G2 Vendor Directory

F5 NGINX vs. Lighttpd

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricF5 NGINX

by F5

Lighttpd

by Lighttpd

Overall rating4.64.3
Review count11311
Ease of use8.78.3
Ease of setup8.67.1
Quality of support8.16.8
Meets requirements9.49.0
NPS76.78571436.363636
Small Business39.8%54.5%
Mid-Market39.8%27.3%
Enterprise20.4%18.2%
Total page views1,37021
Total LLM citations7,4959

F5 NGINX

NGINX, Inc. is the company behind NGINX, the popular open source project trusted by more than 400 million sites. We offer a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. The NGINX Application Platform enables enterprises undergoing digital transformation to modernize legacy, monolithic applications as well as deliver new, microservices‑based applications. Companies like Netflix, Starbucks, and McDonalds rely on NGINX to reduce costs, improve resiliency, and speed innovation.

Pros

  • Configuration Ease

Lighttpd

Lighttpd is an open-source web server optimized for speed-critical environments while remaining standards-compliant, secure and flexible.

Pros