We performed a comparison between Citrix NetScaler and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the content switching."
"My customers have told me that the performance of this solution is good."
"The most valuable feature is load balancing."
"The most valuable features are the VDA Delivery, Gateway Fort, and the load balancing."
"It is the best product out there."
"The MAS integration for HDX Insight has provided teams with significant visibility into network performance of the user's connection."
"It has helped us to increase the resiliency of the application and the performance."
"The solution is very stable. We don't have any downtime or issues of that nature."
"Application Gateway with application-level firewall tool and load distributor and balancer (also serves for A/B testing)."
"Nginx is extremely efficient in terms of the connection rate to the CPU cycles ratio, and in terms of the bandwidth to CPU cycles."
"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."
"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 product is resilient."
"Valuable features include authentication, caching, reverse proxy routing, and load balancing."
"The product is lightweight and fast."
"Its versatility and capabilities make it invaluable for implementing patches and fixes when necessary."
"Integration with other third party providers and third party applications could be better because it can be a bit complex at present."
"If one device or switch fails, the failover to another device is not seamless which is painful."
"I think the documentation should be improved."
"I would like to see multifactor authentication added to this solution to improve the security."
"I would like to see support for scripting, like "iRule", which gives you the option to implement any configuration which is not available out of the box."
"The licensing model and technical support of the solution could be improved."
"Citrix should offer a demo or free-trial version of NetScaler. Several other vendors do, but Citrix does not. Pricing should also be more readily available."
"There are certain features that are very useful and Citrix makes you pay a bit more for them."
"Improvement needed in NGINX Plus could focus on optimizing memory usage for users."
"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."
"NGINX Plus is moderately priced, but it could give better value for money."
"The solution's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The solution needs to be easier to setup and deploy."
"Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing."
"If NGINX brings some features for health check in the open source version, it would be better. "
"The scalability could be improved."
Citrix NetScaler is ranked 2nd in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 85 reviews while NGINX Plus is ranked 5th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 27 reviews. Citrix NetScaler is rated 8.4, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Citrix NetScaler writes "Optimizing application delivery and ensuring robust network performance with its excellent stability and comprehensive load-balancing capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". Citrix NetScaler is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiADC, HAProxy and Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway. See our Citrix NetScaler vs. NGINX Plus report.
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