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We performed a comparison between Apache Web Server and Microsoft System Center 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 best thing about Apache is that it is open-source, so implementing my platform on-premises is less expansive than other solutions.""It's very stable, and it hosts one of the biggest of many biggest web applications in the world.""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.""The open-source nature is one of its most significant advantages.""The product is very cheap and stable.""Its community is its most valuable feature. Solving problems is easier on Apache because so many people know this product.""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."

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"The detail in the alarms is great.""The solution is easily available. That's its most valuable aspect.""Good for managing and administering the infrastructure.""The product's initial setup phase was easy.""The availability performance matrix and the reporting capabilities are the solution's most valuable features.""The installation process is easy.""Managment Packs for Microsoft-specific products, help us implement the best practices for each product.""System Center helps to create the basis for ITIL alignment."

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Cons
"So far, for us, everything is okay.""In future releases, I would like to see better server optimization.""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.""Its stability could be better.""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.""I want the user interface to be more user-friendly.""Adding a reverse proxy to Apache Web Server would be a significant improvement.""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."

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"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution.""Something super important that we need is this integration via Intune Configuration Manager.""The platform's performance could be improved. Additionally, its UI needs to be well-upgraded and work faster.""System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure.""The multi-tenancy support needs to be improved. We need to have the ability to manage several different environments from one central point of administration.""Implementation and integration in the case of multi-tenant environments needs improvement.""In Microsoft System Center, it is difficult to follow the steps to create dataflows at times.""The solution’s pricing 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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  • "We maximized our license investment."
  • "It's rolled into our enterprise subscription. The entire subscription is around $25,000 a year, however, that covers all the products that we use."
  • "On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten."
  • "Microsoft System Center is quite expensive."
  • "I know that sometimes there is some reduction in the prices of Microsoft System Center because of the costs of Microsoft SQL Server, which can be advantageous."
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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:The product's initial setup phase was easy.
    Top Answer:I know that sometimes there is some reduction in the prices of Microsoft System Center because of the costs of Microsoft SQL Server, which can be advantageous.
    Top Answer:In Microsoft System Center, it is difficult to follow the steps to create dataflows at times. Our company has to use certain steps with SQL to deal with the dataflow area, making it an easy process… more »
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    Also Known As
    Apache HTTP Server
    MS System Center
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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.

    System Center helps customers realize the benefits of the Microsoft Cloud Platform by delivering unified management. Experience fast time-to-value with out-of-the-box monitoring, provisioning, configuration, automation, protection and self-service.
    Sample Customers
    Cisco, Intuit, General Electric, Adobe, VMware, PayPal, HP, EMC, eBay, Apple, SAP, Qualcomm, SanDisk, Allstate, FedEx
    Kassen_rztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein, Magyar Telekom Nyrt., Adeka, QualCare, Aeriandi, UniCredit Bank d.d., Mostar, Allianz Australia Ltd., Grupo Familia
    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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    Non Tech Company17%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
    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 Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise50%
    Buyer's Guide
    Apache Web Server vs. Microsoft System Center
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Apache Web Server vs. Microsoft System Center 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 Microsoft System Center is ranked 14th in Application Infrastructure with 5 reviews. Apache Web Server is rated 8.6, while Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8. 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 Microsoft System Center writes "Good review of configurations, effective antivirus administration, and has weekly reports". Apache Web Server is most compared with IIS, NGINX Plus, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Microsoft .NET Framework and Zend PHP Engine, whereas Microsoft System Center is most compared with Oracle SOA Suite. See our Apache Web Server vs. Microsoft System Center report.

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