G2 Vendor Directory

NetScaler vs. F5 NGINX

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricNetScaler

by ON EBX

F5 NGINX

by F5

Overall rating4.44.6
Review count85113
Ease of use8.88.7
Ease of setup8.58.6
Quality of support8.68.1
Meets requirements9.29.4
NPS58.7576.785714
Small Business8.2%39.8%
Mid-Market29.4%39.8%
Enterprise62.4%20.4%
Total page views3961,370
Total LLM citations1,9477,495

NetScaler

NetScaler is the application delivery and security platform of choice for the world’s largest companies. Thousands of organizations worldwide including eBay, IKEA, and Aria — and more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500 — rely on NetScaler for high-performance application delivery, comprehensive application and API security, and deep observability. NetScaler is a business unit of Cloud Software Group.

Pros

  • Ease of Management
  • Speed
  • Management Ease
  • Reliability
  • Performance Efficiency
  • Ease of Use

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.

Pros

  • Configuration Ease