NGINX vs OpenResty
NGINXLoad Balancer Software
OpenRestyAPI Gateway
CustomPublished price
NGINX Load Balancer Software Advanced application delivery for the modern web. | OpenResty API Gateway Enterprise solutions for distributed traffic management and production-level dynamic tracing | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Load Balancer Software | API Gateway |
| What it is | NGINX is the world's most popular web server and reverse proxy, handling load balancing, caching, and API gateway functionality for millions of websites. | Enterprise OpenResty platform for scalable web apps and API gateways with Lua. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | NGINX Open Source: Free (BSD license) NGINX Plus: From $2,500/instance/year F5 NGINX Management Suite: Custom pricing | Custom The core OpenResty web platform (Nginx + LuaJIT) is free open source. The commercial OpenResty Edge product (Pro and Enterprise tiers) is contact-for-quote only with no published… |
| Pricing model | Custom quote | Custom quote |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2004 | 2011 |
| Team size | 1,001-5,000 employees | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California | Palo Alto, CA |
| Featured clients | Netflix, WordPress.com, Dropbox, Intel | Not available |