Best Web Accelerator Software: User Reviews from February 2025

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Content below is current as of June, 2024

Web Accelerator Software Reviews Summary

The 76 Web Accelerator software reviews on G2 are generated from qualitative and quantitative feedback from real users to help you compare and research the best software product for your business. Currently there are 48 Web Accelerator software products listed on G2. Based on ratings and quantity of reviews, these are the most popular:

Speed Kit (4.2-star rating with 52 reviews)
YOTTAA (4.6-star rating with 24 reviews)

G2 users review Web Accelerator software products based on criteria relating to user experience, setup, and support. On a scale of 1-10, users rate the Web Accelerator software tools on G2 as follows:

Ease of Use: 8.6/10 average user rating
Ease of Setup: 8.4/10 average user rating
Quality of Support: 8.3/10 average user rating

Along with rating Web Accelerator software based on user criteria, G2 reviewers also provide ratings for Web Accelerator software features and capabilities. Currently the highest rated features of Web Accelerator software reviewed on G2 are:

Media Delivery (92% average rating)
Content (91% average rating)
Performance (90% average rating)
Administration (90% average rating)
Security and Performance (89% average rating)

Web Accelerator software users on G2 also compare the more specific features of these products. Below are the more specific features they find to be the most important when researching the best Web Accelerator software tools:

Performance and Reliability (95% average rating)
Software Distribution (94% average rating)
Caching and Prefetching (93% average rating)
Static Content Caching (93% average rating)
Logging and Reporting (93% average rating)

Web Accelerator Software Review Snippets

Below are answers to questions we ask all G2 users about the most popular Web Accelerator software tools, apps, and products. These user responses provide more insight into what are some of the most reviewed Web Accelerator software products listed on G2.

Questions	Responses
Here is what users liked best about these popular Web Accelerator software products.	Fastly CDN: "Fastly has always been solid about providing a modern infrastructure to interact with when integrating with a CDN. Features like a well documented API are crucial for getting up to speed quickly." - Matthew W., Engineer at Zendesk, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) Read Review F5 NGINX: "Is fast, nonblocking, stable, cheap on resources and relatively full on features" - Alan J., Desenvolvedor de Software para Web, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review Varnish Software: "the performence, the flexibility of configuration vith VCL, testing with VTC, the vmods" - Vincent B., Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) Read Review
Here is what users disliked about these popular Web Accelerator software products.	WP Rocket: "Today my website is getting 47/100 On GTmetrix; it is very slow to load. Absolutely terrible support; they have been ignoring me for 7 days." - James J., Writer \| Creator of Mosaic Writing (mosaicwriting.com), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review F5 NGINX Plus: "Server needs restart multiple times to take config changes into effect" - Sri Harsha S., Sr Software Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) Read Review WampServer: "it is complicated to learn how to use and does not explain at first." - shawn l., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review
These are what users recommend to others considering these popular Web Accelerator software products.	Fastly CDN: "Fastly has a pay as your go service, similar to that of NearlyFreeSpeech. net, very cheap for low volume traffic, and very fair at high volume traffic" - Antonio R., Analista de Gestion de TIC, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review Varnish Software: "Take the Varnish Plus." - Vincent B., Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) Read Review F5 NGINX: "Is not as standard than Apache, but have cookbooks for everything that matters" - Alan J., Desenvolvedor de Software para Web, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review
These are the problems users said the software was solving and how it is benefitting them.	Fastly CDN: "We were looking to get better geographic presence closer to our clients. Some of our remote clients saw great improvements in speed purely by latency improvements." - Matthew W., Engineer at Zendesk, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) Read Review F5 NGINX: "Its nonblocking behaviour let my application workers free to receive requests instead of locked on clients downloads of the responses" - Alan J., Desenvolvedor de Software para Web, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review Varnish Software: "Reverse Proxy used as a gateway to 100s of background services. This lead to a huge vcl configuration with 1000s of routing rules." - Vincent B., Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) Read Review

Reviews by Industry

Web Accelerator Software Reviews by Industry

Web Accelerator tools, apps, and software are used across a variety of industries. Each industry utilizes different key features of these products, some more than others. The most common industries using Web Accelerator software products reviewed here are Information Technology and Services, Computer Software, Marketing and Advertising, Retail, and Internet.

