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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Apache HTTP Server

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AApache Web Server (Apache HTTP Server) is an open source HTTP web server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows.N/A

    NGINX

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    NGINX, a business unit of F5 Networks, powers over 65% of the world's busiest websites and web applications. NGINX started out as an open source web server and reverse proxy, built to be faster and more efficient than Apache. Over the years, NGINX has built a suite of infrastructure software products o tackle some of the biggest challenges in managing high-transaction applications. NGINX offers a suite of products to form the core of what organizations need to create…N/A

    OCI

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.N/A
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    Apache HTTP ServerNGINXOCI
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    Community Pulse
    Apache HTTP ServerNGINXOCI
    Considered Multiple Products
    Apache
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    The comparison with other products from IBM or Oracle is difficult. These are mostly software that has to be paid for. The only fair comparison at eye level is probably the NGINX web server: It is also free and offers even higher performance. In the meantime, there is also a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    Apache is more simple, also it tends to be more stable and it is less complicated to use, comparing with other complex solutions that are difficult to troubleshot.
    So wherever possible I select Apache HTTP Server for own/enterprise use also advise consumers to select the Apache …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    Apache lacks the scalability and feature set of NGINX but our team was not only far more experienced with Apache HTTP Server but was relying on tools and frameworks that required Apache HTTP Server. We've recently considered moving to NGINX but the workload to migrate and train …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    To be quite honest I often select Apache because it is the world's most commonly used web server and I have been using it for more than 20 years across many organizations. I have never been burned using Apache. Apache rises above IIS in functionality, configurability, and the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    Against Nginx: Mainly- it's been in the field the longest. There's not really a reason to move to Nginx on it's own. Apache has a mountain of documentation and how-tos that extend from the Foundation itself, to Individual Developers, spanning over 20 years, and most of it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    We chose Apache because it handles dynamic content better than Nginx and it's very well supported. Nginx does handle high traffic sites better, but most of our sites do not get thousands of visitors or more a day as we are a small company serving niche markets. It is notable …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    I have loved Apache and the brief experience I had with IIS wasn't as good. Nginx I have heard good things and though we use it heavily for our servers now without problems, I haven't configured it myself.
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    Apache is often used in conjunction with Nginx, with Nginx in front of Apache to serve static assets like CSS and JS. Both are easy to configure. IIS is pretty cumbersome and is not as flexible as Apache.
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    Both Nginx and Apache are trying to accomplish the same thing, with the exception that Nginx is a much faster product. It allows for multi-threading which spreads out the traffic around the server. Apache is typically enabled by default and due to the high volume of websites …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    Apache HTTP Server has more stability and features than the other products. It is also more secure. Apache HTTP Server has a more developer base so it is easier to find resources on it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    Apache Web Server is the oldest among all of these above-mentioned web server solutions provide a wider range of tools and support available which is of great help when creating a web app because less investment of time and money is what contributes to the success of a project …
    Incentivized
    F5
    Chose NGINX
    NGINX has better performance and better online support than Apache HTTP Server.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    MS IIS and Apache HTTP Server both provide many similar services. However the configuration simplicity, and performance characteristics helped us choose NGINX above the other 2 products.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Evolution and coupling with F5

