Compare F5 NGINX Plus and NetScaler 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (51.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (62.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial 0 Throughput, ADC Instances Per Year
F5 NGINX Plus
Star Rating
(28)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (51.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about F5 NGINX PlusNetScaler
Star Rating
(85)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (62.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 0 Throughput, ADC Instances Per Year
Browse all 3 pricing plansF5 NGINX Plus vs NetScaler
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found F5 NGINX Plus easier to use. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up for NetScaler along with administration. Reviewers agreed that both vendors make it equally easy to do business overall.
- Reviewers felt that NetScaler meets the needs of their business better than F5 NGINX Plus.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that F5 NGINX Plus is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of F5 NGINX Plus over NetScaler.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
F5 NGINX Plus
No pricing availableNetScaler
Advanced Edition
Free Trial
0 Throughput, ADC Instances Per Year
Advanced Edition is available in either a hardware or software-based appliance.
Hardware options include single and multi-tenant devices, in addition to FIPS compliant and high SSL appliances.
Software-based options include virtual hypervisor-based and bare metal software offerings.
- https://www.citrix.com/lp/try/citrix-networking-vpx-express.html
- Surge protection and priority queuing
- TriScale Clustering
Free Trial
F5 NGINX Plus
No trial information availableNetScaler
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
14
9.1
58
Ease of Use
9.2
14
8.6
59
Ease of Setup
7.9
8
8.2
35
Ease of Admin
8.1
8
8.8
35
Quality of Support
8.5
14
8.4
55
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
8
8.8
36
Product Direction (% positive)
10.0
9
8.3
54
Features by Category
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Controls
Not enough data
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Functionality
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
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Administration
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Protection
Not enough data
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Network Management
Not enough data
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Security
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Identity Management
Not enough data
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Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Usability - Load Balancing
Not enough data
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Performance Optimization - Load Balancing
Not enough data
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Security & Compliance - Load Balancing
Not enough data
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Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
F5 NGINX Plus and NetScaler are categorized as Load Balancing
Unique Categories
F5 NGINX Plus is categorized as Web Server Accelerator and AWS Marketplace
NetScaler is categorized as Zero Trust Networking, Container Security, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Container Networking
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
F5 NGINX Plus
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
NetScaler
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
37.0%
Computer Software
14.8%
Computer & Network Security
11.1%
Marketing and Advertising
7.4%
Banking
7.4%
Other
22.2%
Hospital & Health Care
13.8%
Information Technology and Services
13.8%
Financial Services
7.5%
Banking
5.0%
Automotive
3.8%
Other
56.3%
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Discussions
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