NGINX vs. Tanzu tc Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NGINX
Score 9.1 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
Tanzu tc Server
Score 6.1 out of 10
N/A
The Tanzu tc Server is a Lightweight Java application server that extends Apache Tomcat for use in large-scale mission-critical environments.N/A
Pricing
NGINXTanzu tc Server
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NGINXTanzu tc Server
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Features
NGINXTanzu tc Server
Application Servers
Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
NGINX
8.7
32 Ratings
9% above category average
Tanzu tc Server
7.8
1 Ratings
2% below category average
IDE support7.617 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Security management8.627 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Administration and management8.827 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Application server performance9.327 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Installation8.929 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance9.025 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
NGINXTanzu tc Server
Small Businesses
Apache HTTP Server
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Score 9.1 out of 10
NGINX
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Score 8.0 out of 10
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Score 8.0 out of 10
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
NGINXTanzu tc Server
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(50 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
NGINXTanzu tc Server
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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VMware by Broadcom
-Pivotal tc Server is best used as web application server on a virtual machine for middleware purposes -I feel it is less appropriate to be used with utilizing data that does not need to be secure
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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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  • send a receive HL7 message securely
  • details issues and errors in logs
  • very reliable uptime record with no system crashes
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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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VMware by Broadcom
  • User management and administration access account setup has room for improvement and can be more user friendly and clearly list how many admin accounts we can setup
  • password complexity for user accounts need to be updated
  • although all logs list all errors some of the tomcat errors are not time stamped
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Likelihood to Renew
F5
Great value for the product
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VMware by Broadcom
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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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VMware by Broadcom
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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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VMware by Broadcom
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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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VMware by Broadcom
We selected Pivotal tc Server opposed to Cent0s Linux because Pivotal tc Server is more reliable and causes less downtime , also better logging. I have used both
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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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VMware by Broadcom
  • one positive is that we can securely send patient data across to our food service dept.
  • another positive is that we can integrate the communication with our patient tv terminals
  • third positive is that there is less downtime because it is reliable
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ScreenShots

NGINX Screenshots

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