Overall Satisfaction with Nginx
We use Nginx as load balancing for our complex web applications and proxying requests to different applications across the company. It has a small footprint and memory usage, so it's the best choice solution for us.
- Static assets caching
- Extremely simply configurable proxy solution
- Load balancing is awesome
- The robustness is on the top
- Steep learning curve: you'll spend lots of time to read all manuals and specs before you can configure it correctly
- SSL handling is poor
- We can serve more clients than ever
- Services became reliable
- Security increased
Configuration options are easier on Nginx. It's better suited for our cases. It's easier to find specialists for Nginx in our area.