NGINX vs Litespeed

[TheVigilante]

Planning to renew my hosting plan and I am planning to go with the best plan which comes with Litespeed web server and my current is NGINX web server

Do you think it makes much of a difference if I go with Litespeed or its negligible?

 

[4440]

not much a difference when comes to speed

 

[ghost666]

both are great alternatives to Apache and gives the best performance, you just need to know how to tune them for the best performance.

 

[raylewis98]

In my opinion, both are on par when it comes to speed.

So I suggest that if you are already familiar with NGINX, stick with it.

Litespeed is good and they are always quick at implementing new features like when HTTP/3 and even QUIC first came out.

But if you want to try Litespeed, you could still use NGINX to be your reverse proxy to carry some load.

 

[Gogol]

Probably there's no difference. I am biased towards apache and nginx. Specially nginx, because of the ease of use. I just love the proxy_pass option (there should be similar options for litespeed and apache as well... but not sure).

 

[Starblazer]

Both are same from a non-techy perspective. You need to pay for a license if you use Litespeed on a high-end server (>2GB RAM).

 

[Gogol]

You need to pay for a license if you use Litespeed on a high-end server (>2GB RAM).

Huh! I shall pass then lol. nginx is far better.

 

[TheVigilante]

So this is the difference now you tell me

 

[WPninja]

Selecting server isn't enough always. You also need to optimize the site manually again

 

[Gogol]

So this is the difference now you tell me

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I'd say, none. Signup at Linode/Vultr. They have better plans (atleast not capped). Also that RAM and cpu is a lie, because it is shared.
Edit: Oh, look at that renewal price as well. Piece of crap!!

 

[TheVigilante]

I'd say, none. Signup at Linode/Vultr. They have better plans (atleast not capped). Also that RAM and cpu is a lie, because it is shared.
Edit: Oh, look at that renewal price as well. Piece of crap!!

I am not that tech savvy plus getting 40% off on renewal and been with them for like an year and trust me better than than WPX and support is out of this world

 

[UpwardDescent]

I actually checked out some benchmarks prior to replying and it seems as though Litespeed is faster than Nginx (https://www.plesk.com/blog/various/litespeed-vs-nginx/).

The downside is however, that Litespeed requires a license and costs money.
So you'll have to both pay for the server and the Litespeed license.

 

[Gogol]

I am not that tech savvy plus getting 40% off on renewal and been with them for like an year and trust me better than than WPX and support is out of this world

Please try out the one click installers at linode/digitalocean and see if that works for you, before you buy. It may actually do the job just fine. But yeah I get it, installing the ssl should be a bit complicated unless you take cloudflare flexible ssl.

 

[TheVigilante]

Please try out the one click installers at linode/digitalocean and see if that works for you, before you buy. It may actually do the job just fine. But yeah I get it, installing the ssl should be a bit complicated unless you take cloudflare flexible ssl.

They do keep their servers absolutely stable and you can reach out the whole ram allocated for your account at any given time, you just can't keep using it constantly at 100% as this is the nature of the shared hosting environment.

 

[ghost666]

@TheVigilante the plans you just showing have not just the difference between Nginx and Litespeed. Speed Reaper plan has more storage, ram, and CPU so you should definitely upgrade if your website requires more resources.

 

[india]

Litespeed is better for WordPress sites. If you are not okay with license fees you can try OpenLitespeed which is free.

 

[FrogeHost]

I've extensively tested both and in most cases the performance is similar. LiteSpeed does have the edge in my benchmarks but honestly with most sites you wouldn't even notice the difference.

 

[xReminisce]

Please try out the one click installers at linode/digitalocean and see if that works for you, before you buy. It may actually do the job just fine. But yeah I get it, installing the ssl should be a bit complicated unless you take cloudflare flexible ssl.

Installing SSL (Let'sEncrypt) is 1 click too if using litespeed server on linode/DO

 

[Gogol]

Installing SSL (Let'sEncrypt) is 1 click too if using litespeed server on linode/DO

Hmmm never tried it that way. I always use the "certbot" command.

 

[AlexanderTheGreat]

Call me old school, but I'm a Nginx guy.
Not because I don't like Litespeed, Nginx has strong community, load of experienced guys.
But I'm aware that each technology evolves.
Earlier people moved from Apache to Nginx, now people can move from Nginx to Litespeed (when there are really blazing benchmark differences - why not?).