Is light speed is a web server?
LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS), is a proprietary web server software. It is the 4th most popular web server, estimated to be used by 10% of websites as of July 2021. LSWS is developed by privately held LiteSpeed Technologies.
What does LiteSpeed Web Server do?
LiteSpeed Web Server increases the performance & scalability of web hosting platforms through its unique event driven architecture. It has the capability of serving thousands of clients simultaneously with minimum usage of server resources such as memory and CPU.
Is LiteSpeed Web Server free?
Litespeed is not free (requires a paid license) but now they have a new option called OpenLitespeed that is free, however some of the features are removed and some people said it's great but some people said it's less stable than paid version (crashes).
Is LiteSpeed better than nginx?
OpenLiteSpeed has a better TTFB and can handle very high concurrent users when compared to Nginx. OpenLiteSpeed also uses fewer server resources when compared to the Nginx stack, which results in reduced server costs.