ArcGIS versus GeoServer

As an ESRI professional, you obviously know the server product from this vendor that can be compared to GeoServer well. It is called ArcGIS for Server and in many ways it can play the same role as that of GeoServer, and the opposite is true as well, of course.

Undoubtedly, the big question for you is: why should I use GeoServer and not stand safely on the vendor side, leveraging on integration with the other software members of the big ArcGIS family?

Listening to colleagues, asking to experts, and browsing on the Internet, you'll find a lot of different answers to this question, often supported by strong arguments and somehow by a religious and fanatic approach.

There are a few benchmarks available on the Internet that compare ...

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