CORE  FEATURES OPEN SOURCE  NGINX NGINX PLUS
Who is it for? Any  site or service looking for the world’s fastest web server Organizations  requiring a trusted, supported, and complete application delivery solution
HTTP origin server √ √
Massively scalable event-driven architecture √ √
Reverse proxy for HTTP, TCP, UDP, and mail (IMAP, POP3, SMTP) √ √
Application acceleration with HTTP keepalive offload, caching,  and compression √ √
HTTP/2 termination, SSL/TLS termination √ √
Rate limiting and bandwidth Management √ √
Dual Stack RSA-ECC Certificates √ √



LOAD  BALANCING AND APPLICATION DELIVERY OPEN SOURCE  NGINX NGINX PLUS
Content switching and request routing √ √
Advanced HTTP,  TCP, and UDP load balancing
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Session  persistence
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Advanced cache  control
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Application  health checks
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SECURITY OPEN SOURCE  NGINX NGINX PLUS
HTTP Basic  Authentication √ √
HTTP  Authentication Subrequests √ √
IP Access  Control LIsts √ √
Secure Links √ √
ModSecurity  3.0 WAF
Optional
JWT  Authentication
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OpenID Connect SSO
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MEDIA  DELIVERY OPEN SOURCE  NGINX NGINX PLUS
High-performance  streaming for MP4/FLV media √ √
HTTP Live  Streaming (HLS/VOD)
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HTTP Dynamic  Streaming (HDS/VOD)
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Bandwidth  management for MP4 media
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RTMP media  streaming √ √



ADMINISTRATION OPEN SOURCE  NGINX NGINX PLUS
Graceful  reconfiguration and live binary updates √ √
Remote logging  with syslog √ √
Live activity  monitoring
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On-the-fly  reconfiguration of load-balanced servers
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SUPPORT  AND SERVICES OPEN SOURCE  NGINX NGINX PLUS
Community support √ √
NGINX, Inc. support
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Access  to NGINX, Inc. engineering for advice and guidance
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Email and web support
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Unlimited support incidents
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Support hours
Basic:  8×5 Professional: 24×7 Enterprise: 24×7
Target initial response time
Basic:  8 hours     Professional: 2 hours      Enterprise: 30 minutes
Answers about documentation
Basic:  24 hours Professional: 8 hours Enterprise: 2 hours
Customer named contacts
Basic:  2                Professional: 5  Enterprise: 5+
Phone support
Available  with Professional and Enterprise support
Hot bug fixes
Available  with Professional and Enterprise support



PRICING PER INSTANCE OPEN  SOURCE NGINX NGINX  PLUS
Software availability Community  download Private repository at nginx.com
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Annual Support (Basic) from NGINX, Inc.
$1,900 per instance
Annual Support (Professional) from NGINX, Inc.
$3,000 per instance
Annual Support (Enterprise) from NGINX, Inc.
$4,500 per instance
Volume and unlimited-use pricing
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