    Evolución y acople con F5
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    We chose NGINX because, in our experience, NGINX is a Better product and does its core role
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    It is like comparing a formula 1 car against a regular street car in terms of performance or installation simplicity
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Apache is a market leader but NGINX is new and has new features. Lightweight and can handle static requests. We use EC2 and I believe NGINX is more suited when it comes to scalability.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    NGINX is faster and easier to configure. It has better reverse proxy features which is much easy to configure.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    I have found that [NGINX] seems to perform better throughout the years with less issues although I've used Apache more. I would definitely recommend [NGINX] for any high volume site and I've seen this to usually be the case from most provided web hosts who will pick [NGINX] …
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Nginx is much more lightweight than apache HTTP.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    NGINX Stacks up at the top for me because it's fast, reliable, and secure and apache is also usable but not so good in comparison to NGINX and since I and my organization have switched to NGINX I also don't want to look back at apache as NGINX works the best for our use case …
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    NGINX's footprint is much smaller than Apache, and it's great for serving up static content. The URL rewriting was not as familiar as Apache, but just as powerful once configured correctly. As a load balancer, it's much more affordable than Citrix ADC. We used the load …
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    NGINX has been more stable and customizable than we have had with APACHE.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Compared to Apache, NGINX is much lighter on resource consumption, and also far faster as a server, serving static content over twice as fast in most benchmark tests. NGINX doesn't offer as much potential configuration and customization as Apache, however, so if these advanced …
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Nginx's cache mechanism is better than Apache and HAProxy. Also Nginx is very light weight and works for multiple sites with much less work. i.e. As front end proxy server configuration is very easy as compared to other applications. Apache sometimes crashes and is not able to …
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Nginx is way easier to configure and runs better than Microsoft’s offering, in my opinion, and I’ll take it over Apache for its simplicity.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Other Web servers are either not performant enough or locked to a platform. The main competitor in my opinion is the Apache Web Server, that can be extended in functionality through a diverse set of modules to perform almost any task related to a network server. But at scale, I …
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    I selected Nginx because it is easy to learn, use, and maintain. I almost never have to troubleshoot it ever since I deploy it. It just meets my need for a personal learning experience. It works well with PHP and MySQL on Linux. That is why I chose it at first.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    We were happy to drop Apache to serve our applications.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Microsoft IIS server is not open source and it comes with its own overhead in terms of cost which is not the case with Nginx as we do not need to purchase a handful of other products in order to get an HTTP server up and running. If I compare it to Apache Server, it …
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Nginx works on basic operating system principles and what I like the most about it is that even after being feature-rich and easily customizable it uses minimum resources.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Apache has the advantage of being very widely supported and well-known, which makes integration with various tools and software simple, whereas Nginx often requires manual configuration to achieve the same thing. However, the ease of use, configurability, and relatively small …
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Apache is still widely used by the software community and can accomplish many of the same things Nginx can. Nginx is a better solution when you are serving static content (vs. dynamic content), are on a Unix-system, and have a high-traffic website. In addition, certain things …
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    NetApp, f1, etc., [I've] used them all. I find using commodity hardware across diverse endpoints running software solutions is cheaper while being more available than individual hardware solutions. and I find Nginx to be the best proxy solution that can do everything we need.
    Incentivized
    Chose NGINX
    Configuration options are easier on Nginx. It's better suited for our cases. It's easier to find specialists for Nginx in our area.
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    Oracle
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    Apache HTTP ServerNGINXOCI
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Apache HTTP Server and NGINX and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Apache HTTP Server
    -
    Ratings
    NGINX
    8.8
    43 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
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    Ratings
    IDE support00 Ratings8.127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings8.638 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings8.939 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings9.139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings9.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings9.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Apache HTTP Server and NGINX and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    Feature
    Apache HTTP Server
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    NGINX
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    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    7.9
    138 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6133 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4133 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3122 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings00 Ratings7.0122 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings00 Ratings7.3133 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings00 Ratings7.7120 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings00 Ratings7.5132 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3134 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings00 Ratings7.996 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Apache HTTP ServerNGINXOCI
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    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    AWS Auto Scaling
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Apache HTTP ServerNGINXOCI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    9.3
    (72 ratings)
    8.2
    (150 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.3
    (25 ratings)
    8.8
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.8
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    Performance
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    8.7
    (28 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
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    9.0
    (20 ratings)
    In-Person Training
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    9.0
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    Online Training
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    9.0
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    Implementation Rating
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    8.0
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    9.2
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    Configurability
    -
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    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    Ease of integration
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    9.2
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    Product Scalability
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    9.2
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    Professional Services
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Apache HTTP ServerNGINXOCI
    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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    F5
    Nginx is well-suited for any web server scenarios, such as web applications, backend or reverse proxy for both application and HTTP requests, and distribution. It is less appropriate for Windows-based applications that run directly on a Windows Server host. In any case, it is very easy to manage, through separate conf files for each application or site you want to host with it.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    As per our usage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for almost 6 years hosting 500 + customers I can say its well suited application for any small scale to larger scale application as it can handle that capacity and provide more reliable cloud service only if you need any messaging service like pub/sub or sqs better to consider other services.
