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.
Read full review -Pivotal tc Server is best used as web application server on a virtual machine for middleware purposes -I feel it is less appropriate to be used with utilizing data that does not need to be secure
Read full review 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. Read full review send a receive HL7 message securely details issues and errors in logs very reliable uptime record with no system crashes Read full review 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. Read full review User management and administration access account setup has room for improvement and can be more user friendly and clearly list how many admin accounts we can setup password complexity for user accounts need to be updated although all logs list all errors some of the tomcat errors are not time stamped Read full review Support Rating 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.
Read full review Alternatives Considered 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.
Read full review We selected Pivotal tc Server opposed to Cent0s Linux because Pivotal tc Server is more reliable and causes less downtime , also better logging. I have used both
Read full review Return on Investment 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. Read full review one positive is that we can securely send patient data across to our food service dept. another positive is that we can integrate the communication with our patient tv terminals third positive is that there is less downtime because it is reliable Read full review ScreenShots