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    Ahamed Shadhir

Tailored medical records have streamlined multilingual clinics and have automated health reporting

  • April 20, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for LAMP Stack Ubuntu is for a localized patient management system, which is a PMS, and I typically use it for private clinics and specialized medical centers. We use it to build custom electronic medical records or PMS tools.

A specific example of how I use LAMP Stack Ubuntu for my custom electronic medical record tools is that we use OpenEMR on Ubuntu in the healthcare context for a private clinic. We deploy OpenEMR to handle our day-to-day operations.

The kinds of daily operations or tasks that the system handles for the clinics mainly involve multilingual support and customizable forms, e-prescribing, and billing and insurance.

What is most valuable?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu avoids licensing fees, and we have total control.

The best features that LAMP Stack Ubuntu offers for our organization include security, full control over MySQL encryption, and PHP-based hook systems for MOPH, which is the Ministry of Public Health, reporting, high availability using Keepalived, Arabic localization, and create support.

High availability and localization have benefited our organization by ensuring the system keeps alive with a virtual IP that takes over in eight seconds, resulting in zero downtime, which is greatly beneficial. We have reduced the medical transcription; for example, one of the centers needs to enter a patient's allergy list, and a nurse can type it in Arabic, and it will be translated.

LAMP Stack Ubuntu has positively impacted our organization by allowing us to eliminate the licensing tags and hardware, along with increased efficiency, and we have discussed high availability and lower customization costs.

When discussing efficiency and cost, I have seen measurable improvements since implementing LAMP Stack Ubuntu, particularly in the time saved because of automating the MOPH reporting. We have inbuilt templates-based documentation, which reduces the chances for errors, and we also have the self-service feature.

What needs improvement?

There are areas where LAMP Stack Ubuntu could be improved, including integration through template-driven clinical notes and IT management, and I believe the software center for updates and self-service need enhancement. Improvement-wise, it is not very much full-featured for integrations because we often need to write many custom codes for the integrations. We also need to work on the encryption part for data privacy, as the user interface is legacy, with not many updates, and we require better cybersecurity oversight, which is under NCSA 2026.

I have seen improvements needed in LAMP Stack Ubuntu that I have not mentioned yet, particularly regarding the UI/UX experience, which I think has to be customizable in terms of current market trends.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working in the current field for the past 13 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu's scalability is good because we have full control to make changes and scale the application.

How are customer service and support?

Our customer support experience for LAMP Stack Ubuntu involves very few interactions, as it is convenient for us to manage things from our side.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before LAMP Stack Ubuntu, we did use a system called Open Dental, and we switched to LAMP Stack Ubuntu because this can be managed more easily by a developer.

What about the implementation team?

The team and the management had chosen LAMP Stack Ubuntu after evaluating other options.

What was our ROI?

I have seen a return on investment from using LAMP Stack Ubuntu, particularly in the time saved because of automating the MOPH reporting. Our inbuilt templates-based documentation reduces the chances for errors, and we also have the self-service aspect.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for LAMP Stack Ubuntu is that the licensing part is very convenient and does not incur additional costs, allowing us to have planned calculations.

What other advice do I have?

My advice for others looking into using LAMP Stack Ubuntu is that they need to have clear plans on what they want. Based on that, you have to plan things ahead and conduct testing.

My additional thoughts about LAMP Stack Ubuntu before we wrap up are that it is a solid product based on how one customizes and configures the product according to requirements. I gave this review an overall rating of 8.


    A Gaborek

Open-source web stack has enabled rapid PHP development and supported long-term reliable hosting

  • April 19, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for LAMP Stack Ubuntu these days is to utilize it efficiently in my projects.

A specific example of how I use LAMP Stack Ubuntu in my work right now is that it is great to launch LAMP Stack Ubuntu; it is a very open-source platform that is good for CMSes like WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and I think this PHP-based e-commerce called Magento or WooCommerce, and hosting private tool websites, along with small applications requiring databases.

I have more to add about my main use case with LAMP Stack Ubuntu when I need to work with PHP and MariaDB.

What is most valuable?

