We performed a comparison between IIS, NGINX Plus, and Windows Server AppFabric based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."The tool shows us the operating systems where our servers and applications are running."
"The solution integrates well with most Microsoft products."
"The solution is very simple to use and easy to deploy."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"IIS has a very simple and user-friendly interface, which helps a lot in effective and efficient management."
"When you are working with Microsoft solutions, you will see that the integration with the operating system, and implementing some security features, are easier in IIS than when using another solution."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The product is easy to use."
"The product is resilient."
"NGINX Plus' most valuable feature is the ingress controller."
"Using NGINX Plus for web traffic distribution is fantastic. It offers performance similar to physical load balancers but with added flexibility."
"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 most valuable feature of the solution is that it is simple to configure."
"Its versatility and capabilities make it invaluable for implementing patches and fixes when necessary."
"When I worked in a security research center, we tested NGINX to support DoS and DDoS attacks, and its results were great."
"NGINX works much better than HAProxy in our current hardware and architecture for HTTP/HTTPS load balancing. "
"The most valuable feature is AppFabric's hosting solution, which is what we need for running workflows."
"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."
"Having no support for other than a Microsoft environment and programming languages limits the usage of IIS in many cases."
"The cost is a bit too high."
"The solution should improve the cluster environment and load balancing."
"Sometimes, we encounter difficult issues, and getting support from Microsoft to resolve those issues is not easy."
"The documentation is not very detailed. They need to improve it and add to it. They should ensure there are lots of visuals to help users better understand the solution."
"The graphical user interface has room for improvement and can be more user-friendly."
"IIS needs to improve its security. Its support needs to be faster and clear. The tool's licensing could be cheaper as well."
"The solution must improve the integration between its databases."
"I would like it to have a more user-friendly graphical interface."
"The solution must improve its performance."
"The drawback is that you must obtain a license for everything."
"The scalability could be improved."
"It would be great if there was even more automation to make it even easier to maintain."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"The solution's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The KPI should be more focused on load balancing and the latency in application calling from the end system."
"The product is unable to connect with different cloud services."
"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."
"Microsoft will stop supporting the product next year, and we can't run unsupported programs in our systems."
