We performed a comparison between IBM WebSphere Application Server 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."The performance is good."
"Ease of administration: It has an Integrated Solutions Console, what we call the administrative console, with very detailed configurations and Help pages for each configurable item."
"It does integrate well with the Tivoli Federated Identity Management system."
"The most valuable features are its user-friendliness and reliability in terms of application hosting."
"It has good stability of the application server in the long term compared to other solutions."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server is one of the best servers due to its stability and paid license."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server is the best in terms of scalability and performance, as well as the support for managing distributed transactions."
"High availability, alert management, and deployments are the most valuable features for us. We have the ND version so we can do deployments."
"NGINX Plus' most valuable feature is the ingress controller."
"It's lightweight software that can handle heavy loads efficiently."
"Using NGINX Plus for web traffic distribution is fantastic. It offers performance similar to physical load balancers but with added flexibility."
"The web proxy and the database proxy are excellent."
"I think installation only took a couple of minutes — no more than 10 minutes."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is simple to configure."
"The robust software architecture allows for it to be scalable and very stable."
"The most valuable features are the gateway and the ability to publish to sites."
"What could be improved in IBM WebSphere Application Server is its interconnection with other products, for example, Kafka. What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is a better graphical user interface."
"The business logic side of it is sort of missing in the sense that if I want to track and measure velocity, it is not really available. You have to buy another application and embark on a separate implementation. Instead of having different licensing, IBM DataPower should be integrated with WebSphere. It will allow us to build the business layer and rules a lot more efficiently, rather than developing rules within the application. It would be good if we can set up the business layer through parametrization rather than development. IBM DataPower has the business rule and the controls, and if it can be integrated, it would be fantastic. It will help the application in working better in terms of security features and business logic. If you're going to use it for open banking, you will be able to monitor velocity on the total pricing."
"The installation has room for improvement."
"When we run into memory or locking issues, we resort to using third-party tools. However, it would be preferable to have native tools for debugging this type of problem."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server hasn't changed much. It's still a heavyweight for any company compared to what you get. Unless your code base is deeply linked with it, I don't think it's a great idea to go with this solution. The current trend is toward modularity and containerization, and given the product's requirements, containerization will be difficult. There is a memory requirement as well."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see support for the Arabic language."
"The current trend is to move to Liberty because of the portability of its cloud and its Kubernetes, which containerize the application."
"Based on the field and based on the build that was provided, we've noticed a lot of constraints in terms of the performance now."
"Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing."
"They should do in the open source version of what they did to Advanced HTTP, TCP, and UDP load balancing."
"The solution's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The center management system could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"If NGINX brings some features for health check in the open source version, it would be better. "
"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."
"The solution must improve its performance."
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IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 5th in Application Infrastructure with 26 reviews while NGINX Plus is ranked 2nd in Application Infrastructure with 27 reviews. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Application Server writes "Compatible, stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss, Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle GlassFish, whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Microsoft .NET Framework. See our IBM WebSphere Application Server vs. NGINX Plus report.
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