Phusion Passenger vs RoadRunner
Phusion Passenger
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| Figure | Phusion Passenger | RoadRunner |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.96/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 0 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 8.1 (#11) | 7.3 (#24) |
| Open source | The open-source version is free and community supported, and includes arbitrary app hosting, web server integration, request and response buffering, and privilege separation. | RoadRunner is open-source, MIT licensed, written in Go, and powered with plugins. |
| Performance | Passenger says it supports evented I/O and multiple concurrency models, and includes Turbocaching. | RoadRunner uses Golang goroutines and multithreading to speed up PHP processing and reduce server load. |
| Product | Passenger is an application server that runs and automatically manages web applications. | RoadRunner is a high-performance PHP application server, load balancer, and process manager written in Go. |
| Security | Passenger says it defends against slow client attacks and common HTTP parser exploits and uses privilege separation. | The documentation describes RoadRunner as PCI DSS compliant. |
| Support | Support tiers offer between one ticket per year and unlimited tickets, with stated response times ranging from five days to two hours. | The project directs users to GitHub issues and an active Discord community for feature requests and discussion. |
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.
RoadRunner
RoadRunner has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.