🆚 Caddy vs. Google Web Server

Type

Web server
Web server

About

Caddy is an open-source multi-platform web server written in Go with built-in support for automatic HTTPS and modern web protocols.

It supports automatic TLS management with providers such as Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL, includes a built-in reverse proxy with load balancing, offers configuration through the human-readable Caddyfile or a JSON-based REST API, and features a modular architecture that can be extended with plugins.

Google Web Server (GWS) is a proprietary web server software used by Google for its web infrastructure.

Headquarters

Vienna, Austria
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️ Open source

Categories

Web Servers › Rank #7
Web Servers › Rank #20

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Caddy web server is 36 times more popular than Google Web Server.
Total websites

Market share

Web Servers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Caddy is more popular in Germany, the United States, and France, while Google Web Server is more popular in Ecuador, Tanzania, and Guatemala.
Germany
United States
France
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Sweden
Russia
Spain
Belgium
Austria

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Caddy is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Google Web Server is more commonly used on search engines sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Search Engines
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Travel
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
x*x.com
#2,428
#2,826
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See also

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