NGINX Plus vs Zend PHP Engine comparison

NGINX Plus

Read 28 NGINX Plus reviews

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92% willing to recommend

Zend PHP Engine

Read 10 Zend PHP Engine reviews

665 Views
315 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

NGINX Plus

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between NGINX Plus and Zend PHP Engine 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.

To learn more, read our detailed NGINX Plus vs. Zend PHP Engine Report (Updated: May 2024).

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NGINX Plus vs. Zend PHP Engine

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Categories and Ranking

NGINX Plus

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (5th)

Zend PHP Engine

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Application Infrastructure category, the market share of NGINX Plus is 10.9% and it decreased by 6.9% compared to the previous year. The market share of Zend PHP Engine is 1.6% and it increased by 55.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

9.8%

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Featured Reviews

RICARDO FILIPO

Wordpress Expert at Codeable

Sep 15, 2023

A solution that integrates well into your environment and gives you more options and power

We are using servers as web servers, and I redirect them to NGINX When you use NGINX, you have more options and power. You don't need to use anything else. I have web servers that integrate with other web servers you need to use, for example, Apache, IIS, or anything else. NGINX integrates well…

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SatyendraGupta

External Consultant (Digital Tool Developer and Intervention Specialist) at IQVIA

Jan 29, 2024

The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature

The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature. A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it. I have been Zend PHP Engine for nine years. Multiple people are using the solution. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing."

"I need to highlight that the number one thing about NGINX is that it is free."

"The load balancing module, which is equivalent to LTM, is the focus of the PSE. So far, the features of both are identical. I believe NGINX has more features for securing these services, but in terms of load balancing, both are massive solutions."

"The flexibility of its modules allow it to be scalable."

"When I worked in a security research center, we tested NGINX to support DoS and DDoS attacks, and its results were great."

"The most valuable features are the gateway and the ability to publish to sites."

"The product is lightweight and fast."

"With NGINX, I appreciate its ability to route traffic geographically."

More NGINX Plus pros

"Zend PHP Engine is more secure than any other framework, and I usually prefer Zend PHP Engine for big applications."

"This solution is really easy for me to use."

"We have not encountered issues with scalability as long as we effectively use caching to optimize performance of our web applications as well as a proper use of database connectivity."

"It offers good support for various types of classes, along with many open source libraries that we can readily utilize in our application development process. This gives us a lot of options when it comes to custom development solutions, without having to worry about licensing or other programming-related issues."

"The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature."

"The Zend Framework provides an easy, open source way to produce coding based on the needs of our customers."

"Zend Engine gives the flexibility to use external modules to easily expand the functionalities you need for your web project."

"The cache modules that Zend provides have been able to optimize and accelerate the loading of the pages when there was exponential growth in data volume and quantity of requests. At the same time, the monitoring console allowed us to have a real-time understanding of the resources and to make decisions when they were at the limit."

More Zend PHP Engine pros

Cons

"I would like it to have a more user-friendly graphical interface."

"It would be great if there was even more automation to make it even easier to maintain."

"Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing."

"I would like the configuration process to be more simplified."

"NGINX Plus is moderately priced, but it could give better value for money."

"They should do in the open source version of what they did to Advanced HTTP, TCP, and UDP load balancing."

"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."

"Our most challenging part was to run an older PHP website reverse-proxied through NGINX. That was not fun."

More NGINX Plus cons

"In terms of improvement, it doesn't support concurrent processing. When we want to process anything on a concurrent basis, we have to divide it into a number of things, like a queue, or we have to run it using Cron jobs. We would like to have the capability to run any thread or process in parallel."

"A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it."

"SQL queries have always been an issue with PHP, especially if you use large tables, which require caution from the side of the developer."

"The biggest problem with PHP is you have to write lot of conditions or have to use a framework."

"The main area that Zend needs to improve is to support asynchronous programming tasks, which is facilitated in PHP 7, but not at the same degree as HHVM."

"The solution can be quicker."

"Although it offers a complete environment to develop and deploy PHP applications, it has some limitations. For example, when the volume of data increased exponentially, I had problems scaling the system."

"The process of installing and configuring the product is a bit complex and could be improved."

More Zend PHP Engine cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There's an open-source version of NGINX that is free."

"You pay for each feature that you want."

"NGINX Plus is an open-source solution with limited additional features. When you try to get additional features in the solution, then you need to pay an extra amount to NGINX Plus."

"The list price of NGINX Plus is close to $5,500."

"The solution is free, but you can spend a lot of money with a complex solution."

"I use the solution's community edition which is free of cost."

"The cost is reasonable."

"I am not so happy with their pricing policy, but this is not the worse thing in my life. I can tolerate it."

More NGINX Plus pricing and cost advice

"No problem with pricing and licensing, as tools are open source. You have to consider training cost, mindset setup cost, as part of the TCO."

"The solution is open source and you just pay for the server cost."

"Its pricing depends on the number of users."

"Zend PHP Engine is not an expensive solution."

"The Zend PHP engine is open source technology, so there's no need for us to worry about licensing or other costs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

19%

Government

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Which is better - IIS or NGINX Plus?

IIS is a flexible, secure, and manageable web server to host anything on the web. IIS’s scalable and open architecture can handle the most demanding tasks. From media streaming to web applications,...

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What do you like most about NGINX Plus?

It performs very well. That's one of the primary reasons we use NGINX.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX Plus?

There's an open-source version of NGINX that is free. There's also NGINX Plus, which is a paid version with additional features.

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What do you like most about Zend PHP Engine?

The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zend PHP Engine?

Zend PHP Engine is not an expensive solution.

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What needs improvement with Zend PHP Engine?

A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it.

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Compared 20% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 71% of the time

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Overview

NGINX Plus is a versatile solution that offers load balancing, caching, proxying, and API deployment capabilities. It can be deployed on private or public clouds and is ideal for building CDN solutions. The solution can also be used to secure web applications and replace web services like Apache.

NGINX has helped organizations improve functioning, reduce downtimes, and offer a DevOps-friendly solution. Its community support and documentation are highly regarded, and its configuration is more straightforward, making it a recommended choice over HAProxy.

The Zend PHP Engine is designed to optimize PHP code and improve performance, making it a popular choice for web developers. It is easy to use, stable, does not require a lot of code, is open source, and only requires payment for server costs. The initial setup is straightforward, and there is no real need to set up the solution because it's built into the deployment.

Sample Customers

Locaweb, AppNexus, Wix, Reliam, Montana Interactive, MuleSoft, Warpwire, Discovery Education, InkaBinka, WordPress.com, Gogo, GOV.UK, NASA

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