I have experience with Apache and configuring web services. In our country, we are using Apache for our websites because I know how to secure it. I know how to configure it. We have regulations that apply to our website in our country. The mixed solution with  Apache and Nginx that we are using works in our country. The best solution for the web servers — for the security of access — are going to come based on a mixed solution which is what Apache and Nginx together provide.  

I did not evaluate other options beforehand.

In terms of competition, there's NGINX. It also performs admirably, and the two are quite comparable. Some individuals even rate NGINX higher than Apache.

Regarding web services, two major web servers are available, IIS from Microsoft Windows and Apache Web Server. They are the most used web services all over the world. There is also Nginx. Each service has its scenarios of when it will be used. For small to medium size projects in an organization, they can use Apache Web Server or IIS, but if you want something very powerful, you can switch to Nginx.

We've tried a few different solutions. At the very beginning, we're using Tomcat Apache. After that, we switched to AWS, After AWS, we moved to this product and we've been with it ever since.