NGINX High Performance Web Server
July 25, 2022
NGINX High Performance Web Server
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
NGINX Open Source
Overall Satisfaction with NGINX
We currently use NGINX for a high-powered highly configurable web server. The ability to protect and reduce the attack surface area of our primary webservers was our primary need. NGINX was chosen to meet internal demands for a highly flexible webserver that can have multiple nodes and redirect/proxy traffic to protected servers.
- Allows for multiple domain names.
- Can be created as a proxy that forwards traffic to back-end servers.
- Allows for SSL offloading and protection.
- Allows for Load balancing between multiple back-end servers.
- Currently, there isn't a GUI interface which is both a good thing (for reduced footprint) and a perceived bad thing if console familiar users are not available.
- Proxy services
- SSL Offloading
- Front-end/Backend setup configurations
- Highly configurable
- Our ROI has mainly been around reduced time for our web administrators.
- Managed open source software has fulfilled our security needs.
- Highly configurable for our complex frontend/backend load balanced scenarios.
MS IIS and Apache HTTP Server both provide many similar services. However the configuration simplicity, and performance characteristics helped us choose NGINX above the other 2 products.
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