🆚 H2O vs. Microsoft IIS

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Web server
Web server

About

H2O is an optimized, open-source HTTP server that supports HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3.

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

Tokyo, Japan
Redmond, Washington, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️IIS Express
Bundled with Windows Server, which is $1,176+

Categories

Web Servers › Rank #30
Web Servers › Rank #4

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Microsoft IIS web server is 1,901 times more popular than H2O.
Total websites

Market share

Web Servers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Microsoft IIS is more popular than H2O in all countries.
United States
China
United Kingdom
Italy
Turkey
India
Netherlands
Germany
Canada
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Microsoft IIS is more popular than H2O in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Health
Internet Services
Travel
Software/Hardware
Public Information
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#36,873
#421,118
#592,209
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