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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1. There's no real downside.
2. The free version is limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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.
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.
Data is always kept safe and UI is pretty fast. Excellent for monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Security could be better , even more the times we are now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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.
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.
I liked the heigh performance of the php execution. I liked the ESI cache feature for wordpress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There's no real downside. It's just much better than apache server. For the litespeed cache plugin for wordpress there's few bad things related to page optimization, js and css minification. And i would like to see ESI working with multitag shortcodes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
