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Nginx is a powerful tool
April 27, 2023

Nginx is a powerful tool

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

NGINX Open Source

Overall Satisfaction with NGINX

We use nginx as a reverse proxy for web traffic for security reasons. We have also used it as an http cache.
  • Good reverse proxy
  • Load balancer
  • Http cache
  • Provide recommendations for improving performance
  • Provide flags on misconfigurations
  • Ability to scale for performance
  • Affordable
  • Nginx is easy to learn. As a result, finding people resources are less challenging
  • Nginx has saved us money by a factor of two

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

Nginx does well as a reverse proxy and not as well as a load balancer compared to other load balancer

NGINX Feature Ratings

Application Servers
9.6
Security management
9
Administration and management
9
Application server performance
10
Installation
10
Open-source standards compliance
10

Using NGINX

5000 - Accessing web apps
4 - Web administrator, developer
  • Acts as reverse proxy
  • Used as http cache
Great value for the product