Industry-Related Web Accelerator Software FAQs

Web Accelerator Software FAQs for Information Technology and Services Industry Professionals

What are the best Web Accelerator software products according to Information Technology and Services industry professionals and based on the overall G2 rating scale?

The Web Accelerator software products with the most reviews that Information Technology and Services professionals rate the highest are Speed Kit (4.2 stars and 52 reviews) and YOTTAA (4.6 stars and 24 reviews).

What are the lowest-rated Web Accelerator software products according to Information Technology and Services industry professionals and based on the overall G2 rating scale?

The lowest-rated Web Accelerator software products for Information Technology and Services folks are Akamai Dynamic Site Accelerator (3.5 stars), F5 NGINX Plus (4.1 stars), and Speed Kit (4.2 stars).

What are the highest-rated Web Accelerator software features for companies in the Information Technology and Services industry?

Media Delivery (92% avg. rating)
Content (92% avg. rating)
Performance (91% avg. rating)

Which Web Accelerator software features do companies in the Information Technology and Services industry rank the lowest?

Security (88% avg. rating)
Protection (88% avg. rating)
Integration (88% avg. rating)

Are there other more specific Web Accelerator software features rated highly by those in the Information Technology and Services industry?

Performance and Reliability is a specific Functionality feature with an average rating of 95%.
Caching and Prefetching is a specific Performance feature with an average rating of 94%.
Software Distribution is a specific Media Delivery feature with an average rating of 94%.

Web Accelerator Software Review Snippets from Information Technology and Services Professionals

Of the 98 Information Technology and Services users that left a review for Web Accelerator software products, this is what some of them had to say about those with the highest G2 score ratings and the most reviews.

What Information Technology and Services Professionals Liked	What Information Technology and Services Professionals Disliked
F5 NGINX: Is fast, nonblocking, stable, cheap on resources and relatively full on features - Alan J., Desenvolvedor de Software para Web, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review	F5 NGINX Plus: First-time installation is tricky, but after that, it goes smoothly. - Sanjay M., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review
Fastly CDN: Fastly makes highly technical tasks easy and provides my inner geek with endless optimizations. Not to mention their stellar support and beautiful API. - Casimir L., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review	F5 NGINX Plus: Complex for early learners and installation might me tricky. - Yash V., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review

Web Accelerator Software FAQs for Computer Software Industry Professionals

What Web Accelerator software products do users from the Computer Software industry like the most?

The Web Accelerator software products with the most reviews that Computer Software professionals rate the highest are Speed Kit (4.2 stars and 52 reviews) and YOTTAA (4.6 stars and 24 reviews).

What Web Accelerator software do users from the Computer Software industry professionals like the least based on the overall G2 rating scale?

The Web Accelerator software products Computer Software professionals rate the lowest are NCache (4 stars), F5 NGINX Plus (4.1 stars), and Squid-Cache (4.1 stars).

What do Computer Software professionals rate as the best features for Web Accelerator software?

Media Delivery (92% avg. rating)
Content (92% avg. rating)
Performance (91% avg. rating)

What features of Web Accelerator software products do people in the Computer Software space rate lowest?

Security (89% avg. rating)
Integration (89% avg. rating)
Protection (88% avg. rating)
Analysis (88% avg. rating)
Management (87% avg. rating)

What specific Web Accelerator software features are rated highly by those in the Computer Software industry?

Performance and Reliability is a specific Functionality feature rated an average of 95%.
Caching and Prefetching is a specific Performance feature rated an average of 94%.
Software Distribution is a specific Media Delivery feature rated an average of 94%.

Web Accelerator Software Review Snippets from Computer Software Professionals

Of the 59 Computer Software users that left a review for Web Accelerator software products, here's what some of them said about those that are the highest-rated with the most reviews.

What Computer Software Professionals Liked	What Computer Software Professionals Disliked
F5 NGINX: Nginx is a web server of choice in terms of performance and handling heavy load and web traffic. If we are talking about an open-source web server, Apache is the most well-known HTTP server among developers but Nginx is the one that addresses the performance and scalability problem of Apache. - Aung Thu Rha H., Security Engineer , Digital Forensic Researcher & Web Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review	Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX): there is nothing that I dislike about this product - Milan O., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review
Fastly CDN: Fastly has always been solid about providing a modern infrastructure to interact with when integrating with a CDN. Features like a well documented API are crucial for getting up to speed quickly. - Matthew W., Engineer at Zendesk, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) Read Review	F5 NGINX Plus: Server needs restart multiple times to take config changes into effect - Sri Harsha S., Sr Software Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) Read Review

What Computer Software Professionals Liked

What Computer Software Professionals Disliked

F5 NGINX: Nginx is a web server of choice in terms of performance and handling heavy load and web traffic. If we are talking about an open-source web server, Apache is the most well-known HTTP server among developers but Nginx is the one that addresses the performance and scalability problem of Apache.

