OpenLiteSpeed or LiteSpeed Enterprise?
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OpenLiteSpeed
OpenLiteSpeed, our free, open source web server, is most frequently used for individual sites that don't change often. This is because OpenLiteSpeed requires a restart to load any new .htaccess file.
OpenLiteSpeed Advantages:- Powerful cache engine
- Apache-compatible rewrite rules
- CyberPanel and DirectAdmin compatibility
- Unlimited worker processes
- Industry standard mod_security library
- Open Source, FREE
- Community support
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LSWS Enterprise
LiteSpeed Web Server, Enterprise edition, is ideal for shared hosting environments, where updates are frequent. LiteSpeed Web Server autodetects changes to .htaccess and adjusts as necessary without restart.
LiteSpeed Web Server Advantages:- More powerful cache engine
- Full Apache compatibility
- Compatible with cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, CyberPanel and more
- Number of worker processes based on license
- Proprietary high-performance mod_security engine
- SSL handshake offloading
- Commercial, with FREE tier
- Commercial support
Detailed feature comparison
| Open | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Features | ||
| HTTP / HTTP/2 / HTTP/3 / SPDY / QUIC | ||
| IPv4 and IPv6 | ||
| Languages: PHP, Perl, Ruby, Python, NodeJS, JSP, etc. | ||
| SAPIs: LiteSpeed API, CGI, FCGI, AJPv13, Proxy | ||
| Unlimited IP and name-based virtual hosting | ||
| GZIP and Brotli compression | ||
| WebSocket Proxy | ||
| TLS v1.3 | ||
| Runs on Linux, FreeBSD | ||
| CloudLinux CL LVE | ||
| Apache Compatibility | ||
| Apache mod_rewrite rules | ||
| Standard mod_security v3 engine | ||
| Optimized commercial mod_security engine | ||
| Reads Apache's configuration files directly | ||
| Apache Hosting control panel compatible | ||
| Full .htaccess support | ||
| Performance & Scalability | ||
| Event-Driven Architecture | ||
| high concurrent connection capacity | ||
| Tiny memory footprint | ||
| Sendfile() | ||
| LiteSpeed's exclusive server API (LSAPI) | ||
| Separation of server and web applications | ||
| PageSpeed Support | ||
| Built-in page caching | ||
| Asynchronous I/O support | ||
| Advanced .htaccess caching | ||
| SSL Offloading | ||
| Security | ||
| Anti-DDoS connection and bandwidth throttling | ||
| Anti SSL BEAST and negotiation attack capabilities | ||
| Strict HTTP request validation | ||
| Denies buffer-overrun attempts | ||
| PHP / Ruby / CGI / FCGI / LSAPI suEXEC | ||
| mod_security compatibility | ||
| High performance mod_security engine | ||
| SSL client verification | ||
| reCAPTCHA Protection | ||
| CloudLinux CageFS compatibility | ||
| WordPress Brute Force Attacks Protection | ||
| chroot ability | ||
| High Availability | ||
| Apply changes with zero downtime | ||
| Recovers from service failure instantly | ||
| Zero downtime server software upgrade | ||
| Ease of Use | ||
| Intuitive WebAdmin console GUI | ||
| Virtual host templates for easy configuration | ||
| Real-time service monitoring | ||
| Integrated into CyberPanel, DirectAdmin | ||
| Version management | ||
| cPanel/WHM plugin / Plesk plugin | ||
| Cache Plugin Support | ||
| WordPress | ||
| Joomla | ||
| OpenCart | ||
| Drupal 8 | ||
| XenForo 1.x and 2.x | ||
| MediaWiki | ||
| Magento 1.x and 2.x | ||
| PrestaShop | ||
| Laravel | ||
| Shopware | ||
| Advanced Features | ||
| Easily run multiple versions of PHP on one server | ||
| mp4/flv streaming | ||
| Stream logs to external logger | ||
| Geo-IP lookup | ||
| Custom log formatting | ||
| Node JS, Python/Django, Ruby/Rails app server support | ||
| ESI support | ||
| MS FrontPage Server Extensions | ||
| Rails shared hosting | ||
| Redis mass hosting |