Apache HTTP Server vs. Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apache HTTP Server
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Apache Web Server (Apache HTTP Server) is an open source HTTP web server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows.N/A
Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Score 6.4 out of 10
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Liferay Digital Experience Platform is an enterprise-grade platform that enables companies to create and connect personalized digital experiences across web, mobile, social, in store and other touchpoints. It provides the technical foundation (deep integration, security and modularity) for a digital business to orchestrate unique customer experiences, as well as business value features to support a deeper understanding of their customers.N/A
Pricing
Apache HTTP ServerLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apache HTTP ServerLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEmail sales@liferay.com for pricing information.
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Community Pulse
Apache HTTP ServerLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Best Alternatives
Apache HTTP ServerLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Small Businesses
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
Salesforce Experience Cloud
Salesforce Experience Cloud
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
NGINX
NGINX
Score 9.1 out of 10
Verint Community
Verint Community
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Apache HTTP ServerLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(20 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache HTTP ServerLiferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Likelihood to Recommend
Apache
As I mentioned earlier, the Apache HTTP Server has a small disadvantage compared to the competition (NGINX) in terms of performance. If you run websites that really have a lot of visitors, NGINX might be the better alternative.
On the other hand, the Apache HTTP Server is open source and free. Further functionalities can be activated via modules. The documentation is really excellent.
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Liferay, Inc.
Liferay Portal is a framework which comes with a fine grained security/permission model, (Web) Content Management, Authentication and Authorization, outbox portlets with different features to manage content or users. So if any business application has below questions then I can recommend not to use Liferay as a platform.
  • Application is big but not content or user driven.
  • Application with few static contents.
  • Application with batch transactions(DB) i.e. insert , update db records in batch.
  • Application with ERP capabilities.
  • Application with Big Data support.
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Pros
Apache
  • Street Cred: Apache Web Server is the Founder for all of Apache Foundation's other projects. Without the Web Server, Apache Foundation would look very different. That being said, they have done a good job of maintaining the code base, and keeping a lot of what makes Apache so special
  • Stability: Apache is rock-solid. While no software is perfect, Apache can parse your web sources quickly and cleanly.
  • Flexibility: Need to startup your own Webpage? Done. Wordpress? Yup. REST Endpoint? Check. Honeypot? Absolutely.
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Liferay, Inc.
  • Personalization
  • Business to client relationship
  • Customer management is better.
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Cons
Apache
  • The default configurations which comes with Apache server needs to get optimized for performance and security with every new installation as these defaults are not recommended to push on the production environment directly.
  • Security options and advanced configurations are not easy to set up and require an additional level of expertise.
  • Admin frontend GUI could be improved to a great extent to match with other enterprise tools available to serve similar requirements.
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Liferay, Inc.
  • Harder to get started
  • Enterprise level of options can cause confusion
  • Development documentation could be better
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Likelihood to Renew
Apache
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Liferay, Inc.
We are currently using Liferay Portal and plan to keep using it.
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Support Rating
Apache
I give this rating because there is so much Apache documentation and information on the web that you can literally do anything. This has to do with the fact that there is a huge Open Source community that is beyond mature and perhaps one of the most helpful to be found. The only thing that should hold anyone back from anything is that they can not read. RTFM, my friend. And I must say that the manual is excellent.
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Liferay, Inc.
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Alternatives Considered
Apache
I has a lot more features, except that IIS is more integrated in a Windows environment. But now with .net core also possible from Apache it would work anywhere really. Only in a full Windows environment where full integration is needed I would chose to go for IIS. Otherwise Apache it is.
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Liferay, Inc.
Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) feels more professional than other similar products I tried or used. With this, I mainly mean the look or aspect when you are editing, setting or configuring anything in the platform, wether you are setting users, roles, creating new pages, adding components to them, or even configuring server or instance related configurations.
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Return on Investment
Apache
  • Works as intended, so it's less to worry about.
  • Works great on elastic environments (like EC2).
  • As an Open Source project, you can get support for almost any problem you can have.
  • Configuration files, while powerful, can be tricky to dominate for some.
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Liferay, Inc.
  • Its high scalability and flexibility has allowed us to include all essential solutions to meet our business needs while preserving the originality of the brand and helping us to improve the quality of our processes and services within the same friendly and unified environment.
  • This powerful platform has allowed us to keep the efforts of all our units aligned, from sales, marketing, operations, support and customer service, in a solid collaborative environment.
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ScreenShots

Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP) Screenshots

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