🆚 Apache vs. Nginx

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Nginx is slightly more popular than Apache.
🌍 Nginx is more popular in Japan, the United Kingdom, and Russia.
🌎 Apache is more popular in the United States, Germany, and France.

Apache

Nginx

Type

Web server

About

Apache is a cross-platform open-source web server that has been available since 1995.

It offers a modular architecture with many modules available, supports various scripting languages such as PHP, Perl, and Python via CGI/FCGI and custom modules, allows per-directory configuration using .htaccess files, and handles virtual hosting on one instance.

Nginx is a lightweight, high-performance open-source HTTP server and reverse proxy.

It supports serving static files, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, SSL/TLS termination with SNI, proxying and load balancing for HTTP, TCP and UDP traffic, and caching of FastCGI/uwsgi/memcached responses.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Website

httpd.apache.org

nginx.org #37,555

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Free version ✔️Open source

NGINX Plus Enterprise Edition$3,500+/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Nginx web server is 1.2 times more popular than Apache.

Total websites

Market share

Web Servers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Nginx is more popular in Japan, the United Kingdom, and Russia, while Apache is more popular in the United States, Germany, and France.

United States

Germany

Japan

United Kingdom

France

Russia

Netherlands

Italy

Spain

China

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Web Servers category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Web Servers category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Web Servers category.
🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Web Servers category.
🥇 Most popular in India in the Web Servers category.

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Caching category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Caching category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Web Servers category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Caching category.
🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Web Servers category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Nginx is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and education and reference, while Apache is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, public information, and health sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Internet Services

Entertainment

Marketing/Merchandising

Travel

Software/Hardware

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO