We performed a comparison between IBM DataPower Gateway and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is easy to use, easy to install, and it's resilient for high availability."
"Since it is a gateway, it provides a lot of security features."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"The performance is good. It's been very stable."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It is very easy to set up and configure, even for users with no prior experience."
"The solution is stable."
"You don't have to have a separate DMC proxy because DataPower Gateway is an appliance and will take care of a lot of security features. These include data validations, encryption, as well as XML or any type of scripting or security threats that are present."
"Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing."
"The most valuable features are the gateway and the ability to publish to sites."
"The flexibility of its modules allow it to be scalable."
"When you use NGINX, you have more options and power."
"Zero Downtime has always been a strength in recommending infrastructure web services. NGINX allows me to execute such infrastructure with less complications and the ability to switch from server to server easily."
"With NGINX, I appreciate its ability to route traffic geographically."
"Its most valuable features are load balancing and application delivery. This is the most efficient application for these features because of stability and its efficiency."
"The product is lightweight and fast."
"They should add features to manage API integrations."
"Traceability could be improved, especially for business operations. The traceability of the transactions could be an improvement point for DataPower to work on. It would be better if they provided JSON support. JSON protocol data has changed format. It started performing internal transformation to JSONx. This might be an additional complexity."
"It is a costly product."
"The IBM community does not have much engagement from the IT community in Saudi Arabia and developers for this solution are difficult to find."
"The components that they include in the product that are, in fact, a WTX, really need to be removed from the product because they tend to fail."
"The two biggest issues of this solution are the complexity and the maintenance procedures."
"They should improve the solution's clustering features."
"The initial setup isn't so easy, you need who has experience working with the solution to help."
"If NGINX brings some features for health check in the open source version, it would be better. "
"The biggest room for improvement would be to allow NGINX Core machines to cluster for memory zones in some way with a plug and play module. "
"The solution needs to be easier to setup and deploy."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The center management system could be improved."
"NGINX Plus is moderately priced, but it could give better value for money."
"The solution must improve its performance."
"Only improvement needed that I would point to is scalability. With it, I mean clusterized organisation on a low level. At the moment, the best alternative is RHEL HA."
IBM DataPower Gateway is ranked 6th in Application Infrastructure with 27 reviews while NGINX Plus is ranked 2nd in Application Infrastructure with 28 reviews. IBM DataPower Gateway is rated 8.4, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of IBM DataPower Gateway writes "Security features meets compliance needs and offers MPGW (Multi-Protocol Gateway) that simplifies integration efforts ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". IBM DataPower Gateway is most compared with IBM API Connect, Apigee, Microsoft Azure API Management, Mule ESB and IBM WebSphere Application Server, whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Radware Alteon. See our IBM DataPower Gateway vs. NGINX Plus report.
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