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We performed a comparison between Apache Web Server and NGINX Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"The solution offers good security.""The open-source nature is one of its most significant advantages.""The product is very cheap and stable.""The control panel is very easy to navigate. It's similar to most hosting platforms, so it's user-friendly. Once you get used to it, managing your hosting becomes easy, too.""It's reliable, configurable and generally secure.""Most of the features I liked were related to the performance during peak hours.""The most significant advantage is the ability to swiftly enable HTTPS services when my DNS is configured correctly.""Apache has proven to be incredibly reliable, and everything has operated smoothly without encountering any issues."

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"NGINX Plus also has NGINX App Protect. It's a separate module, which is inspired by the F5 apps.""It's lightweight software that can handle heavy loads efficiently.""Nginx is simple to configure, very stable in a highly utilized environment and very modular, allowing DevOps to create it's own modules for interactive use with Nginx.""Using NGINX Plus for web traffic distribution is fantastic. It offers performance similar to physical load balancers but with added flexibility.""-""With NGINX, I appreciate its ability to route traffic geographically.""NGINX Plus' most valuable feature is the ingress controller.""The load balancing module, which is equivalent to LTM, is the focus of the PSE. So far, the features of both are identical. I believe NGINX has more features for securing these services, but in terms of load balancing, both are massive solutions."

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Cons
"The interface has room for improvement.""It would be great if technical support for Apache were available in Iran. It is a very important need.""Lacks integration with some cloud solutions.""So far, for us, everything is okay.""I want the user interface to be more user-friendly.""Things change very fast. We're always on the lookout for better approaches and tools. If the solution falls behind, we may have to switch.""A monitoring interface would be great for this product. The monitoring dashboards for Apache's models are not included in the basic installation. You can install the basic monitoring model, then connect this model to another monitoring system.""There is a security-related problem that depends on the web server's configuration."

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"There is room for improvement in the pricing model.""The scalability could be improved.""The solution must improve its performance.""It would be great if there was even more automation to make it even easier to maintain.""They should do in the open source version of what they did to Advanced HTTP, TCP, and UDP load balancing.""The solution's GUI is an area with certain shortcomings that need improvement.""Lack of a feature to print data on the terminal for verification of network traffic during debugging and testing.""The center management system could be improved."

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  • "The apache software is free, open-source."
  • "It is a free-of-cost solution."
  • "There is no licensing cost for the product."
  • "It is an open-source solution."
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  • "Nginx is free. I don't have experience with the Plus version."
  • "I am not so happy with their pricing policy, but this is not the worse thing in my life. I can tolerate it."
  • "​NGINX Plus is worth it, if you need it. If you do not need the features or support, the free and open source package is more than capable. ​"
  • "​NGINX is a free tool in Brazil. There are some companies which do support it.​"
  • "The price is the cost to contract support with a specialized company, usually during consulting hours.​"
  • "Compared to other similar solutions on the market, I think it's over-priced."
  • "You pay for each feature that you want."
  • "The list price of NGINX Plus is close to $5,500."
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    Anonymous User
    Originally posted https://zitseng.com/archives/10435 Apache or Nginx. This is a question that many website administrators have considered. It’s a question that I’ve also considered several times, and again just the past week. Apache is the most popular web server on the Internet. Nginx, on the other hand, is designed for crazy fast performance. Fast is always good to have. I’ve been making some incremental changes to my website. It’s all under the hood. One thing that inevitably surfaces is about performance. I’ve been using Apache from the beginning. It’s completely functional, and does everything I need it to do. It might not  be the fastest web server software, but it’s no slow coach either. Nginx is the newer kid on the block. It was first released in 2004, so it’s not really all that new anymore. It does have a reputation for performance, both in terms of raw speed and ability to scale to significant load. But is Nginx really faster? I know it’s popularly believed to be faster than Apache, but I’m the sort who must try, see, and believe. Well, at least if it’s something practical that I can do. My test would be on my live WordPress blog website. It is a typical LAMP setup: Linux, Apache, MariaDB and PHP (via mod_php). On the exact same system, I installed and configured Nginx. Since there’s no equivalent of mod_php in Nginx, I took the opportunity to move from mod_php to php-fpm. So at this point, everything’s absolutely identical, and I can just… Read more →
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Most of the features I liked were related to the performance during peak hours.
    Top Answer:Some free licenses come under that Apache license. So I don't think we need to pay anything for it.
    Top Answer:Enhanced security features would be great. In future releases, I would like to see better server optimization.
    Top Answer:IIS is a flexible, secure, and manageable web server to host anything on the web. IIS’s scalable and open architecture can handle the most demanding tasks. From media streaming to web applications… more »
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    Apache HTTP Server
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    Overview

    The Apache HTTP Server Project was founded in 1995 by a group of webmasters, known as The Apache Group, with the aim of developing robust, richly-featured, freely-available and commercial-standard Web (HTTP) server source code. The result was Apache Web Server or Apache HTTP Server, which is an open-source public-domain web server.

    This collaborative project has been enhanced ever since with contributions from the core development team and other volunteers situated all over the globe. Also, hundreds of users of this open-source web server have contributed code, ideas, and documentation. The project falls under The Apache Software Foundation, which manages many open-source projects.

    NGINX Plus is a versatile solution that offers load balancing, caching, proxying, and API deployment capabilities. It can be deployed on private or public clouds and is ideal for building CDN solutions. The solution can also be used to secure web applications and replace web services like Apache. 

    NGINX has helped organizations improve functioning, reduce downtimes, and offer a DevOps-friendly solution. Its community support and documentation are highly regarded, and its configuration is more straightforward, making it a recommended choice over HAProxy.

    Sample Customers
    Cisco, Intuit, General Electric, Adobe, VMware, PayPal, HP, EMC, eBay, Apple, SAP, Qualcomm, SanDisk, Allstate, FedEx
    Locaweb, AppNexus, Wix, Reliam, Montana Interactive, MuleSoft, Warpwire, Discovery Education, InkaBinka, WordPress.com, Gogo, GOV.UK, NASA
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company29%
    Financial Services Firm21%
    University7%
    Government7%
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    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Government8%
    Comms Service Provider7%
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    Comms Service Provider25%
    Computer Software Company25%
    Energy/Utilities Company17%
    Media Company8%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Government7%
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    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise36%
    Large Enterprise36%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business61%
    Large Enterprise39%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise61%
    Buyer's Guide
    Apache Web Server vs. NGINX Plus
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Apache Web Server vs. NGINX Plus and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Apache Web Server is ranked 3rd in Application Infrastructure with 21 reviews while NGINX Plus is ranked 2nd in Application Infrastructure with 27 reviews. Apache Web Server is rated 8.6, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Apache Web Server writes "Has good security, speed and traffic handling features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX Plus writes "Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation". Apache Web Server is most compared with IIS, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Microsoft .NET Framework, Zend PHP Engine and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas NGINX Plus is most compared with IIS, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and Citrix NetScaler. See our Apache Web Server vs. NGINX Plus report.

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