Nginx does its job as web server very well. Thanks to its design it can handle high-concurrency web requests very well, and it also works very well for a load-balancing reverse proxy server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Does not have a PHP module like Apache (requires php-fpm).

Text-based configuration file is not very user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tons of good options for common things like reverse proxying, ssl termination, load balancing, rate limiting, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not much. It's very robuts, documentation is OK and it's quite easy to find information about how to do specific things with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to configure, especially for our reverse proxy and load balancer needs. It worked seamlessly with our microservice architecture and had very simple setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

None really. It worked well and it's fantastic that it's open source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nginx helps save ressources by performing much better than other popular webservers. It is fairly easy to configure and set up and very flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not easy to implement other modules without compiling Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Highly configurable, easy to setup on existing architecture, scales well, much faster than other solutions in market and one of the best load balancer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dynamic module loading still needs improvement, Windows support is lacking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it doesnt create an extra process per connection. load balancer buildin proving insane speed advantage over apache. it also supports FastCGI and SCGI for our php applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

many applications deployed on the server don't go well with the default settings out of the box with nginx. i highly recommend they change that in the future to make the transition from apache more seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nginx is easy to configure and very fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not as popular as apache, so you may have some issues setting up projects when apache config files are referenced Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of my favorite nginx´s features, besides peformance of course, is simplicity of configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Less community support and documentation than othes related softwares (like Apache) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that it has a very low memory footprint and performs well under load. I enjoy that it is easily configurable. It supports all the things you'd expect: SSL, websockets, reverse proxy etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not always the most well documented. It's also definitely not as standard as Apache Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Best event driven reverse proxy ever. Blazing fast and easy to configure for easy setups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Difficult to configure on complex architectures and sometimes hard to understand the rules interpretation order Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.