Caddy vs Racket Web Server
Caddy
caddyserver.com
Racket Web Server
docs.racket-lang.orgSide by side
| Figure | Caddy | Racket Web Server |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $25/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 1 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 8.1 (#6) | 7.7 (#16) |
| Integrations | Caddy supports DNS challenge integrations for providers including Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, Route 53, and dozens of others through libdns. | The Racket website lists editor support for DrRacket, VS Code, Emacs, and Vim. |
| Platforms | The maker lists Linux, Windows, macOS, and Android among the operating systems Caddy supports. | Racket describes its software as cross-platform for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and offers installers for those platforms. |
| Purpose | Caddy is an extensible server platform commonly used as a web server or proxy. | The manual describes Racket libraries for building web applications. |
| Security | The maker says Caddy's TLS defaults meet PCI DSS, NIST, and HIPAA compliance requirements. | The security FAQ warns that continuation URLs can subvert authentication and should be protected like the information in the continuation. |
| Support | Free community help is available through the forum; paid sponsorship tiers offer private support and other services depending on tier. | The Racket website points users to Discourse and Discord as its most active community spaces, along with Slack, Reddit, and mailing lists. |
Plans
Caddy
- Indie$25 a month
- Indie Pro$50 a month
- Startup$99 a month
- Startup Pro$249 a month
- Business$999 a month
- Business+$2,999 a month
- Enterprise$5,900 a month
- Enterprise+$11,900 a month
In their own words
Caddy
Caddy is an extensible server platform used as a web server or proxy, and it is self-hosted. By default, it obtains and renews TLS certificates for sites and redirects HTTP to HTTPS. Its reverse proxy supports HTTP, HTTPS, WebSockets, gRPC, and FastCGI, along with load balancing and health checks. Configuration options include JSON through a RESTful API, the Caddyfile, and other adapters. Compile-time plugins extend its static binary. DNS challenge integrations include Cloudflare, DigitalOcean, Route 53, and other providers through libdns. Caddy can run as a command-line process, system service, container, Kubernetes workload, or embedded component. The software is free, with no paywalled features; sponsorship plans add services and support while leaving the license unchanged. Free community help is available through a forum. Caddy says its TLS defaults meet PCI DSS, NIST, and HIPAA compliance requirements, and that dependencies are verified with Go modules and release artifacts are cryptographically signed.
Racket Web Server
Racket Web Server has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.