We performed a comparison between Apache Web Server and IIS 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."The solution offers good security."
"The product is very cheap and stable."
"The open-source nature is one of its most significant advantages."
"The solution's most valuable feature is reporting."
"Apache Web Server is free of cost."
"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."
"The best thing about Apache is that it is open-source, so implementing my platform on-premises is less expansive than other solutions."
"Its community is its most valuable feature. Solving problems is easier on Apache because so many people know this product."
"The tool is very easy to use and efficient."
"We use the solution for our customer's web applications."
"The product is flexible."
"It helps scan and mitigates our vulnerabilities using the best protocols to secure our environment."
"The solution is the easiest way to publish applications which have been designed by older development tools."
"IIS has a very simple and user-friendly interface, which helps a lot in effective and efficient management."
"It's very easy to publish."
"The most valuable feature of IIS is it does not consume a lot of resources. It does not consume a lot of resources, such as memory."
"So far, for us, everything is okay."
"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."
"Adding a reverse proxy to Apache Web Server would be a significant improvement."
"The major issue occurs with ports. So, I would like to see easier port management."
"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."
"For NGINX, I think it has NGINX Management Suite, which is GUI-based and allows you to manage your configuration via the user interface, but Apache fails to offer such capabilities to users."
"I want the user interface to be more user-friendly."
"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."
"Occasionally, we encounter performance issues with IIS where it becomes unresponsive and requires a solution restart."
"The solution must improve the integration between its databases."
"In the next release, the tool should be more easily integrated and configured with other provisions. The pricing should also be made cheaper since it's very expensive now."
"The product could be more compatible with Linux and macOS, particularly when applying user configuration policies."
"The platform's stability could be better."
"The cost is a bit too high."
"The solution's scalability needs improvement."
"The scalability depends on how you have set it up. If you're running IIS on a single server, it might not be as capable as if you are on many in a cluster or with load balancing and so on."
Apache Web Server is ranked 3rd in Application Infrastructure with 21 reviews while IIS is ranked 1st in Application Infrastructure with 53 reviews. Apache Web Server is rated 8.6, while IIS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apache Web Server writes "Has good security, speed and traffic handling features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IIS writes " A simple and easy-to-use solution but not recommended for public apps". Apache Web Server is most compared with NGINX Plus, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Microsoft .NET Framework, Zend PHP Engine and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas IIS is most compared with NGINX Plus, Oracle WebLogic Server, Tomcat, JBoss and Microsoft .NET Framework. See our Apache Web Server vs. IIS report.
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