AWS Shield vs. F5 NGINX
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | AWS Shield | F5 NGINX |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.0 | 4.6 |
| Review count | 15 | 113 |
| Ease of use | 8.5 | 8.7 |
| Ease of setup | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Quality of support | 8.5 | 8.1 |
| Meets requirements | 8.9 | 9.4 |
| NPS | 26.666667 | 76.785714 |
| Small Business | 40.0% | 39.8% |
| Mid-Market | 26.7% | 39.8% |
| Enterprise | 33.3% | 20.4% |
| Total page views | 161 | 1,370 |
| Total LLM citations | 232 | 7,495 |
AWS Shield
AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards web applications running on AWS. AWS Shield provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency.
F5 NGINX
NGINX, Inc. is the company behind NGINX, the popular open source project trusted by more than 400 million sites. We offer a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. The NGINX Application Platform enables enterprises undergoing digital transformation to modernize legacy, monolithic applications as well as deliver new, microservices‑based applications. Companies like Netflix, Starbucks, and McDonalds rely on NGINX to reduce costs, improve resiliency, and speed innovation.
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