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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
"It is more secure to use Apache and you will have fewer problems than other web services.""The solution offers good security.""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.""Apache Web Server is free of cost.""Its community is its most valuable feature. Solving problems is easier on Apache because so many people know this product.""It's reliable, configurable and generally secure.""It's very stable, and it hosts one of the biggest of many biggest web applications in the world.""The solution's most valuable feature is reporting."

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"It's lightweight software that can handle heavy loads efficiently.""Its most valuable features are load balancing and application delivery. This is the most efficient application for these features because of stability and its efficiency.""I think installation only took a couple of minutes — no more than 10 minutes.""Application Gateway with application-level firewall tool and load distributor and balancer (also serves for A/B testing).""The product is resilient.""Supports IMAP, POP and SMTP protocols for the reverse proxy.""When I worked in a security research center, we tested NGINX to support DoS and DDoS attacks, and its results were great.""Its versatility and capabilities make it invaluable for implementing patches and fixes when necessary."

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Cons
"In future releases, I would like to see better server optimization.""Lacks integration with some cloud solutions.""There is a security-related problem that depends on the web server's configuration.""By optimizing the infrastructure to allow the webserver to directly handle queries from memory—particularly by prioritizing the storage of queries in memory and processing them through the web server interface—I could potentially cut down the required instances from five hundred to two hundred.""The GUI for the less experienced users needs some improvement. For some companies, it is hard to configure it if they have not had any experience.""The interface has room for improvement.""I want the user interface to be more user-friendly.""So far, for us, everything is okay."

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"Our most challenging part was to run an older PHP website reverse-proxied through NGINX. That was not fun.""It would be great if there was even more automation to make it even easier to maintain.""NGINX Plus is moderately priced, but it could give better value for money.""I would like to see the Grafana integration in NGINX which is already present in HAProxy. Grafana integration will help the solution visualize all the data analytics on the dashboard which is currently not present.""The scalability could be improved.""The solution needs to be easier to setup and deploy.""The biggest room for improvement would be to allow NGINX Core machines to cluster for memory zones in some way with a plug and play module. ​""They should do in the open source version of what they did to Advanced HTTP, TCP, and UDP load balancing."

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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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    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 Company15%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Government7%
    Company Size
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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.
    763,955 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Apache Web Server is ranked 3rd in Application Infrastructure with 11 reviews while NGINX Plus is ranked 2nd in Application Infrastructure with 16 reviews. Apache Web Server is rated 8.6, while NGINX Plus is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Apache Web Server writes "Useful in deploying servers to host websites with good modularity". 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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