F5 NGINX Review
March 13, 2026

F5 NGINX Review

Gregory Hanson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

NGINX Plus

Overall Satisfaction with NGINX

NGINX is used as a load balancer/reverse proxy for our web properties from dev through pre-release production. We integrate traffic from BIG-IP virtual IPs and delegate upstream traffic through the reverse proxy function.

Pros

  • load balance
  • reverse proxy
  • rate limiting
  • OTEL

Cons

  • published helm charts for initial k8s deployments were either scarce or non-existent and had to be custom built
  • Management of the deployments have been considerably easier in switching from Apache.
  • Upgrades are hours rather than months
current usage (not NGINX One) doesn't have a UI so it's all about the helm charts and CI/CD for us
  • Apache HTTP Server
  • HCL Digital Experience

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

Great for reverse proxy and load balancing. Easy to configure. Deployments are automated through CI/CD

NGINX Feature Ratings

Application Servers
7.0
IDE support
Not Rated
Security management
Not Rated
Administration and management
Not Rated
Application server performance
Not Rated
Installation
7
Open-source standards compliance
Not Rated

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