- Aung Thu Rha H., Security Engineer , Digital Forensic Researcher & Web Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Read Review

Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX): there is nothing that I dislike about this product

- Milan O., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Read Review

Fastly CDN: Fastly has always been solid about providing a modern infrastructure to interact with when integrating with a CDN. Features like a well documented API are crucial for getting up to speed quickly.

- Matthew W., Engineer at Zendesk, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

Read Review

F5 NGINX Plus: Server needs restart multiple times to take config changes into effect

- Sri Harsha S., Sr Software Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

Read Review

Web Accelerator Software FAQs for Marketing and Advertising Industry Professionals

What are the best Web Accelerator software products according to experts from the Marketing and Advertising industry?

The Web Accelerator software products with the most reviews that Marketing and Advertising professionals rate the highest are Speed Kit (4.2 stars and 52 reviews).

Which Web Accelerator software products do Marketing and Advertising industry experts like the least?

The lowest-rated Web Accelerator software products for Marketing and Advertising folks are NCache (4 stars), F5 NGINX Plus (4.1 stars), and Speed Kit (4.2 stars).

Which Web Accelerator software features have Marketing and Advertising companies given the highest ratings?

Media Delivery (92% avg. rating)
Content (92% avg. rating)
Security (90% avg. rating)

What are the lowest rated features of Web Accelerator software features according to employees of Marketing and Advertising companies?

Administration (90% avg. rating)
Security and Performance (89% avg. rating)
Performance (88% avg. rating)

Which specific Web Accelerator software features are rated highest by Marketing and Advertising industry professionals?

Software Distribution is a specific Media Delivery feature rated an average of 94%.
SSL is a specific Security feature rated an average of 92%.
Static Content Caching is a specific Media Delivery feature rated an average of 92%.

Web Accelerator Software Review Snippets from Marketing and Advertising Professionals

23 Marketing and Advertising professionals have provided Web Accelerator software product reviews on G2. Find out what some of them had to say about the Web Accelerator software tools and apps with the highest G2 score ratings and the most reviews.

What Marketing and Advertising Professionals Liked	What Marketing and Advertising Professionals Disliked
Fastly CDN: The product works as advertised. If you need to serve your assets via a CDN, Fastly can do it and does it well. - Kit T., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review	WP Rocket: WPRocket reduced the recurring customer discount from 50% to 20%. Without notice! - Randy M., CEO Kayak Marketing, 2018 HubSpot Platinum Certified Partner, flowww sites founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review

Reviews by Market Segment

Web Accelerator Software Reviews by Market Segment

G2 Web Accelerator software reviewers come from companies of various sizes. Each business market segment has its own distinct experiences and requirements when it comes to Web Accelerator software products. On G2 we break these different market segments into 3 distinct groups:

Small Business Web Accelerator Software: < 50 employees
Mid-Market Web Accelerator Software: 51–1,000 employees
Enterprise Web Accelerator Software: 1,001+ employees

41.9% of Web Accelerator tools reviews on G2 are from users working in small businesses, 37.3% of users are from mid-market companies, and 20.7% work at enterprise companies.

Web Accelerator Software FAQs by Market Segment

Web Accelerator Software FAQs for Enterprise Companies

What are the best Web Accelerator software tools and apps for enterprise companies, based on the overall G2 rating scale?

The Web Accelerator software products enterprise-level professionals rate the highest are Speed Kit (4.2 stars and 52 reviews) and YOTTAA (4.6 stars and 24 reviews).

What are the least-liked Web Accelerator software products for professionals at enterprise companies, based on the overall G2 rating scale?

The lowest rated Web Accelerator software products on G2 are NCache (4 stars), F5 NGINX Plus (4.1 stars), and Squid-Cache (4.1 stars).

What are the highest-rated Web Accelerator software tool features according to employees at enterprise-level businesses?

