Can't get a better backend load balancer than nginx
April 03, 2023
Can't get a better backend load balancer than nginx
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
NGINX Open Source
Overall Satisfaction with NGINX
Most of our applications are container based and load balanced. Having multiple servers in the backend is challenging and using an external load balancer makes you lose control of the mechanics. That is where NGINX comes into picture. We create config files on our EC2 instances and control how the load balancer functions via NGINX
- Load balancer
- Load sharing
- Web server
- Reverse Proxy
- Community support is limited
- Load balancer
- Web server
- Caching
- Great if you have multiple servers behind a load balancer environment
- Reverse proxying a server using web url
- Low cost of usage
Apache is a market leader but NGINX is new and has new features. Lightweight and can handle static requests. We use EC2 and I believe NGINX is more suited when it comes to scalability.
Do you think NGINX delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with NGINX's feature set?
Yes
Did NGINX live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of NGINX go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy NGINX again?
Yes