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Mirantis Container Cloud vs NGINX App Protect comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Mirantis Container Cloud
Ranking in Container Security
34th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Container Virtualization (1st)
NGINX App Protect
Ranking in Container Security
28th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (14th), API Security (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Container Security category, the mindshare of Mirantis Container Cloud is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NGINX App Protect is 0.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NGINX App Protect0.6%
Mirantis Container Cloud0.5%
Other98.9%
Container Security
 

Featured Reviews

Hitesh D - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at pnb metlife
High availability and self-healing mechanisms ensure seamless production builds
The most useful feature of Mirantis Container Cloud for our container management is Kubernetes. It provides a cluster, high availability, and a self-healing mechanism. Its multi-cluster management capability enhances our operational efficiency as it is easy to use, and every deployment is from the CI/CD, which automatically builds and deploys without human interference, reducing our deployment time to a few seconds.
Valerio Guaglianone - PeerSpot reviewer
Dev Ops Engineer at adesso AG
Long-term web protection has supported reliable traffic management but needs a simpler interface
NGINX App Protect is a good product. I have used both versions from F5 -also the free version- (I mean the NGINX/NGINX One/App Protect free trial period), and I think it is a good product. It's stable, affordable, and easy to manage. NGINX App Protect is a comprehensive security solution that combines advanced WAF, DoS protection, API security, and DevSecOps automation in a lightweight, scalable package ideal for modern cloud-native architectures. The adaptive machine learning capabilities are truly commendable, as the solution can establish traffic baselines and detect anomalies in real time. It automatically adjusts security policies, minimizing the need for manual intervention and reducing false positives. Additionally, it supports scalable deployment across diverse environments, including on-premises, cloud, Kubernetes, and containers, offering both flexibility and scalability I have experience with the web server, F5 load balancer, and similar products provided by Ergon, for eg. the web application firewall and the Microgateway for K8S. I'm also familiar with F5 BIG-IP products.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product's most valuable feature is cloud simulation to predict application behavior on the cloud."
"Using this solution for a production environment that should be working 24/7 is the biggest proof of stability."
"This solution has cut down on our development time and allows us to spin off new instances for inner development, testing, productions, and security testing."
"Main products are portable."
"The solution is very easy to use, it is intuitive and has good documentation."
"Now it is easier to set up the development environment and also to test the applications on the pipelines."
"If we compare legacy application support to Docker, it's a superior product."
"The product's initial setup phase is simple."
"The most valuable feature is that I can establish different services from the firewall."
"We have seen a return on investment using NGINX App Protect."
"The solution has helped us greatly during this Covid period."
"NGINX App Protect has positively impacted my organization by adding an additional layer of security on top of my infrastructure layer, which I consider quite helpful."
"The policies are flexible based on the technologies you use."
"WAF is useful to track mitigation, inclusion, prevention, and the parametric firewall."
"NGINX App Protect's best features are auto-learning, which creates a profile of applications that are deployed, bot protection, and force protection, which lets you configure your brute force policy and alert for and prevent brute force attacks."
"NGINX App Protect has improved the flexibility of services in our company and distributed new escalation applications."
 

Cons

"In my previous years, I have brainstormed about the development of Container software. I have recently shifted focus, but the knowledge gained from those were really helpful. In my experience, Containers have their own complexities and to implement them, open source information is crucial. A software with new features would be beneficial. I suggest to implement a flow-based approach for container sequences, similar to Google Cloud's machine learning. The current process of deploying containers involves too many steps, and a more streamlined method would be appreciated. I've even automated deployment using APIs. Overall, simplifying container management and deployment processes would be valuable."
"On the Mac, Docker is far from perfect."
"On the MacBook, it was a little difficult, probably because of the version that my company is using."
"Docker is not stable itself because it is an engine to run containers, and whenever a container is shut down, your data is lost, and you need to restart the containers."
"The only problem is that they are too complicated for what we are trying to accomplish."
"The solution would benefit in improvements made to the storage, cleaning up information from the disk, and reading logs."
"This solution is open-source and they need to focus on improving the Linux Operating Systems' GUI. It does not have a GUI making it not user-friendly. Additionally, the containers need to improve security and compliance."
"Areas for improvement are the privacy of container management and the documentation. In the next release, I would like to see best practices on how to manage distributed containers and networks."
"The dashboard could provide a more comprehensive view of the status of the connections."
"The integration of NGINX App Protect could improve."
"I think NGINX App Protect could be improved by having it come out of the box with NGINX."
"The product's user interface is an area with shortcomings as it can be quite confusing for users, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The setup of NGINX App Protect is complex. The full process took one week to complete. Additionally, we had to change the network infrastructure platform which took one month."
"The price of NGINX App Protect could improve."
"Setting policies and parameters through the UI should be more automated because the process is manual, where we can only edit one rule at a time."
"The solution needs to be improved in the e-commerce portal."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use the free version of this solution."
"The product is not expensive."
"This solution is free."
"Mirantis Container Cloud is free. However, there are features for which you need to pay."
"Its licensing is on a yearly basis."
"Docker is a free solution."
"The community edition does not require a license and is completely free."
"The solution is open-source and free to try."
"NGINX is not expensive."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"The product's price is high."
"The price of NGINX App Protect is approximately $3,000 annually. All of our licenses are observed by a managed service partner."
"The price of NGINX App Protect is not much different from the products that fall under the leader category of Gartner Magic Quadrant."
"The licensing fees for this solution are pretty expensive for what it does, but there is no alternative."
"There is a monthly or annual subscription to use NGINX App Protect. There are not any additional costs to the subscription."
"The pricing is reasonable because NGINX operates on an instance basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mirantis Container Cloud?
Regarding the cost, Mirantis Container Cloud is cheaper than other solutions like Red Hat. The license costs around 10,000 Indian rupees per year.
What needs improvement with Mirantis Container Cloud?
Mirantis Container Cloud should have AI integration tools, which are not available right now. These tools should assist in app scalability and deployment error handling.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX App Protect?
I will not be able to answer about my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for NGINX App Protect, as something different handles that in my team.
What needs improvement with NGINX App Protect?
I did not face any issues with NGINX App Protect. The only issue that we had is that someone was trying to install the POC for the customer, and he by mistake installed the Instance Manager on the ...
What is your primary use case for NGINX App Protect?
I have been dealing with NGINX App Protect and the WAF policy. I usually recommend NGINX App Protect for banking and telecom, and for anyone that has their own database or servers that they host we...
 

Also Known As

Docker Enterprise
NGINX WAF, NGINX Web Application Firewall
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

illumina, Groupon, PayPal, ebay, ING, New Relic
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