Apache HTTP Server vs Cowboy vs NGINX

Pros of Apache HTTP Server

• 477

  Web server
• 307

  Most widely-used web server
• 218

  Virtual hosting
• 148

  Fast
• 138

  Ssl support
• 45

  Since 1996
• 28

  Asynchronous
• 5

  Robust
• 4

  Proven over many years
• 1

  Mature
• 1

  Perfect Support
• 1

  Perfomance
• 0

  Many available modules
• 0

  Many available modules

Pros of Cowboy

• 8

  Websockets integration
• 6

  Cool name
• 3

  Good to use with Erlang
• 2

  Anime mascot

Pros of NGINX

• 1.5K

  High-performance http server
• 900

  Performance
• 730

  Easy to configure
• 606

  Open source
• 529

  Load balancer
• 287

  Scalability
• 284

  Free
• 222

  Web server
• 174

  Simplicity
• 133

  Easy setup
• 29

  Content caching
• 19

  Web Accelerator
• 14

  Capability
• 13

  Fast
• 11

  Predictability
• 10

  High-latency
• 6

  Supports http/2
• 6

  Fast and lightweight
• 6

  Reverse Proxy
• 4

  Lots of Modules
• 4

  Enterprise version
• 4

  Great Community
• 4

  The best of them
• 3

  Streaming media
• 3

  High perfomance proxy server
• 3

  Embedded Lua scripting
• 3

  Reversy Proxy
• 3

  Streaming media delivery
• 2

  saltstack
• 2

  Slim
• 2

  Fast and easy to set up
• 2

  Lightweight
• 1

  Ingress controller
• 1

  Virtual hosting
• 1

  Narrow focus. Easy to configure. Fast
• 1

  Along with Redis Cache its the Most superior
• 0

  A

Cons of Apache HTTP Server

• 2

  Hard to set up

Cons of Cowboy

Cons of NGINX

• 5

  Advanced features require subscription