Apache HTTP Server vs. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apache HTTP Server
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Apache Web Server (Apache HTTP Server) is an open source HTTP web server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows.N/A
OCI
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Oracle 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
Pricing
Apache HTTP ServerOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Apache HTTP ServerOCI
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
Apache HTTP ServerOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Considered Both Products
Apache HTTP Server
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.
Chose Apache HTTP Server
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 …
Chose Apache HTTP Server
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 …
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 …
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 …
Chose Apache HTTP Server
By having a similar purpose, which is to publish and manage access to services, sites, and/or web systems, I have had to implement them to analyze their qualities and virtues, but stability, the power of implementation of different solutions and to be able to expand through own …
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 …
Chose Apache HTTP Server
Oracle WebLogic /Tuxedo is great when you are using it to install Oracle stack on top including other Oracle middleware and applications. Similarly, if you have IBM applications that need to be configured with IBM DB2, IBM WebSphere is better than Apache Web Server. Red Hat …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Chose Apache HTTP Server
  • Add EAR files to Apache Web Server
  • Keep portability. Web Server machine provides an option to the person to complete their own updates along with deploy their unique application. If live mirroring is not used, some users will have to wait for renewed content. More servers equals …
Chose Apache HTTP Server
Apache is far superior to Microsoft's IIS. The only reason to consider IIS would be for compatibility with a given software package that is made exclusively for IIS.
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 …
Chose Apache HTTP Server
I've used Microsoft's IIS and IBM's HTTP server. The major and a clear advantage of Apache web server over these products is that it’s free and has no licensing issues. Being in the industry for quite sometime (oldest web server) a lot of products and customizations have been …
Chose Apache HTTP Server
Apache is terrific. Zeus is actually built on Apache and adds a mediocre at best interface to controlling it. IIS is only good on Windows. Netscape servers are probably not even around anymore, but when they were, were the absolute worst. I couldn't move my office off of them …
OCI
Chose OCI
Main benefit was costing compared to other services and we use Oracle as a database so with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure we can fully utilize the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure database which helped a lot for our products to handle major load that is one big plus because we had pay …
Chose OCI
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure typically offers lower pricing for compute and storage than AWS. There are no hidden charges, it is more transparent. It is built for running oracle databases which the application was using, and licensing is more cost effective as compared to AWS.
Chose OCI
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and AWS Lambda
Chose OCI
Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services
Chose OCI
Right now we are evaluating the usage. Prima facie is that it will be game changer and we are supposed to start POC in next sprint. Can not put client details but on high level, clients are very excited to see if ML can predict areas of traction from where orders are created …
Chose OCI
Selected ones are better than Oracle Cloud Infrastructure but it works well only for small scale applications. It leads to migration to other cloud platforms.
Chose OCI
Used Google Cloud Platform to store data in data warehouse and the monitor it. Powerfull VM in GCP are very good and can process large databases too. We are using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure mostly because of client's request.
Chose OCI
Performance and latency are excellent in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Except for AWS baremetal, I don't find anything like that. I found that, aside from conventional compute that works really good, they also offer HPC VDI. That's one of the strengths that should have more hype …
Chose OCI
Better SLAs returned from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
UI loads quicker than Azure
Cost performance is linear, not the same in Azure
Chose OCI
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure stacks up against EC2, in cases where out DB are Oracle, the transformation of the data take a lot of time and effort to warranty that the data have been migrated correctly, to offfcourse in case where Oracle are in our company will be always a …
Chose OCI
We wanted to move our heroku service to other cloud platform with better reliability and scalability. So we decided to give it a try.
Chose OCI
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is great because of the ample storage and quick loading times we receive compared to others. The cost is also very manageable. We like how Oracle is structured and we utilize the machine learning and AI built in tools quite often. We are very pleased …
Chose OCI
- Performance was big reason for choosing Oracle Cloud infrastructure over AWS Ec2 and Azure VMware Solutions.- Oracle Database as application design was another reason for choosing Oracle Cloud infrastructure over AWS Ec2 and Azure VMware Solutions.
In turn, OCI was better …
Chose OCI
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) competes with several major cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and others.Here is why we consider selecting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Strong for Oracle Workloads, …
Chose OCI
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. …
Chose OCI
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides strong and Innovative database services with its enterprise Autonomous Database and Exadata Features. Oracle database management can make huge workloads autonomously. OCI in addition is more cheaper compared to it's other competitors in the …
Chose OCI
Services are almost the same, but OCI can provide more resources at the same price, our application can easily do the migration, and also, OCI also provides free VPC Site to Site VPN, which helps us create a security path from local to remote.
Chose OCI
OCI does not stack up against these products due to their wide range of services, support, and ease of troubleshooting. There is an abundance of tutorials on the services provided by the competition, which makes them more easy to use. However, OCI is very competitive in pricing.
Chose OCI
We use AWS and Google Cloud widely in our organization. However, we also use Oracle Databases for critical business, and OCI integrates well. We use OCI to test out our hypothesis for a rapid product. The Free tier is extremely useful to play around before committing.
