Apache Web Server vs NGINX Plus comparison

Apache and F5 are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Apache is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.8, while F5 is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.3. Apache holds a 10.6% mindshare in AIS, compared to F5’s 11.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Apache users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of F5 users who would recommend it.

Apache Web Server

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100% willing to recommend

NGINX Plus

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2,418 Comparison Views

92% willing to recommend

Apache Web Server

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Apache Web Server and NGINX Plus 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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Categories and Ranking

Apache Web Server

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NGINX Plus

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Apache Web Server is 10.6%, up from 9.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NGINX Plus is 11.9%, down from 12.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Sakthivel Veeramuthu

Technology Lead at Infosys

Easy to optimize for high performance and handle heavy traffic

Most of the features I liked were related to the performance during peak hours. Because I needed to optimize the Apache web server to run it as a high performer during my customers' usage, then I needed to reduce my Apache web server resource usage for that. So that part of the thing is what I was more interested in doing. So, I mainly liked the performance and security.

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Ritesh-Bakhru

Major Account Manager at Check Point Software

Quick installation and very easy to manage while doing orchestration or automation

NGINX cannot be a replacement for your traditional load balancer with what we use in the network today. However, with applications going toward microservices, NGINX is definitely a way forward. F5 has many traditional load balancing features, so they still need to bring some of those features to NGINX. NGINX is a very basic load balancer and cannot do as many customizations as F5. I think F5 is trying to implement those features in NGINX so they can improve the balancing on NGINX, but I think that will take some time. With the traditional F5 set up, the same OS can do load balancing, firewalls, and even policy enforcement. If we are able to bring some of those capabilities to NGINX, I think it would become a versatile solution and usage would definitely increase.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The product is very cheap and stable."

"Apache Web Server can be used as a proxy server"

"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."

"Its community is its most valuable feature. Solving problems is easier on Apache because so many people know this product."

"The solution's most valuable feature is reporting."

"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 reliable, configurable and generally secure."

"Apache Web Server is free of cost."

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"NGINX Plus' most valuable feature is the ingress controller."

"The flexibility of its modules allow it to be scalable."

"When I worked in a security research center, we tested NGINX to support DoS and DDoS attacks, and its results were great."

"Nginx is simple to configure, very stable in a highly utilized environment and very modular, allowing DevOps to create it's own modules for interactive use with Nginx."

"Supports IMAP, POP and SMTP protocols for the reverse proxy."

"The product is lightweight and fast."

"The product is resilient."

"I find the solution’s community support and documentation most valuable. Compared to HAProxy, have found a lot of documentation and community support on Quora. If you would be asking me as a developer whether to choose this product, I would recommend this since it has good community support, documentation, and signature updates. The configuration of HAProxy is also very tedious. However, NGINX’s configuration is very simple."

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Cons

"It would be great if technical support for Apache were available in Iran. It is a very important need."

"In future releases, I would like to see better server optimization."

"The interface has room for improvement."

"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."

"Adding a reverse proxy to Apache Web Server would be a significant improvement."

"Things change very fast. We're always on the lookout for better approaches and tools. If the solution falls behind, we may have to switch."

"The product's initial setup process could be easier for users."

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"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."

"The scalability could be improved."

"Make modules easier to enable or disable. The beauty and ugly side of the NGINX modules is you have to know how to compile the module. For beginners or non-very technical aspirant(s) going for NGINX, they have to learn how to compile the modules."

"If NGINX brings some features for health check in the open source version, it would be better. "

"I would like to see the Grafana integration in NGINX which is already present in HAProxy. Grafana integration will help the solution visualize all the data analytics on the dashboard which is currently not present."

"Our most challenging part was to run an older PHP website reverse-proxied through NGINX. That was not fun."

"I would suggest adding GUI-based configuration panels to NGINX Plus to simplify setup and management tasks."

"NGINX is a very basic load balancer and cannot do as many customizations as F5."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is no licensing cost for the product."

"It is an open-source solution."

"The apache software is free, open-source."

"It is a free-of-cost solution."

"The solution is free, but you can spend a lot of money with a complex solution."

"I use the solution's community edition which is free of cost."

"NGINX Plus is worth it, if you need it. If you do not need the features or support, the free and open source package is more than capable. "

"It's an open source solution, so it's free."

"The cost is reasonable."

"I am not so happy with their pricing policy, but this is not the worse thing in my life. I can tolerate it."

"NGINX is a free tool in Brazil. There are some companies which do support it."

"Compared to other similar solutions on the market, I think it's over-priced."

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it_user240036

Senior IT Architect at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

Apr 10, 2016

Apache vs. Nginx

Originally posted https://zitseng.com/archives/10435 Apache or Nginx. This is a question that many website administrators have considered. It’s a question that I’ve also considered several times, and again just the past week. Apache is the most popular web server on the Internet. Nginx, on the…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

17%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Apache Web Server?

The product's initial setup phase is straightforward.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apache Web Server?

The price of the product is an area handled by the procurement team in my company.

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What needs improvement with Apache Web Server?

There isn't a dedicated customer support available for Apache Web Server.

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Which is better - IIS or NGINX Plus?

IIS is a flexible, secure, and manageable web server to host anything on the web. IIS’s scalable and open architecture can handle the most demanding tasks. From media streaming to web applications,...

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What do you like most about NGINX Plus?

It performs very well. That's one of the primary reasons we use NGINX.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NGINX Plus?

NGINX is not cost-effective, especially for few applications, and is considered higher-priced.

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Compared 19% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Also Known As

Apache HTTP Server

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Apache

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.

NGINX Plus is a versatile solution that offers load balancing, caching, proxying, and API deployment capabilities. It can be deployed on private or public clouds and is ideal for building CDN solutions. The solution can also be used to secure web applications and replace web services like Apache.

NGINX has helped organizations improve functioning, reduce downtimes, and offer a DevOps-friendly solution. Its community support and documentation are highly regarded, and its configuration is more straightforward, making it a recommended choice over HAProxy.

Sample Customers

Cisco, Intuit, General Electric, Adobe, VMware, PayPal, HP, EMC, eBay, Apple, SAP, Qualcomm, SanDisk, Allstate, FedEx

Locaweb, AppNexus, Wix, Reliam, Montana Interactive, MuleSoft, Warpwire, Discovery Education, InkaBinka, WordPress.com, Gogo, GOV.UK, NASA

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