🆚 Apache Traffic Server vs. Heroku Vegur

Type

Caching solution
Load balancer

About

Apache Traffic Server is an open-source high-performance HTTP caching proxy server that serves cached content at the network edge to reduce origin load and improve response times.

It provides an event-driven core with asynchronous native DNS for high concurrency, and supports custom plugins written in C/C++ or Lua for modifying headers, inspecting caches, handling Edge Side Includes, and implementing custom caching algorithms.

Heroku Vegur is open-source proxy and load balancing software.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️ Open source
Free ✔️ Open source

Categories

Caching › Rank #20
Load Balancers › Rank #13
Load Balancers › Rank #15

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Apache Traffic Server caching solution is 2.2 times more popular than Heroku Vegur.
Total websites

Market share

Load Balancers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Apache Traffic Server is more popular in the Czech Republic, the United States, and Slovakia, while Heroku Vegur is more popular in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia.
Czech Republic
United States
United Kingdom
Slovakia
Germany
Australia
France
Brazil
Italy
Japan

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Apache Traffic Server is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, blogs and wiki, and entertainment, while Heroku Vegur is more commonly used on business, non-profit, advocacy and NGO, and software and hardware sites.
Business
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Travel
Online Shopping
Public Information
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,163
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Name
Rank
#15,585
#16,705
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See also

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