| Server |
Creator |
Cost/Price |
Open source |
Software license |
| Abyss Web Server |
Aprelium |
Free - $59 |
No |
proprietary |
| And-httpd |
James Antill |
Free |
Yes |
LGPL |
| AOLserver |
NaviSoft |
Free |
Yes |
AOLserver Public License (similar to MPL) |
| Apache HTTP Server |
Apache Software Foundation |
Free |
Yes |
Apache License |
| Apache Tomcat |
Apache Software Foundation |
Free |
Yes |
Apache License |
| BadBlue |
Working Resources Inc. |
$29.99�$59.99 |
No |
proprietary |
| Boa |
Paul Phillips |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| Caudium, a fork of Roxen |
The Caudium Group |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| Cherokee HTTP Server |
Alvaro Lopez Ortega |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| Covalent Enterprise Ready Server (based on Apache HTTP Server) |
Covalent Technologies |
? |
? |
? |
| Fnord |
Felix von Leitner |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| Hiawatha |
Hugo Leisink |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| Http File Server |
Rejetto |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| hssTVS |
Oliver Baumg�rtel |
Free |
No |
proprietary |
IBM HTTP Server
(based on Apache HTTP Server) |
Apache with IBM additions for SSL & performance |
Free |
No |
proprietary |
| Internet Information Services (IIS) |
Microsoft |
Bundled with newer Windows NT Family products |
No |
proprietary |
| Jetty |
Mort Bay Consulting |
Free |
Yes |
Apache License |
| Jigsaw |
W3C |
Free |
Yes |
? ( Open-Source ) |
| JRun |
Macromedia |
$899.00 |
No |
proprietary |
| KF Web Server |
KeyFocus |
Free |
No |
? |
| Koala Http Server |
The Open Dylan Group |
Free |
Yes |
Functional Object Library Public License |
| lighttpd |
Jan Kneschke (Incremental) |
Free |
Yes |
BSD variant |
| LiteSpeed Web Server |
LiteSpeed Technologies |
Free to $799 |
No |
proprietary |
| Mathopd |
Michiel Boland |
Free |
Yes |
BSD variant |
| Monkey HTTP Daemon |
Eduardo Silva |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| MyServer |
MyServer Project |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| NaviServer |
Various |
Free |
Yes |
MPL 1.1 |
| Nginx |
Igor Sysoev |
Free |
Yes |
BSD variant |
| NCSA HTTPd |
Robert McCool |
Free or fee |
Yes |
Non-commercial use free,
commercial use license fee |
| Null httpd |
? |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| nweb |
Nigel Griffiths, IBM |
Free |
Yes |
proprietary |
| OKWS |
Max Krohn, MIT |
Free |
Yes |
? |
| OpenKETA |
OpenKeta Project |
Free |
Yes |
? |
| OpenLink Virtuoso |
OpenLink Software |
Free(Open-Source Edition) & Commercial Versions |
Yes |
GPL and Commercial Versions |
Oracle HTTP Server
based on Apache HTTP Server |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Roxen |
Roxen Internet Software |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| Rock Web Server |
Accoria Networks |
$2000+ |
No |
proprietary |
| Savant Web Server |
? |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
Sun Java System Web Server
formerly Sun ONE Web Server, iPlanet Web Server, and Netscape Enterprise Server. |
Sun Microsystems |
Free |
No |
proprietary |
| thttpd |
ACME Laboratories |
Free |
Yes |
BSD variant |
| TUX web server |
Ingo Molnar |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| UltiDev Cassini Web Server |
UltiDev LLC |
Free |
No |
proprietary |
| WASD |
Mark Daniel |
Free |
Yes |
GPL |
| Web/2 |
Dink |
Free |
No |
proprietary |
| WebObjects |
Apple |
Free with Mac OS X Server 10.4 |
No |
proprietary |
| Weblogic |
BEA Weblogic |
$9000+ |
No |
proprietary |
| Xavante |
The Kepler Project |
Free |
Yes |
GPL compatible |
| Xitami |
iMatix Corporation |
Free |
Yes |
"liberal" License Agreement |
| Zeus Web Server |
Zeus Technology |
�1100+ |
No |
proprietary |