We performed a comparison between NGINX Plus and Windows Server AppFabric 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."The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is simple to configure."
"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."
"It performs very well. That's one of the primary reasons we use NGINX."
"Nginx is simple to configure, very stable in a highly utilized environment and very modular, allowing DevOps to create it's own modules for interactive use with Nginx."
"The web proxy and the database proxy are excellent."
"The product is resilient."
"The product is lightweight and fast."
"It's lightweight software that can handle heavy loads efficiently."
"It is very usable and easy to understand. Antivirus and VPN are the main features being used now. It allows my clients to access the network from home, which was very crucial because of the pandemic."
"The product's deployment phase was very easy."
"The most valuable feature is AppFabric's hosting solution, which is what we need for running workflows."
"The center management system could be improved."
"I would suggest adding GUI-based configuration panels to NGINX Plus to simplify setup and management tasks."
"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 drawback is that you must obtain a license for everything."
"NGINX Plus is moderately priced, but it could give better value for money."
"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."
"I would like to see the Grafana integration in NGINX which is already present in HAProxy. Grafana integration will help the solution visualize all the data analytics on the dashboard which is currently not present."
"I would like the configuration process to be more simplified."
"Its price and licensing policy can be improved. It could be a little cheaper. Licensing is sometimes confusing. There are so many different options. It is difficult to find out what to buy or what to choose for my necessity."
"The product is unable to connect with different cloud services."
"Microsoft will stop supporting the product next year, and we can't run unsupported programs in our systems."
NGINX Plus is ranked 2nd in Application Infrastructure with 28 reviews while Windows Server AppFabric is ranked 18th in Application Infrastructure with 3 reviews. NGINX Plus is rated 8.8, while Windows Server AppFabric is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server AppFabric writes "Offers good monitoring capabilities and ease of setup". NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Apache Web Server, whereas Windows Server AppFabric is most compared with IIS. See our NGINX Plus vs. Windows Server AppFabric report.
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