Varnish

1 painsavg 7.0/10

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Nginx open-source lacks critical features available only in paid version

The open-source nginx is missing essential features like cluster data synchronization for sticky sessions and rate limiting, active health checks, cache purge API, and ESI support. These features are available in competitors (HAProxy, Varnish) or require paying ~$1K/instance/month for nginx plus.

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