--- title: LiteSpeed Web Server Reviews meta\_title: 'LiteSpeed Web Server Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 56 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how LiteSpeed Web Server works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.7 review\_count: 56 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # LiteSpeed Web Server Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by LiteSpeed Web Server but has limited features. Are you part of the LiteSpeed Web Server team? [Upgrade your plan](https://my.g2.com/litespeed-web-server/upgrade?utm_campaign=s3&utm_medium=claim-popup&utm_source=g2) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) is compatible with commonly used Apache features, including mod\_rewrite, .htaccess, and mod\_security. LSWS can load Apache configuration files directly and works as a drop-in replacement for Apache while fully integrating with popular control panels — replacing Apache in less than 15 minutes with zero downtime. Unlike other frontend proxy-based solutions, LSWS replaces all Apache functions, simplifying use and making the transition from Apache easy while also allowing your team to move confidently with little-to-no retraining. * * * Seller [LiteSpeed Technologies](https://www.g2.com/sellers/litespeed-technologies) Discussions [LiteSpeed Web Server Community](https://www.g2.com/products/litespeed-web-server/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Lauren Song Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement \<1 month ### Return on Investment 7 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/litespeed-web-server/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![F5 NGINX](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "F5 NGINX") F5 NGINX 4.6/5(113) ](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-nginx/reviews) [ ![RunCloud.io](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "RunCloud.io") RunCloud.io 4/5(18) ](https://www.g2.com/products/runcloud-io/reviews) [ ![Lighttpd](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lighttpd") Lighttpd 4.3/5(11) ](https://www.g2.com/products/lighttpd/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/litespeed-web-server/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 56 real user reviews. Implementation Time \<1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## LiteSpeed Web Server Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") WordPress.org ](https://www.g2.com/products/wordpress-org/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Marketing and Advertising](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Marketing and Advertising") AM Verified User in Marketing and Advertising Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/17/2026 "Fast, Reliable Performance with LiteSpeed Web Server and Built-In Cache" 4.5/5 What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server? LiteSpeed Web Server is fast, reliable, and easy to use. It significantly improves website speed, especially for WordPress, thanks to its built-in LiteSpeed Cache. It also works seamlessly with Apache configurations, making migration simple. While the Enterprise version is paid, the performance and stability make it well worth the investment. I haven't used it yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server? The main drawback is that the Enterprise version requires a paid license, which can be expensive for small websites or users on a limited budget. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LiteSpeed Web Server solving and how is that benefiting you? LiteSpeed Web Server improves my website’s speed, reduces server load, and handles high traffic efficiently. It has helped improve user experience, website performance, and overall reliability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Dan P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dan P.") DP Dan P. CEO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/24/2025 "Pleased with results" 5/5 What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server? There are many positive aspects to this webserver. It delivers excellent performance and offers simpler maintenance since there’s no need to manage multiple systems. The support is great, the admin interface is user-friendly, and overall, it has proven to be reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server? We Had to pay for it, but that's life ;-) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LiteSpeed Web Server solving and how is that benefiting you? Simplicity for running Magento compared to nginx + Apache + varnish. Performance seems great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Travis R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Travis R.") TR Travis R. I am the owner of Fight Smart Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/17/2024 "Insane speed results, and excellent support" 5/5 What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server? My wordpress site is now ridiculously fast. I click on a page and it loads instantly. Not like... a second of waiting and it pops up, it loads INSTANTLY. I don't even understand how it's possible, considering how slow my site was before. Additionally, all of the support guys are very cool, and very patient. They often go above and beyond the normal scope of support in order to help me with whatever I'm working on. My site is complex... but they have managed to help me simplify it. I'm actually downsizing my server after getting this set up. I don't use a fraction of the server resources that I did before. This is saving me like $100/month on my Amazon EC2 instance. I'm really glad that I found Litespeed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server? I honestly have no complaints. If I HAD to think of something to complain about, it's that I can't manage everything through Plesk. I have my plesk panel, and I have a separate Litespeed panel. It's really not a big deal at all, but apparently this is a required field and I have to enter something. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LiteSpeed Web Server solving and how is that benefiting you? My site was slow and consumed a ton of server resources. Now it's 10 times faster, and on a server half the size of my old one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Fine Art](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Fine Art") AF Verified User in Fine Art Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/24/2024 "Boosting Online Productivity - Analyzing LiteSpeed Web Server" 4.5/5 What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server? Through its lightning-fast speed, lower server load, improved security, WordPress integration, ease of migration, and broad compatibility, LiteSpeed Web Server is the complete package. It's the key to enhancing our websites and making our visitors happy. Custormer support is good from my experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server? Unlike free alternatives like Apache, LiteSpeed has a cost, possible that not everyone can afford this. Little support from the community, finding assistance could be more difficult with LiteSpeed as there isn't as large of a support group as there is with other servers in case of issues. Intergration with other software is difficult and thus has a learning curve element. