NGINX
A lightweight, high-performance web server and proxy server for routing and managing network traffic
- Vendor
- F5, Inc.
- Also known as
- nginx
Available worldwide
What is NGINX?
An open-source HTTP web server and reverse proxy that handles traffic routing, content caching, load balancing, and TCP/UDP proxying. It powers core web infrastructure and Kubernetes deployments.
NGINX pricing
We don't have NGINX's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Open source. Commercial support and NGINX Plus (30-day trial) available through F5, Inc.
What NGINX does
The capabilities that matter for load balancers, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Layer
- Both
- Deployment form
- Software/self host
- Tls termination
- -
- Http2 http3 support
- ✓
- Gslb multi region
- -
- K8s ingress or gateway API
- ✓
- WAF bundled
- ✗
- Autoscaling integration
- -
- Health check depth
- -
- Session persistence
- -
- Fips 140 validated
- -
- Open source
- ✓
- Pricing model
- Open source self host
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Linux
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- F5 WAF⇄
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- OpenShift Container Platform
- Gateway API
NGINX alternatives
Other load balancers we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- AWS Elastic Load BalancingAutomatically distribute traffic across multiple targets for high-availability applicationslow · 33%
- Cloudflare Load BalancingRoute traffic across multiple clouds and data centers with automatic failoverlow · 26%
- Envoy Proxylow · 22%
- MetalLBlow · 15%
- Citrix ADC (NetScaler)A unified platform for delivering and securing applications across any infrastructure with high performance and built-in threat protection.low · 15%
- Kemp LoadMasterLoad balancing platform for enterprise infrastructure spanning cloud, containers, and on-premises environmentslow · 15%
Compare NGINX
Side by side against other load balancers, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for NGINX, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.08 | 4.5 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.07 | 1.0 | ✓ |
| Stars | 0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Development activity | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Layer: both · Open source: Yes · Waf bundled: No · Pricing model: open-source-self-host · Deployment form: software/self-host · Http2 http3 support: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-09-01 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |