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 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."
"It's very stable, and it hosts one of the biggest of many biggest web applications in the world."
"It's reliable, configurable and generally secure."
"Apache has proven to be incredibly reliable, and everything has operated smoothly without encountering any issues."
"It is more secure to use Apache and you will have fewer problems than other web services."
"The solution offers good security."
"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."
"Microsoft's technical support has always been very good."
"The product is flexible."
"The most valuable feature of IIS is that it's free, and it works."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use and easy to understand."
"We use the solution for our customer's web applications."
"It's very easy to publish."
"IIS is useful for the deployment of web applications...Its stability is good."
"IIS has a very simple and user-friendly interface, which helps a lot in effective and efficient management."
"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."
"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."
"Lacks integration with some cloud solutions."
"The interface has room for improvement."
"The major issue occurs with ports. So, I would like to see easier port management."
"I want the user interface to be more user-friendly."
"Its stability could be better."
"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."
"We've never had any issues with the solution, but it's still nice to have overall improvements on it. It could be easier and faster to use, for example."
"IIS could improve the error logging. There are times we are not able to see the errors. More details would be helpful. Additionally, the configuring of the IIS should be allowed through coding instead of the classic view."
"At the moment, we have big problems with stability, and I'm not very happy at the moment. So, the stability could be improved."
"Performance-wise, certain improvements in IIS are needed...IIS is not scalable. Its scalability is less."
"The areas of this solution that need improvement are monitoring, debugging, and troubleshooting."
"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."
"The cost is a bit too high."
"The tool needs to improve its performance."
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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