The following are the differences between Nginx and Apache:
Firstly, Nginx is an event-based web server and Apache is a process-based server.
Nginx is best known for its speed and Apache is best known for its power.
Nginx is the best when it comes to memory consumption and connection whereas Apache is not best in this category.
In Nginx, a single thread is handling all of the requests whereas in Apache single thread handles a single request.
Nginx is best when you want the load balancing. But Apache will refuse the new connection when traffic reaches the limit of the process.
Apache provides lots of functionality as compared to Nginx.
