Lwan vs Phusion Passenger
Lwan
lwan.wsPhusion Passenger
phusionpassenger.comSide by side
| Figure | Lwan | Phusion Passenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $1.96/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 5 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 6.8 (#32) | 8.1 (#11) |
| Product | Lwan describes itself as an experimental, scalable, high-performance HTTP server. | Passenger is an application server that runs and automatically manages web applications. |
| Security | Its configuration can drop privileges and restrict the server's filesystem view with chroot. | Passenger says it defends against slow client attacks and common HTTP parser exploits and uses privilege separation. |
Plans
Phusion Passenger
- Passenger Enterprise Bronze supportFree
- Passenger Enterprise Silver support$23.52 a year
- Passenger Enterprise Gold support$89.11 a year
- Passenger Enterprise Diamond support$308.19 a year
- Passenger EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Phusion Passenger
Phusion Passenger has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.