We performed a comparison between Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about F5, Citrix, HAProxy and others in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)."The most valuable aspect of this solution is that it is simple to deploy. The deployment took us ten minutes."
"It performs very well. That's one of the primary reasons we use NGINX."
"I need to highlight that the number one thing about NGINX is that it is free."
"The flexibility of its modules allow it to be scalable."
"The robust software architecture allows for it to be scalable and very stable."
"Its versatility and capabilities make it invaluable for implementing patches and fixes when necessary."
"It's lightweight software that can handle heavy loads efficiently."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is simple to configure."
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"In terms of what needs improvement, the price could be lowered. We've tried to deploy more of them but our purchasing department has said that they're way too expensive and they would prefer to use something else."
"Make modules easier to enable or disable. The beauty and ugly side of the NGINX modules is you have to know how to compile the module. For beginners or non-very technical aspirant(s) going for NGINX, they have to learn how to compile the modules."
"The scaling should be built into the software rather than configured from an outside source."
"I would like the configuration process to be more simplified."
"Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing."
"The solution's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"NGINX is a very basic load balancer and cannot do as many customizations as F5."
"The solution must improve its performance."
"The drawback is that you must obtain a license for everything."
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Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall is ranked 18th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) while NGINX Plus is ranked 5th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 28 reviews. Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall is rated 9.0, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall writes "Good feature set and is simple to deploy ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". Ivanti Virtual Web Application Firewall is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Citrix NetScaler, Avi Networks Software Load Balancer and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Apache Web Server.
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