Phusion Passenger vs uWSGI
Phusion Passenger
phusionpassenger.comuWSGI
uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | Phusion Passenger | uWSGI |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.96/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 0 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 8.1 (#11) | 7.1 (#30) |
| Security | Passenger says it defends against slow client attacks and common HTTP parser exploits and uses privilege separation. | The documentation describes security options including POSIX capabilities, Linux cgroups, Linux namespaces, and FreeBSD jails. |
| Web server integration | The automated installer integrates Passenger with NGINX or Apache. | uWSGI can serve HTTP requests itself and documents integrations with Nginx, Apache, Lighttpd, Tomcat, and other web servers. |
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.
uWSGI
uWSGI has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.