In my experience, the best features LAMP Stack Ubuntu offers are its stability, great enterprise support, very easy accessibility, a low barrier to entry since it was taught to us in high school, the ability to run on any hosting provider, and it is easy to deploy and debug. It also works well with nice PHP frameworks like Laravel and Symfony.

Out of those features, the one that stands out to me the most in my day-to-day work is horizontal scaling simplicity; this is LAMP's superpower.

LAMP Stack Ubuntu has positively impacted my organization because we can use WordPress, for example, and it is very easy to find people who work with that. LAMP Stack Ubuntu in general is very easy to enter, so that is why there are many developers, and it is very cost-efficient at scale because every cloud provider offers support for it. It saved us money because MySQL is widely supported and lower-priced than other options such as SQL Server or Oracle.

What needs improvement?

I think LAMP Stack Ubuntu can be improved, and its biggest weakness is the use of PHP language, which lacks type safety; we often run into runtime errors that could be found at compile time in other languages such as C#, C++, or C. However, these issues are somewhat solved in modern PHP versions. To complement LAMP Stack Ubuntu, it is often needed to set up static code file analysis and use a good IDE that provides type hints.

More about the needed improvements, I think PHP is just slower than Go, Rust, or .NET, and it is just suitable for non-performance critical applications; it is much slower than compiled languages.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using LAMP Stack Ubuntu since high school, so I would say approximately 10 years on and off.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu is stable in my experience as it has proven to be stable after 20 to 30 years in production. Websites have been running on LAMP Stack Ubuntu since around 2005, and due to LAMP Stack Ubuntu itself, there are not many production crashes, although errors in PHP occur quite often. There are not many critical vulnerabilities, and it is very battle-tested; MySQL is a rock-solid database that supports compliance, ACID, and works out of the box quite well.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu scales well horizontally for my needs but hits limits when scaling vertically; the database layer can also be a limit. The stateless design of LAMP Stack Ubuntu allows easy horizontal scaling because no state is stored, but vertical scaling has limits such as memory, CPU, and disk input/output operations.

How are customer service and support?

Regarding customer support for LAMP Stack Ubuntu, I have never used it; I just rely on community support, such as Stack Overflow, which is generally great.

What was our ROI?

I have not seen a return on investment with LAMP Stack Ubuntu as I am just a developer, so I do not have those values.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing LAMP Stack Ubuntu, we evaluated more robust approaches such as using Java, C#, or ASP.NET, which with the newest versions, are much faster. We also looked at Go and Rust, which are harder to develop but much quicker. In the end, we picked LAMP Stack Ubuntu because we mostly care about cutting costs and having a broad range of features that we can integrate out of the box, such as Magento or WordPress.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate LAMP Stack Ubuntu overall as an eight out of ten.

I choose eight out of ten because, on one hand, it is very easy to use, there is rapid development and a low barrier to entry, and it is scalable so it is easy to scale horizontally. The database can be a bottleneck, but there are ways to work around that. I think it is the cheapest option to operate at scale, and its ecosystem is massive although quality is inconsistent. It is very accessible, beginner-friendly, and many examples can be found on Stack Overflow or through AI tools. On the other hand, drawbacks include type safety and security issues because it is very permissive by default, not very opinionated, lacking standardization, and often not maintainable; while you can use frameworks, weak typing enables mess.

My advice for others looking into using LAMP Stack Ubuntu is to choose it for the right reasons; it is good for MVP applications because it allows for rapid development. If you are starting with a limited budget, hosting is very cheap. If you are building a content platform, you can use it efficiently since workflows are available where coding is not as necessary, such as with WordPress. LAMP Stack Ubuntu is also good for building an e-commerce store with WooCommerce, but it is not ideal if you want type safety or if you want to be trendy.

I rate this review eight out of ten overall.


    Prashant Aghao

Open source hosting has reduced costs and supports multiple dynamic web applications

  • April 07, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

I use LAMP Stack Ubuntu for web hosting our applications, customer applications, and dynamic applications like WordPress, custom e-commerce platform, and others.

I deployed multiple applications using WordPress and LAMP Stack Ubuntu, such as e-commerce applications and shopping applications.

