We performed a comparison between Apache Web Server and Zend PHP Engine based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is more secure to use Apache and you will have fewer problems than other web services."
"The open-source nature is one of its most significant advantages."
"Apache has proven to be incredibly reliable, and everything has operated smoothly without encountering any issues."
"The best thing about Apache is that it is open-source, so implementing my platform on-premises is less expansive than other solutions."
"The product is very cheap and stable."
"The most significant advantage is the ability to swiftly enable HTTPS services when my DNS is configured correctly."
"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."
"It's very stable, and it hosts one of the biggest of many biggest web applications in the world."
"Zend Engine is the core of PHP. It makes PHP fast, efficient, and basically, the language of choice for web applications."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the speed at which it compiles and sends the dynamic cache."
"The cache modules that Zend provides have been able to optimize and accelerate the loading of the pages when there was exponential growth in data volume and quantity of requests. At the same time, the monitoring console allowed us to have a real-time understanding of the resources and to make decisions when they were at the limit."
"The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature."
"This solution is really easy for me to use."
"The Zend Framework provides an easy, open source way to produce coding based on the needs of our customers."
"Offers a complete environment to develop PHP applications. It is valuable because it allows you to have a complete stack (PHP, MySQL, Zend Server) enabling the building of a development environment, and to deploy to the production system."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"For NGINX, I think it has NGINX Management Suite, which is GUI-based and allows you to manage your configuration via the user interface, but Apache fails to offer such capabilities to users."
"It would be great if technical support for Apache were available in Iran. It is a very important need."
"The product's initial setup process could be easier for users."
"The interface has room for improvement."
"Things change very fast. We're always on the lookout for better approaches and tools. If the solution falls behind, we may have to switch."
"The GUI for the less experienced users needs some improvement. For some companies, it is hard to configure it if they have not had any experience."
"Lacks integration with some cloud solutions."
"Its stability could be better."
"Zend PHP Engine needs to improve the loading time of its libraries and make it faster."
"The biggest problem with PHP is you have to write lot of conditions or have to use a framework."
"The main area that Zend needs to improve is to support asynchronous programming tasks, which is facilitated in PHP 7, but not at the same degree as HHVM."
"Integration of MVC with ORM tools for PHP is okay, but lacking a short list of decent ORM tools for PHP to choose from; there is ample room for improvement in both areas."
"SQL queries have always been an issue with PHP, especially if you use large tables, which require caution from the side of the developer."
"Although it offers a complete environment to develop and deploy PHP applications, it has some limitations. For example, when the volume of data increased exponentially, I had problems scaling the system."
"A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it."
"Its object oriented programming language needs improvement."
Apache Web Server is ranked 3rd in Application Infrastructure with 21 reviews while Zend PHP Engine is ranked 12th in Application Infrastructure with 10 reviews. Apache Web Server is rated 8.6, while Zend PHP Engine is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apache Web Server writes "Has good security, speed and traffic handling features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zend PHP Engine writes "The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature". Apache Web Server is most compared with IIS, NGINX Plus, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Microsoft .NET Framework and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas Zend PHP Engine is most compared with NGINX Plus. See our Apache Web Server vs. Zend PHP Engine report.
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