We performed a comparison between IIS and Windows Process Activation Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."IIS is easy to configure in terms of websites and other solutions."
"The initial setup of IIS is easy. The process takes only five minutes."
"The solution is highly reliable."
"The solution is very stable. The solution is very simple and easy to use."
"All the features of Microsoft IIS are valuable."
"The product is easy to configure."
"The product is easy to use."
"The solution is easy to use and connects with Microsoft."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the central console, that allows you to see all of the activated and deactivated computers."
"Sometimes if you are using IIS in large-scale scenarios, meaning that if you are deploying an application within IIS service and you are expecting a large number of users to use this application, you can sometimes find some problems, meaning that the service can shut down by itself unexpectedly if you don't configure your IIS with the correct configuration that can handle this number of users."
"This solution needs to be easier for cases where you want to have an IIS cluster."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The graphical user interface has room for improvement and can be more user-friendly."
"IIS could improve by Microsoft Windows improving the update services. We would like to be able to update all systems that are connected. The WSA service has to be in good order to accomplish this."
"If Microsoft IIS could work well with AppOptics or things like PHP, Python, and other custom languages that run on the webserver, it would be ideal. I think there are cases where people need to use Apache instead of IIS when IIS doesn't work well with other web languages."
"Scalability issues and security concerns need attention from Microsoft."
"IIS's memory management could be improved."
"The stability of the solution needs improvement."
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IIS is ranked 1st in Application Infrastructure with 53 reviews while Windows Process Activation Services is ranked 23rd in Application Infrastructure. IIS is rated 8.0, while Windows Process Activation Services is rated 4.0. The top reviewer of IIS writes " A simple and easy-to-use solution but not recommended for public apps". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Process Activation Services writes "Central console enables us to see all of the activated and deactivated computers but it has poor alerts and frustrating technical support". IIS is most compared with NGINX Plus, Apache Web Server, Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Fusion Middleware, whereas Windows Process Activation Services is most compared with Microsoft .NET Framework.
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