The G2 on F5 NGINX

UA

Verified User in Automotive

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/5/2021

"Nginx is good server"

2.5/5

What do you like best about F5 NGINX?

The configuration file is easy to write for different websites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 NGINX?

Can't be able to check logs of nginx I can't be able to find log file Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AH

Amogh H.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/13/2020

"Best Web Server i have used"

5/5

What do you like best about F5 NGINX?

One main advantage of Nginx over a web server like Apache is that Nginx does not set up a new process for each web request but rather the default configuration is to have one worker process per CPU. Nginx can also be used in various of scenarios like:

It can act as a reverse proxy server for TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols

It can act as a load balancer and an HTTP cache

It is very lightweight hence requires fewer resources / memory

Able to handle 10k+ simultaneous connections with a low memory footprint Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 NGINX?

Less community support and documentation than other web servers like Apache, but probably more than enough depending on your expertise and use case. Not as many modules / extensions as Apache. Could be difficult to understand how to configure initially, but once you get the hang of it its pretty simple to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering F5 NGINX:

Go for it. Its a very lightwieght web server with miniminum needs for resources. Very usefull for deploying websites for small companies/startups on a small VM on aws/azure works even with 1 cpu and 1 gb ram Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is F5 NGINX solving and how is that benefiting you?

We run multiple websites using nginx. Including websites serving static contents like Angular and also dyanmic content like Ruby on Rails Projects. The benifits i have realised are monetory as nginx can be used on small configurations like 1gb ram and 1 cpu on VM's on azure/aws and works flawlessly for websites built using angular which are very common these days Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AT

Verified User in Telecommunications

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/5/2021

"DevOps Engineer best load balancer"

4/5

What do you like best about F5 NGINX?

Best and lightweight application, which can be configured very easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 NGINX?

I don't see any dislike about the Nginx but if we could work on GUI based load analysis Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MN

Milad N.

Researcher

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/23/2021

"One of the best http servers"

5/5

What do you like best about F5 NGINX?

Nginx is very easy to use, Nginx is very easy to configure and you config a very complex setup in just a few hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 NGINX?

Nothing really, but if I have to, my main comment would be it is much harder to compile nginx from scratch compared to Apache specially on custom OSs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AR

Alessio R.

Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/7/2021

"Excellent lean web server"

5/5

What do you like best about F5 NGINX?

Performance and reliability has been very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 NGINX?

Sometimes Nginx can be tedious to configure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AT

Verified User in Telecommunications

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/28/2021

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Nginx Reviews"

4/5

What do you like best about F5 NGINX?

Nginx is reliable and easy to use and good for every environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 NGINX?

Nginx integration for ModSecuirty is somehow difficult but once done its good to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/13/2019

"Amazing Proxy and Application Web Server"

4.5/5

What do you like best about F5 NGINX?

Few things are simply amazing:

1. Very dev friendly configurations.

2. Powerful.

3. Active Community and very good documentation.

4. configurable and pluggable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 NGINX?

TCP protocol is not supported. more LB algo support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering F5 NGINX:

Best HTTP proxing and LB mechanism. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is F5 NGINX solving and how is that benefiting you?

Proxing, Reverse Proxing and Application and Web Server. We used Nginx as our gateway for all HTTP trafic. Logging is very easy and it is very easy to change LB algo anytime without downtime. It supports multiple use-cases and solving real problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AB

Verified User in Banking

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/27/2021

"Highly responsive"

4.5/5

What do you like best about F5 NGINX?

Most efficient to handle concurrent http requests Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 NGINX?

More efficient server to serve webpages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VS

Vanshika S.

Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/27/2021

"it's good when it comes to load balancing"

4.5/5

What do you like best about F5 NGINX?

highly available server and good in loadbalancing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 NGINX?

nothing as such . Everything works so good with nginx Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

NM

Nadhem M.

Software Engineer Intern

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/20/2020

"I worked on a freelance django project, and used Nginx"

5/5

What do you like best about F5 NGINX?

- Easy to set-up

- never crashes

- open source Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about F5 NGINX?

- you need to have a minimum skill of bash programming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

4.6 out of 5 stars

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