NGINX
A lightweight, high-performance web server and reverse proxy
- Vendor
- F5, Inc.
- Also known as
- nginx
Available worldwide
What is NGINX?
An open-source HTTP server that functions as a reverse proxy, load balancer, and mail proxy. Available under the 2-clause BSD license, it is designed to handle high-concurrency workloads with minimal resource overhead.
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.
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
- Self-hosted
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- F5 WAF⇄
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- OpenShift Container Platform
- Gateway API
NGINX FAQ
Common questions about NGINX, answered from independent, dated evidence.
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. It is indexed under Load Balancers.
Source: https://nginx.org
Is NGINX free to use?
NGINX is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://nginx.org
What platforms does NGINX support?
NGINX supports Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://nginx.org
Can NGINX be self-hosted?
Yes. NGINX can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://nginx.org
What does NGINX integrate with?
We have confirmed 5 integrations for NGINX, including Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift Container Platform, Gateway API and F5 WAF. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://nginx.org
NGINX alternatives
Other load balancers we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- AWS Elastic Load BalancingAutomatically distribute application traffic across multiple computing resourceslow · 25%
- Envoy Proxylow · 27%
- Cloudflare Load BalancingCloud-agnostic traffic distribution with automatic multi-region failoverlow · 20%
- MetalLBlow · 14%
- Google Cloud Load BalancingA managed service that distributes traffic across applications for optimal performance and reliabilitylow · 7%
- Kemp LoadMasterlow · 8%
The vioscaleAI 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 | 96 | 0.06 | 6.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.07 | 0.6 | ✓ |
| 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 | 0.12 | 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.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Layer: both · Open source: Yes · Waf bundled: No · Http caching: Yes · License model: open-source · Pricing model: open-source-self-host | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
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