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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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    F5
    • Very low memory usage. Can handle many more connections than alternatives (like Apache HTTPD) due to low overhead. (event-based architecture).
    • Great at serving static content.
    • Scales very well. Easy to host multiple Nginx servers to promote high availability.
    • Open-Source (no cost)!
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    Oracle
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has a generous free tier, moreso than other hyperscalers, with an always-free tier that guarantees certain products are always free
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure allows you to size VMs with differing combinations of CPU and RAM, which is contrary to other hyperscalers that have specific pre-defined combinations only
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regularly provides free certification exam offers
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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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    F5
    • Customer support can be strangely condescending, perhaps it's a language issue?
    • I find it a little weird how the release versions used for Nginx+ aren't the same as for open source version. It can be very confusing to determine the cross-compatibility of modules, etc., because of this.
    • It seems like some (most?) modules on their own site are ancient and no longer supported, so their documentation in this area needs work.
    • It's difficult to navigate between nginx.com commercial site and customer support. They need to be integrated together.
    • I'd love to see more work done on nginx+ monitoring without requiring logging every request. I understand that many statistics can only be derived from logs, but plenty should work without that. Logging is not an option in many environments.
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    Oracle
    • Navigating the UI takes lots of getting used to. It reminds me of older GCP (just to get used to where everything is).
    • Permission for different things always seemed to be more difficult than it really needed to be. Once you got them set up you were good but updating anything or creating new permissions for just about anything took longer than I thought it should.
    • Based on how the buttons were laid out, it was pretty easy to delete all of your DNS records, and backing them up was not as intuitive as I'd like with the UI, but it was easy to do using a script.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    Great value for the product
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    Oracle
    Reliability: Very dependable and stable OCI services have been for the business operations.Performance: The speed and efficiency of OCI in meeting their computing and storage needs.Scalability: The ease and effectiveness of scaling resources up or down to accommodate changing demands.Security: The robustness and effectiveness of OCI's security features in protecting their data and applications.
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    Usability
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    This tool is really easy to use and configure. Consumes very less system resources. It is highly modular and configurable. You can easily use it with other tools like certbot for SSLs. You can configure basic security with configuration and headers
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    Oracle
    The services & products in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure needs more improvement to beat other Cloud service providers. The price is good & Security processes are good. We are requiring to put more effort in supporting this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure than other Cloud service providers. Probably better ways are there but is not super easy to find or not super available
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    Reliability and Availability
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Yeah sometimes we had to face unplanned outages due to underlying infrastructure issues, so not every time,e but once in a while we face issues with availability. But the good thing is we have redundancy with DR setup and multi region so we can manage.
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    Performance
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    From the start, I was surprised by response times and image quality accessing windows VMs with RDP. GCP, Azure and -many offerings in AWS- don't perform this speed. Also, that's evident in the quality of Infrastructure Management Team, because I just received one warning regarding a region failure, what confirms that's a mature platform.
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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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    F5
    Community support is great, and they've also had a presence at conferences. Overall, there is no shortage of documentation and community support. We're currently using it to serve up some WordPress sites, and configuring NGINX for this purpose is well documented.
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    Oracle
    Overall it is amazing, there is always room for improvement. We have weekly updates that tend to slow the program used more and more. We had to change some reports within Oracle because the others wouldn’t load. This is tied to our payroll and the delays are causing many time constraint issues and panic. We have to create a new report when one breaks. Otherwise awesome!
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    In-Person Training
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Effective training provided, much data productivity while doing training
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    Online Training
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    detailed and easy to understand.
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    Implementation Rating
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Very much satisifed with the Oracle Support team during the implementation and Migration of applications
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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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    F5
    I have found that [NGINX] seems to perform better throughout the years with less issues although I've used Apache more. I would definitely recommend [NGINX] for any high volume site and I've seen this to usually be the case from most provided web hosts who will pick [NGINX] over alternatives
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    Oracle
    We used Microsoft Azure and Docker earlier and faced some difficulties like Microsoft Azure and Docker. Occasionally, the generation of large images can delay deployment. It is also necessary for me to admit that Microsoft Azure and Docker have a somewhat steep learning curve. Proper paperwork needs to be there. Docker has issues with performance on a number of platforms. On the other hand, OCI is easy to deploy and easy to understand.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    was not part of initial purchase team. Anyways, i think unit pricing and billing frequency is good compared to other Cloud service providers, when it comes to Cloud Capital expenditure & Operational expenditure. Would be more interested in exploring more options where customers can get more cost relaxations on trying out new cloud services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for example a new App or a feature
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    Scalability
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    We have hosted around 500 + customers on this cloud so till day not faced any major issues, so we can use it for any kind of products and it can hold the load and easily scale based on need.
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    Professional Services
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    F5
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Services & Infra wise is ok to use & host applications & services. Security wise also good for a Cloud service provider. It is a interesting area to explore & using it for day to day needs can be further improvised in future probably. Modern day Services like AI and Machine learning could be improved
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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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    F5
    • By using Nginx, we can host multiple web services on a single server, keeping our infrastructure costs lower.
    • Nginx maintains our HTTPS connections, allowing us to keep our promise to our customers that their data is safe in transit.
    • Due to Nginx's extremely low failure rate, our web addresses always return something meaningful, even when individual services go down. In sense, this means we are "always online" and allows us to maintain brand and support our customers even in the face of catastrophe.
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    Oracle
    • Oracle Cloud helps us build and deploy apps quickly, getting our products out the door faster.
    • With real-time insights from Oracle Cloud, we can give customers personalized experiences that boost satisfaction.
    • Migrating to Oracle saves us cash on hardware and maintenance, which we can use for innovation and growth.
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    ScreenShots

    NGINX Screenshots

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