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LiteSpeed Web Server solving and how is that benefiting you? LiteSpeed Web Server offers enhanced performance (caching, CDN), scalability, security, efficiency, and compatibility in order to tackle the main issues that our websites encounter. By getting over these challenges, LiteSpeed improves website users' online experiences and gives our website real advantages in terms of speed, dependability, security, and affordability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Michael P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Michael P.") MP Michael P. Mentor for Women in Engineering Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/6/2024 "LiteSpeed is in a league of their own." 5/5 What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server? I have tried every caching tool out there, and in my opinion, LiteSpeed is miles ahead of everyone else. I have been using them for years to power multiple servers and it's an absolute necessity. Here are some points that stood out for me: - Running a LiteSpeed servers is miles faster than a conventional Apache server. - The WordPress plugin offers tremendous control. - They operate a CDN called: Quic.cloud which does dynamic Wordpress caching (and can be used alongside CloudFlare). Another layer of performance ontop of caching. - Support is stellar. They help via email and Slack. It's honestly a complete caching performance solution. Having one team all behind the server, caching and CDN really provides an incredible advantage! I think you can try it out for free for 15 days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server? With great power comes great complexity. They do have some pretty great presets, but to have the engine running on max, some technical expertise is required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LiteSpeed Web Server solving and how is that benefiting you? Server performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic MC Matheus C. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/6/2024 "Enhanced Performance and Good Support with LiteSpeed Web Server" 5/5 What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server? Since transitioning to LiteSpeed Web Server, we've great improve on performance. Our websites now load at unparalleled speeds, delivering an exceptional user experience. LiteSpeed's support team stands out for their outstanding assistance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server? LiteSpeed Web Server has revolutionized our web page serving speed, significantly enhancing overall website performance. This improvement translates into heightened customer satisfaction. The intuitive GUI, LoadBalancing feature, and robust cache engine have streamlined our operations, saving us precious time. LiteSpeed's continuous enhancements and outstanding caching capabilities have empowered us to impress clients with swift deployment and optimized web servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LiteSpeed Web Server solving and how is that benefiting you? LiteSpeed's continuous enhancements and outstanding caching capabilities have empowered us to impress clients with swift deployment and optimized web servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/17/2024 "Using it for a long time. Best there is" 5/5 What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server? Speed and external apps support like NodeJS, Python, Ruby etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server? Not much. Sometimes the server stops requestst to python apps to quick Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LiteSpeed Web Server solving and how is that benefiting you? Everything we need is being solved by Litespeed. This benefits us in every way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Richard M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Richard M.") RM Richard M. The Marketing Guy Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/19/2023 "Fixed my broken Setup... which most likely.... I broke" 5/5 What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server? Oh the speed! The caching and optimisations that just work! The lesser powered hardware that allows me to do so much more! And today? Probably... somehow... I broke my setup. No idea how, but.. well... how else? Who else? Tech support, arrived on the scene and just sorted it. Nice Job Guys, I am so very pleased. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server? Sometimes, my website go so fast, I am not just the page is actually refreshing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LiteSpeed Web Server solving and how is that benefiting you? Apache can not handle the load of the websites I build and manage, but litespeed can. I fricken hate Nginx. I can not be stuffed having to do custom settings for things that would just work in apache. If they work in apache, they invariably work in Litespeed. Litespeed gives me even fast than Nginx results, without the annoying need for many setup tweaks. Plug and play. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 6/20/2025 Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Avery T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Avery T.") AT Avery T. Founder / Owner Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/27/2024 "A+ Product, Amazing Support" 5/5 What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server? Stable and secure - the support is incredible. Adil and Jackson have helped many times with hourly super service and always do an exceptional job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server? Unknown... don't know what to say here really Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LiteSpeed Web Server solving and how is that benefiting you? Server for 2 large websites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") AT Verified User in Telecommunications Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/21/2023 "The software transformed the entire web hosting industry" 5/5 What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server? LiteSpeed Web Server is a user-friendly solution that is suitable for both beginners and experts. It has excellent technical support that provides prompt and knowledgeable solutions for any issues that may arise. One of the standout features of LiteSpeed is its ability to increase account density on commodity servers, which means that more websites can be hosted without sacrificing performance, reducing costs. It's the de-facto software that we install on a new node since it is a drop-in replacement for Apache and has a nearly zero administration burden. Overall, it's an excellent web server solution that balances performance, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness, making it a valuable asset for any web hosting needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server? I cannot think of any negative aspects of Litespeed. However, it would be beneficial to add more detailed monitoring options for the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LiteSpeed Web Server solving and how is that benefiting you? As a web host, we can host more accounts on a single server by using this secure and performant alternative to open-source web server solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about LiteSpeed Web Server? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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