Compare AWS Elastic Load Balancing and F5 NGINX 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (41.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Starting at $2500 per year
AWS Elastic Load Balancing
Star Rating
(92)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AWS Elastic Load BalancingF5 NGINX
Star Rating
(107)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $2500 per year
Browse all 3 pricing plansAWS Elastic Load Balancing vs F5 NGINX
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use and administer. However, AWS Elastic Load Balancing is easier to set up, while F5 NGINX is easier to do business with overall.
- Reviewers felt that F5 NGINX meets the needs of their business better than AWS Elastic Load Balancing.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that AWS Elastic Load Balancing is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of AWS Elastic Load Balancing over F5 NGINX.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AWS Elastic Load Balancing
No pricing availableF5 NGINX
NGINX Plus, Single Instance
Starting at $2500
per year
24/7 Enterprise support with 30-minute SLA is available, for $5,000/year per instance.
We also provide Basic support for $2,500/year and Professional support for $3,500/year for less-critical deployments.
Free Trial
AWS Elastic Load Balancing
No trial information availableF5 NGINX
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
76
9.3
96
Ease of Use
8.4
76
8.4
96
Ease of Setup
8.7
51
8.3
65
Ease of Admin
8.4
46
8.4
65
Quality of Support
8.5
73
7.6
70
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
45
9.1
45
Product Direction (% positive)
9.8
72
9.0
93
Features by Category
Analysis
Not enough data
9.4
21
Not enough data
8.9
20
Not enough data
9.1
20
Controls
Not enough data
8.4
21
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
8.3
20
Functionality
Not enough data
8.2
18
Not enough data
8.1
21
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.5
22
Not enough data
8.8
23
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
8.0
18
Protection
Not enough data
8.1
21
Not enough data
9.2
22
Not enough data
9.1
23
Resolution
Not enough data
7.1
23
Not enough data
7.7
21
Not enough data
7.5
21
Not enough data
7.9
21
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Data Management
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
7.9
7
User Features
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.3
8
Modernization
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
AI Performance Improvement - Application Server
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Server
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Usability - Load Balancing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance Optimization - Load Balancing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security & Compliance - Load Balancing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AWS Elastic Load Balancing and F5 NGINX are categorized as Load Balancing
Unique Categories
AWS Elastic Load Balancing has no unique categories
F5 NGINX is categorized as Container Networking, Web Server Accelerator, Application Server, DDoS Protection, and Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AWS Elastic Load Balancing
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
F5 NGINX
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
29.4%
Computer Software
17.6%
Banking
4.7%
Financial Services
3.5%
Internet
3.5%
Other
41.2%
Information Technology and Services
38.7%
Computer Software
17.0%
Internet
7.5%
Banking
2.8%
E-Learning
2.8%
Other
31.1%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is AWS Elastic Load Balancing?
1 Comment
SG
Elastic Load Balancing automatically distributes your incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as EC2 instances, containers, and IP addresses, in one...Read more
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