Media Delivery (92% avg. rating)
Content (92% avg. rating)
Performance (91% avg. rating)

What do enterprise businesses rank the lowest when it comes to Web Accelerator software features?

Security (88% avg. rating)
Protection (88% avg. rating)
Integration (88% avg. rating)

Which specific Web Accelerator software features are rated highest by professionals in enterprise companies?

Performance and Reliability is a specific Functionality feature rated an average of 95%.
Caching and Prefetching is a specific Performance feature rated an average of 94%.
Software Distribution is a specific Media Delivery feature rated an average of 94%.

Web Accelerator Software Review Snippets from Enterprise Business Professionals

Enterprise business professionals share important information about Web Accelerator software usability, features, pricing, and more. Read what these users have to say about the top-rated Web Accelerator tools.

What Enterprise Professionals Liked	What Enterprise Professionals Disliked
Varnish Software: the performence, the flexibility of configuration vith VCL, testing with VTC, the vmods - Vincent B., Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) Read Review	F5 NGINX Plus: Server needs restart multiple times to take config changes into effect - Sri Harsha S., Sr Software Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) Read Review

Mid-Market Company Web Accelerator Software FAQs

What are the top Web Accelerator software products according to professionals at mid-market companies, based on the overall G2 rating scale?

Web Accelerator software product users at mid-market companies rate Speed Kit (4.2 stars and 52 reviews) and YOTTAA (4.6 stars and 24 reviews) as the top Web Accelerator software tools on the market.

Which Web Accelerator software products are not well-rated by reviewers from mid-market companies, based on the overall G2 rating scale?

Squid 3.5 Proxy Server for Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS (3.5 stars), NCache (4 stars), and F5 NGINX Plus (4.1 stars) are the lowest rated Web Accelerator tools according to mid-market company professionals on G2.

What are the highest-rated Web Accelerator software tool features according to employees at mid-market companies?

Media Delivery (92% avg. rating)
Content (92% avg. rating)
Performance (91% avg. rating)

Which Web Accelerator software features do mid-market company users rate the lowest?

Security (88% avg. rating)
Protection (88% avg. rating)
Integration (88% avg. rating)

What are some more specific Web Accelerator software features that people at mid-market companies rate highly?

Performance and Reliability is a specific Functionality feature with an average 95% rating.
Caching and Prefetching is a specific Performance feature with an average 94% rating.
Software Distribution is a specific Media Delivery feature with an average 94% rating.

Web Accelerator Software Review Snippets from Mid-Market Company Professionals

Read what Web Accelerator software users from mid-market companies have to say about the features, usability, pricing, and more of their top-rated Web Accelerator software tools and apps.

What Midsize Business Professionals Liked	What Midsize Business Professionals Disliked
Varnish Software: The responsiveness and knowledge of the support guys. The thoroughness and technical details of their replies. - Alexandru S., Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) Read Review	Squid 3.5 Proxy Server for Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS: squid content filter can be better as its not filter properly and if this provide captive portal as well that would be great choice for any IT administrator content filter is basic required - Kalpesh V., Manager IT at Kiran Group, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) Read Review

Web Accelerator Software FAQs for Small Businesses

What are the top Web Accelerator software products for small businesses?

Users from small businesses rate the following as the best Web Accelerator software products: Speed Kit (4.2 stars and 52 reviews) and YOTTAA (4.6 stars and 24 reviews).

What Web Accelerator software products for small businesses are rated lowest?

For small business owners and professionals, the lowest rated Web Accelerator software products are Akamai Dynamic Site Accelerator (3.5 stars), NCache (4 stars), and F5 NGINX Plus (4.1 stars).

What Web Accelerator software tool features are rated highest for small businesses?

Media Delivery (92% avg. rating)
Content (92% avg. rating)
Administration (90% avg. rating)

What features do small businesses rank the lowest when it comes to Web Accelerator software?

Performance (89% avg. rating)
Integration (89% avg. rating)
Protection (88% avg. rating)

Are there any particular Web Accelerator software features that small business professionals rate highly?

Performance and Reliability is a specific Functionality feature with an average 95% rating.
Software Distribution is a specific Media Delivery feature with an average 94% rating.
Logging and Reporting is a specific Analysis feature with an average 93% rating.

Web Accelerator Software Review Snippets from Small Business Professionals

See what small business owners, employees, and other users have to say about the 48 Web Accelerator software products reviewed on G2. Compare reviews and product information to find the best Web Accelerator software for your small business.

