Compare DDoS-GUARD and F5 NGINX 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (41.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
0 1 domain
Starting at $2500 per year
DDoS-GUARD
Star Rating
(10)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (50.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
0 1 domain
Browse all 5 pricing plansF5 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 plansDDoS-GUARD vs F5 NGINX
- Reviewers felt that DDoS-GUARD meets the needs of their business better than F5 NGINX.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that DDoS-GUARD is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of DDoS-GUARD over F5 NGINX.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
DDoS-GUARD
Free
0
1 domain
Basic DDoS protection for small websites
- Unlimited legitimate bandwidth
- Unlimited scrubbing bandwidth
- Caching and delivery of static content (CDN)
F5 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
DDoS-GUARD
Free Trial is available
F5 NGINX
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.7
6
9.3
96
Ease of Use
8.6
6
8.4
96
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
8.3
65
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.4
65
Quality of Support
9.4
6
7.6
70
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
9.1
45
Product Direction (% positive)
10.0
5
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
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Not enough data
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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
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Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Agentic AI - Application Server
Not enough data
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Usability - Load Balancing
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Performance Optimization - Load Balancing
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Security & Compliance - Load Balancing
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
DDoS-GUARD and F5 NGINX are categorized as DDoS Protection
Unique Categories
DDoS-GUARD has no unique categories
F5 NGINX is categorized as Load Balancing, Container Networking, Web Server Accelerator, Application Server, and Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
DDoS-GUARD
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
30.0%
Program Development
10.0%
Legal Services
10.0%
Information Services
10.0%
Financial Services
10.0%
Other
30.0%
Information Technology and Services
38.7%
Computer Software
17.0%
Internet
7.5%
Banking
2.8%
E-Learning
2.8%
Other
31.1%
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