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|**Load Balancer**<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; |**NGINX Open<br>Source** |**NGINX Plus<br>&nbsp;** |**F5 NGINXaaS<br>for Azure** |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[HTTP](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/http-load-balancer/) and [TCP/UDP](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/tcp-udp-load-balancer/) support |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Layer 7 request routing](https://www.nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#location) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Session persistence](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/http-load-balancer/#enabling-session-persistence) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Active health checks](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/http-health-check/) | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[DNS service-discovery integration](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#service) | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|**Content Cache** |**NGINX Open<br>Source** |**NGINX Plus<br>&nbsp;** |**NGINXaaS<br>for Azure** |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Static and dynamic content caching](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/content-cache/content-caching/)|{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Cache-purging API](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/content-cache/content-caching/#purging-content-from-the-cache) | |{{<check>}} | |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;MQTT protocol support for IOT devices | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|**Web Server and Reverse Proxy** |**NGINX Open<br>Source** |**NGINX Plus<br>&nbsp;** |**NGINXaaS<br>for Azure** |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;Origin server for static content |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;Reverse proxy: [HTTP](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html), [FastCGl](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_fastcgi_module.html),<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;[memcached](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_memcached_module.html), [SCGI](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_scgi_module.html), [uwsgi](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_uwsgi_module.html) |{{<check>}} | {{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[HTTP/2 gateway](https://www.nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_v2_module.html) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[gRPC proxy](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_grpc_module.html) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[HTTP/2 server push](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_v2_module.html#http2_push) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[HTTP/3 over QUIC](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_v3_module.html) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|**Security Controls** |**NGINX Open<br>Source** |**NGINX Plus<br>&nbsp;** |**NGINXaaS<br>for Azure** |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[HTTP basic authentication](https://www.nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_auth_basic_module.html) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[HTTP authentication subrequests](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_auth_request_module.html) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[IP address-based access control lists](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_access_module.html) |{{<check>}}|{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Rate limiting](https://blog.nginx.org/blog/rate-limiting-nginx) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;Dual-stack RSA/ECC SSL/TLS offload |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;TLS 1.3 support |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[JWT authentication](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_auth_jwt_module.html) | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;OpenID Connect single sign-on<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(SSO) | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;Internal redirect | |{{<check>}} | |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;NGINX as a SAML Service Provider | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[NGINX App Protect WAF](https://www.f5.com/products/nginx/nginx-app-protect) (additional cost) | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[NGINX App Protect DoS](https://www.f5.com/products/nginx/nginx-app-protect) (additional cost) | |{{<check>}} | |
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|**Monitoring** |**NGINX Open<br>Source** |**NGINX Plus<br>&nbsp;** |**NGINXaaS<br>for Azure** |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;Export to [external monitoring tools](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/monitoring/live-activity-monitoring/) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |Export metrics to<br>Azure Monitor |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;Built-in dashboard | |{{<check>}} |[Azure Monitor](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/overview)<br> and [Azure Portal](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/get-started/azure-portal) |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Extended status with 100+<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;additional metrics](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/monitoring/live-activity-monitoring/) | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;Native Open Telemetry Tracing | |{{<check>}} | |
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|**High Availability (HA)** |**NGINX Open<br>Source** |**NGINX Plus<br>&nbsp;** |**NGINXaaS<br>for Azure** |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Active-active](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/high-availability/) | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Active-passive](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/high-availability/) | |{{<check>}} | Not Applicable |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Configuration synchronization<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;across cluster](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/high-availability/configuration-sharing/) | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[State sharing](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/high-availability/zone_sync/): sticky-learn session<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;persistence, rate limiting, key-value<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;stores | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|**Programmability** |**NGINX Open<br>Source** |**NGINX Plus<br>&nbsp;** |**NGINXaaS<br>for Azure** |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[NGINX JavaScript module](https://www.f5.com/company/blog/nginx/harnessing-power-convenience-of-javascript-for-each-request-with-nginx-javascript-module) |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[NGINX Plus API for dynamic<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;reconfiguration](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/dynamic-configuration-api/) | |{{<check>}} | |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;[Key-value store](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_keyval_module.html) | |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;Dynamic reconfiguration without<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;process reloads | |{{<check>}} | |
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|**Streaming Media** |**NGINX Open<br>Source** |**NGINX Plus<br>&nbsp;** |**NGINXaaS<br>for Azure** |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;Live streaming: RTMP, HLS, DASH |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;VOD: Flash (FLV), MP4 |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |{{<check>}} |
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;Adaptive bitrate VOD: [HLS](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_hls_module.html), [HDS](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_f4f_module.html) | |{{<check>}} | |
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|**Third-party ecosystem** |**NGINX Open<br>Source** |**NGINX Plus<br>&nbsp;** |**NGINXaaS<br>for Azure** |
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Below is a feature breakdown with notes on support and limitations.
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## Load balancing
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- [HTTP and TCP/UDP load balancing](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/http-load-balancer/)
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- [Layer 7 request routing](https://www.nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#location)
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- [Session persistence](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/http-load-balancer/#enabling-session-persistence)
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- [Active health checks](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/http-health-check/) (not in OSS, available in Plus)
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- [HTTP/2 gateway](https://www.nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_v2_module.html)
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- [gRPC proxy](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_grpc_module.html)
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