What Small Business Professionals Liked	What Small Business Professionals Disliked
F5 NGINX: Is fast, nonblocking, stable, cheap on resources and relatively full on features - Alan J., Desenvolvedor de Software para Web, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review	WP Rocket: Today my website is getting 47/100 On GTmetrix; it is very slow to load. Absolutely terrible support; they have been ignoring me for 7 days. - James J., Writer \| Creator of Mosaic Writing (mosaicwriting.com), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review
WP Rocket: Easy to use with a plethora of features. We also saw great results - Max P., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review	F5 NGINX Plus: First-time installation is tricky, but after that, it goes smoothly. - Sanjay M., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review
Speed Kit: Easy to use tools that help in increasing website performance and loading speed - Amar J., Certified Derivative Trader and Investing Coach, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review	Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX): there is nothing that I dislike about this product - Milan O., Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) Read Review

Reviews by Features

Web Accelerator Software Reviews by Software Features

Web Accelerator software products on G2 have nearly 50 types of features, all of which contribute to the performance, usability, and functionality of the software. These software capabilities are rated and submitted in up to 105 feature reviews created by G2 users. These scores and detailed feedback can help you determine if a particular Web Accelerator software product has the attributes and functionality best for your business.

There are standard features across all the Web Accelerator tools, apps, and software reviewed on G2. Below we’ve listed the highest-rated standard features of Web Accelerator software products along with some of the core attributes that help drive the performance of those features:

Media Delivery (92% average rating)
- Software Distribution (94% average rating)
- Static Content Caching (92% average rating)
- Dynamic Content Routing (92% average rating)
Content (91% average rating)
- Static Content Caching (93% average rating)
- Dynamic Content Routing (91% average rating)
- Cache purging (91% average rating)
Performance (90% average rating)
- Caching and Prefetching (93% average rating)
- Content Delivery Acceleration (91% average rating)
- Content Compression (91% average rating)
Administration (90% average rating)
- Integrations / APIs (91% average rating)
- Availability Control (91% average rating)
- Administration Console (90% average rating)
Security and Performance (89% average rating)
- Firewall (91% average rating)
- Patch Deployment (89% average rating)
- Monitoring (88% average rating)

To help you find the Web Accelerator tool that meets your business needs, below you will find answers to frequently asked questions about the best Web Accelerator software products that have the features mentioned above.

Which Web Accelerator products are the highest rated based on Media Delivery features?

Varnish Software

Which Web Accelerator products are the best rated based on Content features?

Speed Kit (4.2-star rating with 52 reviews)
YOTTAA (4.6-star rating with 24 reviews)
NitroPack

Which Web Accelerator products are the best rated based on Performance features?

Speed Kit (4.2-star rating with 52 reviews)
Snapt
Cesanta Mongoose

Which Web Accelerator products are the best rated based on Administration features?

Varnish Software

Which Web Accelerator products are the best rated based on Security and Performance features?

Varnish Software

What are the most popular features G2 users focus on when picking Web Accelerator software tools?

Static Content Caching is a Content feature with 105 G2 Reviews
Caching and Prefetching is a Performance feature with 62 G2 Reviews
Static Content Caching is a Media Delivery feature with 35 G2 Reviews
Software Distribution is a Media Delivery feature with 34 G2 Reviews
Dynamic Content Routing is a Media Delivery feature with 34 G2 Reviews

Learn more about the product features and capabilities that users and G2 reviewers like best and least for the top-rated Web Accelerator software products.

Product	Highest Rated Features	Lowest Rated Features
Fastly CDN	Here are the features users love the most about Fastly CDN: Security Content Integration	Here are the features users love the least about Fastly CDN: API Features Audience Tools Content Delivery Network (CDN) Type
YOTTAA	Here are the features users love the most about YOTTAA: Content Security	Here are the features users love the least about YOTTAA: Management Integration
F5 NGINX	Here are the features users love the most about F5 NGINX: Protection Analysis Management	Here are the features users love the least about F5 NGINX: Data Management Generative AI Modernization
Varnish Software	Here are the features users love the most about Varnish Software: Performance Media Delivery Content	Here are the features users love the least about Varnish Software: Management Integration Security
Speed Kit	Here are the features users love the most about Speed Kit: Performance Security Management	Here are the features users love the least about Speed Kit: Content Integration

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