JBoss Enterprise Application Platform vs NGINX Plus comparison

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform vs. NGINX Plus

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Categories and Ranking

JBoss Enterprise Applicatio...

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

8th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NGINX Plus

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is 5.7%, down from 8.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NGINX Plus is 8.9%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NGINX Plus	8.9%
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform	5.7%
Other	85.4%

Application Infrastructure

Featured Reviews

Karthikeyan Raman

CIO at Clayfin

Lightweight clustering has improved banking channels and delivers faster, reliable deployments

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform's best features include that it was very simple to install and enabling clustering between two instances was simpler than compared to WebSphere or WebLogic. Clustering became very much easier, and setup was very straightforward. I used other products such as WebSphere and WebLogic, and I saw JBoss Enterprise Application Platform as a very lightweight container rather than a heavy container. The startup time was much faster compared to other application servers, and debugging was reliable. We did not see the application going into a hang state. It never happened in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. Other application servers typically degrade over time, and the application resources can become hung. The memory utilization and the heap garbage collection that was running was very efficient, so the resource utilization was better. The robust security model of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform contributed positively to our data integrity and compliance in our development processes, and it was very good.

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Nadeem-Inamdar

Senior Information Security Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

Advanced policies and web firewall have strengthened application protection and reduced attack traffic

There were some vulnerabilities in F5. They tried to fix it, but the fixes were not available at the time because they were zero days, so they attempted to fix it, but their support was not proper. Their support should be improved because sometimes features which we need for customization take time, and they are sometimes feasible and sometimes not feasible by the team, so their support and the engineering team should improve their product. I would like to see more features regarding customization which should be built into the application, and the tool optimization should be good, and the dashboard should be more crisp and clear.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Stable and easy to handle in terms of hosting applications."

"It's convenient and barebone."

"Its technical support is excellent."

"JBoss Enterprise Application Platform works very well."

"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and performance."

"The robust security model of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform contributed positively to our data integrity and compliance in our development processes, and it was very good."

"The deployment and initial setup is easy, it is easier than the previous version."

"The solution is quite stable."

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"NGINX works much better than HAProxy in our current hardware and architecture for HTTP/HTTPS load balancing. "

"The most valuable features are the gateway and the ability to publish to sites."

"When you use NGINX, you have more options and power."

"The web application firewall feature has helped enhance security for our applications because most of the attacks which are performed on our website are being blocked by it, so the web application firewall is good."

"With NGINX, I appreciate its ability to route traffic geographically."

"I receive very good support."

"Supports IMAP, POP and SMTP protocols for the reverse proxy."

"I utilize NGINX for its capability to provide visibility and discovery options, helping discover and identify networks, which is crucial for ensuring application performance, managing latency, and checking server reachability."

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Cons

"In my opinion, there are areas that could be improved with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, such as the management console."

"It's hard to find out the root cause of errors."

"It was too expensive to license JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for each process."

"A graphic user interface can be added."

"Its architecture needs improvement."

"This solution needs better management UI."

"Sometimes, I observe the memory usage at 100% for the server, and this issue could be improved."

"Lacks some functional requirements."

"The center management system could be improved."

"Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing."

"NGINX Plus is moderately priced, but it could give better value for money."

"One area of improvement could be that NGINX could provide a means to generate self-signed SSL certificates."

"I would like it to have a more user-friendly graphical interface."

"Our most challenging part was to run an older PHP website reverse-proxied through NGINX. That was not fun."

"It would be good if NGINX provided a graphical user interface."

"Improvement needed in NGINX Plus could focus on optimizing memory usage for users."

More NGINX Plus cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an open-source solution."

"The solution is cost-effective."

"You pay for each feature that you want."

"HAProxy is cheaper than NGINX."

"The price is the cost to contract support with a specialized company, usually during consulting hours."

"The solution is free, but you can spend a lot of money with a complex solution."

"I use the solution's community edition which is free of cost."

"There's an open-source version of NGINX that is free."

"NGINX is a free tool in Brazil. There are some companies which do support it."

"The list price of NGINX Plus is close to $5,500."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

31%

Comms Service Provider

Media Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?

I lost one opportunity for licensing to a bank that was implementing on-premises. It was too expensive to license JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for each process. The customer needed to impl...

What is your primary use case for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?

I have an application with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and a middleware. I used JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for about eight years until 2016. I implemented a ticketing solution ...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?

The customer needed to implement on a server with 32 processes, and the price from a local provider was approximately $64,000.

Which is better - IIS or NGINX Plus?

IIS is a flexible, secure, and manageable web server to host anything on the web. IIS’s scalable and open architecture can handle the most demanding tasks. From media streaming to web applications,...

What do you like most about NGINX Plus?

It performs very well. That's one of the primary reasons we use NGINX.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX Plus?

Pricing is reasonable and that is fine.

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Also Known As

JBoss EAP, Red Hat EAP

NGINX

Overview

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP) is an open source platform for modern Java applications deployed in any environment. JBoss EAPâs architecture is modular, and cloud ready. The platform offers powerful management and automation for greater developer productivity. It is based on the open source Wildfly project (formerly known as JBoss Application Server).

Red Hat

NGINX Plus is a versatile solution that offers load balancing, caching, proxying, and API deployment capabilities. It can be deployed on private or public clouds and is ideal for building CDN solutions. The solution can also be used to secure web applications and replace web services like Apache.

NGINX has helped organizations improve functioning, reduce downtimes, and offer a DevOps-friendly solution. Its community support and documentation are highly regarded, and its configuration is more straightforward, making it a recommended choice over HAProxy.

Sample Customers

APD, Banco Azteca, Roche, Tata Sky, Frost Bank

Locaweb, AppNexus, Wix, Reliam, Montana Interactive, MuleSoft, Warpwire, Discovery Education, InkaBinka, WordPress.com, Gogo, GOV.UK, NASA

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform vs. NGINX Plus