Chose OCI
There are numerous cloud providers in the market and I feel Oracle is very underrated for its capabilities and offerings . It has huge potential and it brings in very huge discounts for existing Oracle customers with unlimited licensing , if you are an existing ULA subscriber …
Chose OCI
have used several other cloud functions provided by different companies but I found Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to be more user friendly and easy to understand and implement, also it has a global reach with different regions. OCI also has advantage of different database …
Chose OCI
Oracle continued to focus on larger scale and growth business. We found Microsoft allowed to use as little as needed.
Features
Apache HTTP ServerOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Product A and Product B
Apache HTTP Server
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Ratings
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
6.8
Ratings
17% below category average
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Dynamic scaling00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Pre-configured templates00 Ratings4.80 Ratings
Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Operating system support00 Ratings5.20 Ratings
Security controls00 Ratings5.40 Ratings
Automation00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apache HTTP ServerOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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8.6
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.7
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Usability
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8.1
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Availability
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10.0
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Performance
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9.0
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Support Rating
9.3
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7.0
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In-Person Training
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9.1
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Online Training
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9.1
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Implementation Rating
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9.1
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Configurability
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8.0
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Ease of integration
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7.0
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Product Scalability
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10.0
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Vendor post-sale
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8.0
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User Testimonials
Apache HTTP ServerOracle Cloud Infrastructure
Likelihood to Recommend
Well Suited: Perfect for hosting your own website. And, I don't mean just an individual with a port of MySpace. I mean an industrial strength, commercial grade replacement for Microsoft IIS. If you need a web server that provides a feature-rich environment with support for multiple sites (hosted in the same server), with such features as virtual hosting, and modular feature design, than Apache Web Server is right on the money. Less Well-Suited: Single page, small feature-set websites. Apache is a lot of trouble for developers to set up, just to send/receive JSON strings of a few bytes. You're really better off using something smaller and faster/simpler (lighttpd for example).
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a great fit when you need High-performance infrastructure for mission-critical apps that require low latency and high availability. Scalable compute services for big data analytics workloads that process massive datasets. Support for DevOps teams looking to streamline their development and deployment pipelines. But it might not be the best choice for Small-scale or low-traffic applications where you can find cheaper options elsewhere. Legacy workloads running on older tech like Oracle Solaris or Windows Server, where OCI's support may be limited.
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Pros
  • Apache is Open Source, governed well (the foundation) and probably the most stable computing platform ever.
  • Apache is probably one of the most customizable and configurable pieces of software that I have ever run across in more than 30 years of development.
  • If there is something that Apache can not do, then you need to ask yourself; should I be doing that? The point here is that it is a solid solution and seems to only integrate other technologies that are of the highest caliber.
  • Apache will live forever and you can not go wrong with it.
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  • Block Volume provides durability and stability to data. IOPS can be changed on the fly. Always stay true to the promised performance.
  • Block Volume can be encrypted with ease to meet compliance. Can also be easily integrated with OCI vault service for extra security.
  • Object Storage and File Storage are other forms of storage that are secure and extremely easy to configure. FSS is one of the best in the industry when it comes to reliability and performance.
  • SSD block volumes are persistent in OCI unlike many other clouds.
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Cons
  • Configuration files are located on different places depending on your Linux distro.
  • If you have an error on one configuration file, apache refuses to start and sometimes is difficult to know why.
  • Security is not great by default, but making a todo list help when you configure a new server.
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  • 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
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We have been using this product for the last 6 years, and we keep renewing it yearly as we have no issues with this cloud provider. Maybe till we have our products, we will use this cloud and will be renewing it.
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Usability
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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
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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
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure performance is good in terms of querying large datasets, and is also consistent. It integrates well with other third party applications, and doesn't noticeably seem to slow down. Complex analytical queries and reports are processed efficiently even with larger datasets. Auto-scaling has been useful for traffic handling as this is a major challenge for any application.
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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.
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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
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Effective training provided, much data productivity while doing training
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Online Training
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detailed and easy to understand.
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Implementation Rating
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Easy to implement. Easy to navigate
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Alternatives Considered
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 paid Plus version of NGINX. This has extended support and special functions.
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Performance and latency are excellent in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Except for AWS baremetal, I don't find anything like that. I found that, aside from conventional compute that works really good, they also offer HPC VDI. That's one of the strengths that should have more hype in OC advertising. After my tests, that were limited by the trial, I'm a net promoter of the service. I really miss the depth of my RDP connections and response times.
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Scalability
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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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Return on Investment
  • Apache web server helped us in building client applications without much investment in the underlying server configuration which gives us the ability to start on a new project quickly and upgrade its resources as and when needed.
  • Using software which is well-supported by a community of open source contributors makes tasks easy and affordable when need help since a couple of minutes on Google saves a couple of dollars every time and you don't need a specialized support person unless there is something significant needing to be changed.
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  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has allowed us to manage data at scale with a low barrier to entry
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has allowed us to create experiments and proof of concepts with little risk
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has allowed us to reduce costs we were spending on other cloud providers
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