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."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."
"Apache has proven to be incredibly reliable, and everything has operated smoothly without encountering any issues."
"The open-source nature is one of its most significant advantages."
"The most significant advantage is the ability to swiftly enable HTTPS services when my DNS is configured correctly."
"It's reliable, configurable and generally secure."
"The solution offers good security."
"The best thing about Apache is that it is open-source, so implementing my platform on-premises is less expansive than other solutions."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft System Center is its GUI (graphical user interface)."
"I like the automated features of it that let you schedule those updates and the ability of the product to focus on the specific updates, specific platforms, and products that we're interested in keeping up to date."
"It can generate KPIs and management reports with monthly presentations on activities and updating the environment (success and failure)."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"Managment Packs for Microsoft-specific products, help us implement the best practices for each product."
"The detail in the alarms is great."
"Step-by-step documentation that clarifies the implementation procedure."
"System Center helps to create the basis for ITIL alignment."
"I want the user interface to be more user-friendly."
"So far, for us, everything is okay."
"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."
"The interface has room for improvement."
"In future releases, I would like to see better server optimization."
"Its stability could be better."
"It would be great if technical support for Apache were available in Iran. It is a very important need."
"There is a security-related problem that depends on the web server's configuration."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"Could be more user friendly."
"We have some bugs but it's stable. It doesn't break every day. It works. Like other applications, it has a lot of bugs but they're manageable."
"Most of the documentation is online, however, there are some gaps there. The product documentation still refers back to the 2012 Server. We're pretty much in 2022. There's a ten-year gap there."
"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."
"The solution's dashboard needs improvement."
"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."
"In Microsoft System Center, it is difficult to follow the steps to create dataflows at times."
Apache Web Server is ranked 3rd in Application Infrastructure with 21 reviews while Microsoft System Center is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 17 reviews. Apache Web Server is rated 8.6, while Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Apache Web Server writes "Has good security, speed and traffic handling features ". 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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