🆚 Google Host Server vs. Microsoft IIS

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Microsoft IIS is much more popular than Google Host Server.
🌎 Microsoft IIS is more popular in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Google Host Server is more popular in Indonesia and Burkina Faso.

Google Host Server

Microsoft IIS

Type

Web server

About

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

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is an extensible web server developed by Microsoft for Windows systems.

It has a modular architecture with standalone components, supports HTTP, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP, and NNTP protocols, enables worker process isolation through application pools, and provides native integration with ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States

Redmond, Washington, United States

Website

google.com #1

iis.net #106,574

Pricing

Free version ✔️IIS Express

Bundled with Windows Server, which is $1,176+

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Microsoft IIS web server is 26 times more popular than Google Host Server.

Total websites

Market share

Web Servers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Microsoft IIS is more popular in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom, while Google Host Server is more popular in Indonesia and Burkina Faso.

United States

China

United Kingdom

Italy

Turkey

India

Netherlands

Brazil

Germany

Canada