🆚 Microsoft IIS vs. OpenResty

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Web server
Web server

About

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.

OpenResty is an Nginx distribution that bundles the LuaJIT interpreter to run Lua scripts directly inside the web server.

It embeds Lua, a lightweight scripting language, into Nginx's event-driven architecture, enabling high-performance dynamic request handling, asynchronous I/O, API and microservice development, traffic control, caching, authentication, and logging.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States
Millbrae, California, United States

Website

Pricing

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

Categories

Web Servers › Rank #4
Web Servers › Rank #5

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Microsoft IIS web server is 1.6 times more popular than OpenResty.
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 OpenResty is more popular in Korea, Russia, and Slovakia.
United States
China
United Kingdom
Italy
Netherlands
India
Korea
Turkey
Germany
Czech Republic

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Microsoft IIS is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while OpenResty is more commonly used on entertainment, blogs and wiki, and general news sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Travel
Entertainment
Software/Hardware
Sports
Blogs/Wiki

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Name
Rank
p**nhub.com
#26
#179
redtube.com
#294
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See also

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