Apache APISIX vs Nginx
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Apache APISIX · Nginx · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
3
168
Open Page Rank 8+
17
3,549
Open Page Rank 7+
40
16,717
Open Page Rank 6+
66
34,686
Open Page Rank 5+
107
64,995
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Apache APISIX · Nginx · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
470
610,792
Japan
165
463,655
Russia
96
295,364
Germany
165
291,350
India
322
229,363
United Kingdom
183
211,733
Italy
121
188,318
Spain
135
179,475
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Apache APISIX | Nginx |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1.9 s | 1.8 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 900 ms | 800 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.
Sites that switched
Domains that dropped one technology and adopted the other within about a year, data nobody else gives away free.
Apache APISIX to Nginx
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| pianistforum.com | Jul 2026 |
| kpcaf.org.tw | Jul 2026 |
| trinitynetball.co.uk | Jun 2026 |
| chinaflier.com | Jan 2026 |
| rrlicai.com | Jan 2026 |
Nginx to Apache APISIX
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| farmgatellangrannog.co.uk | Jul 2026 |
| loudlydev.com | Jun 2026 |
| seputarasia.xyz | Jun 2026 |
| best-sci-fi-books.com | Jun 2026 |
| sranalytics.io | May 2026 |
| okunriin.com | May 2026 |
| ganesha.vip | May 2026 |
| miltyimport.com | Apr 2026 |
| theautoethnographer.com | Apr 2026 |
| draconianofficial.com | Mar 2026 |
| rrlicai.com | Nov 2025 |