • Nginx has decreased the burden of web server administration and maintenance, and we are spending less time on server issues than when we were using Apache.
    • Nginx has allowed more people in our company to get involved with configuring things on the web server, so there's no longer a single point of failure ("the Apache guy").
    • Nginx has given us the ability to handle a larger number of requests without scaling up in hardware quite so quickly.

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    Ben McClure | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Ben McClure
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    Stoplight

    • Increased efficiency
    • Improved comminication between backeend and frontend

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    Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Verified User
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