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Feature Set Ratings
Application Servers

7.9
NGINX
79%
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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: Usability
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

9.2
NGINX
92%
27 Ratings
9.9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
99%
9 Ratings
Usability

9.0
NGINX
90%
1 Rating
8.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
80%
1 Rating
Support Rating

8.1
NGINX
81%
8 Ratings
8.7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
87%
4 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.
Sr. Software Engineer
Tempus Labs, Inc.Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
It is well suited for an administrator team that is accustomed to pointing and clicking on items in a GUI fashion. All of the configurations can be performed this way if one chooses not to go the CLI method way. SUSE Linux works well with Microsoft environments and it's really easy to join a SUSE Linux server to an AD infrastructure as a member server and configure user authentication so that the server's resources can be accessed.
Sr. IT Systems Administrator
Zombie ComputersGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees
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)!
Senior Software Engineer
RocketripComputer Software, 11-50 employees
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Consistently performs well across various CPU architectures.
- It's very well supported both by the parent company, as well as SAP and other third-party companies.
- It is upgradeable across versions. We've performed upgrades from version 10 to 11 and from 11 to 12 without any major issues.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employeesCons
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.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Conversant Inc. (formerly Dotomi)Marketing and Advertising, 5001-10,000 employees
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- The support window for service packs after a new SP is released is too short.
- Community engagement is low.
- There are times when supported packages fall too far behind and create compatibility issues with applications. The Open Build Service usually provides a way around this, though.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 1001-5000 employeesPricing Details
NGINX
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
—SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—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.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0
Based on 1 answer
For the breadth of services, features and overall performance, I believe Suse Linux is a great choice for any enterprise. It still has to grow a bit in areas like online help forums and documents, but we are pretty much satisfied with our choice.
Development Coordinator, Advancement Services
University of Southern CaliforniaHigher Education, 10,001+ employees
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. 


Principal, Lead developer, Lead designer
PelagoInternet, 1-10 employees
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.7
Based on 4 answers
It's great for basic support issues. But it's less suited for anything that is either obscure or uncommon, and it is very hard to escalate, unless you've built a relationship with your vendor/salesperson.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employeesAlternatives 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
Senior Software Architect
Beneath The InkComputer Software, 1-10 employees
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
For running SAP workloads, I'd definitely recommend using SLES. AIX is running on power infrastructure which is very pricey and RedHat required a different license and a lot more parameterization to get SAP up and running properly.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 10,001+ employeesReturn 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.
Head of Development Technologies
Top Floor TechnologiesInternet, 11-50 employees
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Compared to others, use is more stable and scalable; easy to manage.
- The administration tools are very useful in helping the staff performance.
- SLES proved to be a very extendable product, supporting all of our infrastructure.
- The major reason I chose to use the product was the extensive enterprise peripheral support.
Director
Leverage - Advisory & ConsultancyComputer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees