LiteSpeed Web Server Reviews (56)

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LiteSpeed Web Server Reviews (56)

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Users consistently praise the exceptional speed and reliable support provided by LiteSpeed Web Server, noting significant improvements in website performance and user experience. Many appreciate its ease of use and seamless integration with existing systems, making it a preferred choice for both beginners and experienced developers. A common limitation mentioned is the cost, which may be a barrier for some users.
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Vinay T.
VT
Vinay T.
Digital Design Director
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great option if you don't want hassles of caching configuration"
4/5
What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server?

The server comes preconfigured for almost all the scenarios you can imagine. Sets up quickly and you're ready to roll without much configuration. The page speed scores have always been great when I have used LiteSpeed Server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server?

Sometimes 'cache clearing' conflicts with apps, particularly some plugins on WordPress CMS. The result of this is that you don't see changes you make to the pages immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

William L.
WL
William L.
Publisher
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Fantastic Server"
5/5
What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server?

LiteSpeed has pretty consistent speed. To that end, it seems like it's fast enough that the whole stack appears to have headroom built into it.

In this way, the TTFB and load-speed of everything I've tested on it has had very little variability.

That means that it's consistently handling anything I've thrown at it with ease and almost nothing slows it down.

That power means that I've ticked off another item of low-hanging fruit and can now concentrate on other achievements.

It just makes life easier and simpler and results in a bit less work.

Also, the Wordpress caching plugin is as fully-featured and effective as even the most complicated ones I've tried elsewhere. Supercache, Totalcache, Hypercache and a few others.

Big fan. Haven't had any problems yet, just great results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server?

I haven't had any problems with it so far.

Nothing to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Harry K.
HK
Harry K.
Head Of Support
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Happy, wish they'd have more promotions/a slightly cheaper license"
4.5/5
What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server?

Performance, the speed is fantastic and out of the box LiteSpeed works a treat, which is great. It's a direct replacement for Apache which makes it super easy to install and configure alongside cPanel. So much so that we run LiteSpeed across our entire fleet, which covers over 100 servers, ranging from low spec machines to top spec ones. We also suggest and recommend LiteSpeed to many of our customers on a day to day basis to allow them to ensure their servers are performing optimally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server?

Caching - LiteSpeed cache is great... but it's immediate out of the box coverage for things like WordPress and Joomla isn't ideal. I'd prefer for it to have a WordPress mode for our novice customers, that'd make it much more user friendly for them and easier to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stefan B.
SB
Stefan B.
Professional Freelancer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Litespeed: the Game Changer for Speed Oriented Devs"
5/5
What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server?

I personally use litespeed for both dedicated and VPS installs usually without any 3rd party interface like WHM.

The improvements in page load times and response times for the aps are great and I find it flexible enough even from a power user's perspective.

For Magento and WordPress it does wonders and switching to it was the best advice I could give to my clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server?

Multi threading would be a plus if it would be included in the lower licenses because even on smaller VPSs these days there is enough room for at least two processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Networking
AC
Verified User in Computer Networking
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Excellent web server! Unbeatable."
5/5
What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server?

I've used LSWS for some time now, Litespeed Cache and Litemage are absolute game-changers, it's simple and easy to troubleshoot, and it also provides great metrics and troubleshooting help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server?

I wish that there was an easier way to track LSPHP processes per user, but this isn't really a big problem, there isn't particularly much I have I dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Akshay K.
AK
Akshay K.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best server for holding large requests in low resources"
4.5/5
What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server?

I am using litespeed for past 2 years. It handles more than double request on same server on which i was using apache.

I am hosting 1 Django website and 2 wordpress website on same $15 server. One of my website got 400k+ views per month and never feels downtime.

The Thing i like most is simple user interface provided by litespeed webserver. As a Web Developer, when i choose Apache or Nginx, i have to change the server configuration files manually. But with litespeed, we can simply configure the new website by web interface.

As i am also using wordpress on litespeed server. There is an official cache plugin called Litespeed Cache in WordPress repository.

This plugins has all the settings which includes in premium plugins like wp-rocket, and the fun part is it is free.

Static file handling of litespeed is best. It has inbuilt Gzip and Brotli compression which compressed the header size dynamically result in less response time.

Litespeed server supports http2 and http3/quic out of the box. Which allows us to send files concurrently. So that page load faster.

You can install latest version of PHP directly from dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server?

The guide to configure different frameworks are bit old and not too the point. It will be better to have a video guide to deploy Django, React and other web frameworks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SHIVAPRASAD P.
SP
SHIVAPRASAD P.
System Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Superspeed Webserver with mind-blowing performance"
5/5
What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server?

1. Drop-in Apache replacement.

2. High performance.

3. Better security.

4. 0% downtime switching from Apache.

5. Capability to handle higher traffic without affecting the server load or resources.

6. Easy Install and uninstall.

7. Compactible with control panels like cPanel.

8. Easy interface.

9. Lesser TTFB.

10. Built in DDOS protection.

11. Cache plugins available for variety of CMS

12. Top-notch performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server?

1. There's no real downside.

2. The free version is limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brad R.
BR
Brad R.
Technical Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great product for the entry point"
5/5
What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server?

The way with which the developers constantly update and maintain the product, as well as fast responses to any technical queries.

The fact that it is free to use (openlitespeed) is an excellent proposition as well as it easily exceeds even the paid cPanel solution in terms of functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server?

It feels somewhat clunky under the hood which means it does not inspire confidence when hosting 100+ websites. The team are working on this though and I do see improvement here in my 2 years usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pedro G.
PG
Pedro G.
IT Support Consultant
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"I've been recommending LiteSpeed to many companies I've been working for. Excellent product!"
5/5
What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server?

Data is always kept safe and UI is pretty fast. Excellent for monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server?

Security could be better , even more the times we are now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Litespeed"
5/5
What do you like best about LiteSpeed Web Server?

I used Litespeed from 2014-2017. Litespeed is definitely a cheaper option, but in all honesty if the funds are there, Toad would be my choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LiteSpeed Web Server?

Again, not all of the functionality of Toad, but definitely will get the job done for DBA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.