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We performed a comparison between NGINX App Protect and PT Application Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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  • "The licensing fees for this solution are pretty expensive for what it does, but there is no alternative."
  • "Our licensing costs are about $40,000 a year."
  • "Really understand the licensing model, because we underestimated that."
  • "There are no additional fees."
  • "NGINX is not expensive."
  • "The pricing is reasonable because NGINX operates on an instance basis."
  • "There is a license needed to use NGINX App Protect."
  • "There are not any additional costs we had to pay to use NGINX App Protect."
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    Also Known As
    NGINX WAF, NGINX Web Application Firewall
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    Overview

    NGINX App Protect application security solution combines the efficacy of advanced F5 web application firewall (WAF) technology with the agility and performance of NGINX Plus. The solution runs natively on NGINX Plus and addresses some of the most difficult challenges facing modern DevOps environments:

    • Integrating security controls directly into the development automation pipeline
    • Applying and managing security for modern and distributed application environments such as containers and microservices
    • Providing the right level of security controls without impacting release and go-to-market velocity
    • Complying with security and regulatory requirements

    NGINX App Protect offers:

    • Expanded security beyond basic signatures to ensure adequate controls
    • F5 app‑security technology for efficacy superior to ModSecurity and other WAFs
    • Confidently run in “blocking” mode in production with proven F5 expertise
    • High‑confidence signatures for extremely low false positives
    • Increases visibility, integrating with third‑party analytics solutions
    • Integrates security and WAF natively into the CI/CD pipeline
    • Deploys as a lightweight software package that is agnostic of underlying infrastructure
    • Facilitates declarative policies for “security as code” and integration with DevOps tools
    • Decreases developer burden and provides feedback loop for quick security remediation
    • Accelerates time to market and reduces costs with DevSecOps‑automated security

    The application security experts at Positive Technologies have spent over a decade analyzing thousands of unique network, Web, mobile, ERP and ICS/SCADA applications, discovering more than 150 zero-day vulnerabilities each year and securing the IT networks of leading banks, global telecommunications providers and industrial conglomerates. Positive Technologies is helping companies like yours meet their application security challenges head-on with:

    • Vulnerability Assessment (VA) and Security Configuration Assessment (SCA) for OS, DB, Web-server, Frameworks and ERP in white and black box modes
    • SAST, DAST and IAST analysis of deployed applications and source code
    • PT Application Firewall protection of Web and mobile applications and ERP systems
    • Deep inspection of client-server, Web, ERP and mobile applications and embedded systems
    • Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDL) consulting
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    Sberbank NPF, Svyaznoy, MegaFon, Ural Federal University, VGTRK
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    Financial Services Firm33%
    Comms Service Provider33%
    Insurance Company17%
    Computer Software Company17%
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Healthcare Company6%
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    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise47%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    NGINX App Protect is ranked 13th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 19 reviews while PT Application Firewall is ranked 38th in Web Application Firewall (WAF). NGINX App Protect is rated 8.2, while PT Application Firewall is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of NGINX App Protect writes "Capable of complete automation but is costly ". On the other hand, NGINX App Protect is most compared with AWS WAF, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Fortinet FortiWeb and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall, whereas PT Application Firewall is most compared with Imperva Web Application Firewall.

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