Apache HTTP Server vs Oracle WebLogic Suite

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Employee in Information Technology

Industrial Automation Company, 10,001+ employees

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This is very well suited to be used with web-based applications as it provides immense performance and is a centralized load-sharing solution. If you have multiple applications then this is an appropriate server as it can handle them easily and it is completely flexible and secure. For Images, the configuration part could be a bit hard to handle on this server.

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Banking Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pros

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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Engineer in Corporate

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

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Provides a robust application server platform and standardized skill set
Provides infinite scalability options
Easy integration accross the organization
Allows for advanced configuration and automation of configurations and the creation of new environments

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Ryan Payne

Oracle Solution Architect

AvistaUtilities, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

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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Rahul Dhangar

Web Technologist

Left Right MindInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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The integration stand up time takes a little longer than we anticipated
The automated failover process is a bit slow
The java fight recorder crashes from time to time

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Scott Kennedy

Director, eCommerce Analytics and Digital Marketing

Franklin SportsSporting Goods, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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General

Free Trial

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Entry-level set up fee?

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Support Rating

Apache HTTP Server 9.3

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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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Jason Smith, DPA

Instructional Technologist

Pomona CollegeHigher Education, 201-500 employees

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No score

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Alternatives Considered

IIS has a clear advantage over Apache: Configuration can be done through a convenient visual editor. But, sometimes, IIS can be tricky to use for serving other things than asp.net.

We had bad experiences working at scale with IIS7.5 while serving PHP websites. I know that more recent versions work a lot better, but if you want to serve PHP websites on IIS, while you can, it's better to not do it.

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Project Manager in Engineering

Entertainment Company, 51-200 employees

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For as long as I have been with my company (and longer) we have leveraged WebLogic as our hosting/middleware platform of choice. I haven't actually had any in office experience with other alternatives. We've had an exclusivity contract with Oracle the whole time. Then again, Oracle Weblogic Suite is the industry standard for a reason.

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Professional in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

The greatest positive impact is seen in that with only Apache HTTP Server it is possible to solve various situations of administration of sites, services, or web systems.
Due to the type of institution to which I belong, everything that means high performance and streamlining of the institution's processes is a great benefit for those interested.

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Moris Mendez

Ing. de Sistemas Informaticos

Corte Suprema de JusticiaGovernment Administration, 5001-10,000 employees

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Server startup can be controlled from the dashboard. In case a node is going down and has some issue, we can take that out or shut it down.
Connection pool management.

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Engineer in Engineering

Consumer Goods Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Apache HTTP Server vs Oracle WebLogic Suite