We performed a comparison between IIS and Windows Server AppFabric 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."What I like the most is that it is easy to use."
"The product is stable."
"IIS is scalable."
"The interface, simplicity, and ease of management are all good features that make this user-friendly."
"We use the solution for our customer's web applications."
"The solution has been reliable."
"The tool is very easy to use and efficient."
"It is a lightweight web host that is easy to configure for simple webpages."
"The most valuable feature is AppFabric's hosting solution, which is what we need for running workflows."
"The product's deployment phase was very easy."
"It is very usable and easy to understand. Antivirus and VPN are the main features being used now. It allows my clients to access the network from home, which was very crucial because of the pandemic."
"Presently, some developers do not have technical knowledge of managing IIS, so that needs to be improved in the next release."
"We'd like future versions to be more stable."
"IIS needs to improve its security. Its support needs to be faster and clear. The tool's licensing could be cheaper as well."
"Sometimes if you are using IIS in large-scale scenarios, meaning that if you are deploying an application within IIS service and you are expecting a large number of users to use this application, you can sometimes find some problems, meaning that the service can shut down by itself unexpectedly if you don't configure your IIS with the correct configuration that can handle this number of users."
"The documentation is not very detailed. They need to improve it and add to it. They should ensure there are lots of visuals to help users better understand the solution."
"Occasionally, we encounter performance issues with IIS where it becomes unresponsive and requires a solution restart."
"Compared to Linux, the solution’s Windows patching is slower. I would like to improve it."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"Its price and licensing policy can be improved. It could be a little cheaper. Licensing is sometimes confusing. There are so many different options. It is difficult to find out what to buy or what to choose for my necessity."
"Microsoft will stop supporting the product next year, and we can't run unsupported programs in our systems."
"The product is unable to connect with different cloud services."
IIS is ranked 1st in Application Infrastructure with 53 reviews while Windows Server AppFabric is ranked 18th in Application Infrastructure with 3 reviews. IIS is rated 8.0, while Windows Server AppFabric is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IIS writes " A simple and easy-to-use solution but not recommended for public apps". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server AppFabric writes "Offers good monitoring capabilities and ease of setup". IIS is most compared with NGINX Plus, Apache Web Server, Oracle WebLogic Server, Tomcat and IBM WebSphere Message Broker, whereas Windows Server AppFabric is most compared with . See our IIS vs. Windows Server AppFabric report.
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