F5 NGINX Controller Pros and Cons

So basically I this helps in a lot of terms like load balancing, proxying and web serving which allows consistent application delivery across different environments as it acts as a control plane which also benefits in scalability and performance optimization which is a great part for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a few things which I can point out as a user that the cost is higher for the premium features when compared to open source vresions and other point it could be only for me as it is needs parctice to learn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

F5 NGINX Controller is one of the best ingress routing solution for kubernetes clustures it will manage loadbalancing and scaling of Pods , we use to F5 NGINX Controller manage routing of our web applictaions which is built on docker container and managed with kubernetes. one of the feature i like it is that it will work with your existing kubernetes cluster with few modifications,the documentation is good and you can also get support form public communites for troubleshooting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sometimes there were some error with docker images which caused the installation to fail

other than that everything worked well for me Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being an engineer working on a large Kubernetes Cluster, F5 NGINX Controller’s centralize management for NGINX Plus and NGINX App Protect is beneficial. It helps me to set up load balancers and API gateways and manage their deployment without the need to do it manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The developers are unable to manage API end to end, for instance, setting precise access controls or devising unique rate limiting measures. This can yield to frequent communication between the two parties which may lead to a longer process in development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like "ehanced monitoring feature" from the F5 Nginx Controller because it provides me the valuable insights about my application performace especially when I am doing load testing.This helps me to scale my "glaCodersHouse" project and maintain high availabilty.Besides this I also love the other provided features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like the complexity or I can say the difficulty during the setup and management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best thing about F5 NGINX Controller is that it is very easy to use and configurable. One of the best feature of this is load balancing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing as much which i disliked about this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most helpful feature of F5 Nginx controller is that it help to direction the requests in the load balancer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing which is lagging in F5 Nginx Controller is that it does not provide details on the rate limiting on requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is easy to use and has excellent features which help us to use it in a easy way.It has good quality features and high configuration and easy to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All the features are goog but F5 Nginx UI can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use to manage clusters and ease of implemenation of config files with number of features supporting load balancing, traffic management and we can frequently use it in multiple cluster environments and esy to integrate in existing projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Need more customer support through documentation and examples for different use case scenarios and project environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The config for NGINX is highly configurable and easy to understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you are not proficient in devops and/or networking, the options it gives you can be a little overwhelming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it is easy to use and maintain,enhancing uptime with robust load balancing and active health checks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

a steeper learning curve than other ingress controllers, potential complexity in initial setup, pricing structure, and occasional support delays. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.