What is most valuable?

The best features include that it is a totally open source base, and it also provides Ubuntu stability. LAMP Stack Ubuntu consists of Linux, Apache, SQL, and PHP, so data management becomes easy with it.

Being entirely open source eliminates the licensing cost and all the other costs that are required for startup and enterprise companies, while it also provides Ubuntu stability. This creates a secure long-term foundation where regular security patches and firewall setups are also provided.

LAMP Stack Ubuntu supported my organization positively in many ways because it is completely open source, so I saved a lot on cost management. It is a cost-effective environment, and deploying multiple applications such as WordPress and e-commerce applications using it was easy. Additionally, using the Apache applications, LAMP Stack Ubuntu provides substantial support.

What needs improvement?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu needs very few improvements.

They could improve the performance of Apache as compared to other alternatives, as it has slower performance.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using LAMP Stack Ubuntu for the past two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have experienced no stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have experienced no scalability issues.

What was our ROI?

Money and time were saved.

What other advice do I have?

The performance of Apache influenced my rating of eight out of ten for LAMP Stack Ubuntu. I rate LAMP Stack Ubuntu an eight.


    Davide Cariola

Open source stack has powered flexible, reliable web development across all our projects

  • February 17, 2026
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

Practically all of the websites I worked on are built on a LAMP Stack Ubuntu technology.

There are different types of websites using LAMP Stack Ubuntu, such as blogs, e-commerce, back offices, and general websites that present a company or a service.

What is most valuable?

Developers choose LAMP Stack Ubuntu to build web applications for several reasons. All LAMP technologies are open source, which means that any developer or company can use them without having to pay licensing fees. It's a very efficient stack because setting up a new web development stack usually requires rigorous testing, whereas LAMP Stack Ubuntu is a tried and tested web development solution. It's very easy to use and can speed up application development. It's also very easy to maintain because software experts from around the globe contribute to the development of LAMP Stack Ubuntu technologies by reviewing the publicly available source code and updating it. They regularly maintain the technology so it remains secure and relevant. As a popular open source technology, LAMP Stack Ubuntu has the support of a huge global IT community.

LAMP Stack Ubuntu gives both reliability and flexibility to web developers. Lots of my websites, and also websites in my company, are using LAMP Stack Ubuntu to work on the servers. It's very impactful in my company because we use this technology extensively.

What needs improvement?

The only way to improve LAMP Stack Ubuntu is to improve the knowledge about how it works and how to update it, helping it become more powerful than it currently is. However, it's pretty useful as it is.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using LAMP Stack Ubuntu since my career started in software development, so approximately five to six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

My experience with LAMP Stack Ubuntu is straightforward and I have not encountered stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu gives both reliability and flexibility to web developers. LAMP architecture specifies the software components for each layer, so developers can replace them as they see fit. For example, I can use another operating system besides Linux as the stack foundation. It's great for scalability because I can modify the stack as I see fit.

How are customer service and support?

There is no formal customer support for LAMP Stack Ubuntu, but there is a great global IT community.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I started with LAMP Stack Ubuntu and have not used previous solutions.

How was the initial setup?

Lots of documentation is available online related to LAMP Stack Ubuntu. If I run into problems, I can always check resources through Google, Stack Overflow, and similar platforms, as well as AI resources. There is lots of information about LAMP Stack Ubuntu available, so it's very easy to troubleshoot it.

What was our ROI?

I don't have any metrics, but LAMP Stack Ubuntu is very easy to use and it's free. Everything that comes in as payment is for the work and not for the stack.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu is completely open source, so there is no pricing, no cost, and no licensing.

What other advice do I have?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu is cost efficient, easy to maintain, has a lot of support, and has a lot of flexibility, making it an all-round technology that is easy to use. Follow the documentation regarding LAMP Stack Ubuntu and you will be fine. I would rate this product a 10 out of 10.


    HemantKumar7

Bundled web stack has simplified secure website deployment and has reduced setup time

  • February 05, 2026
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

What is our primary use case?

My main use case for LAMP Stack Ubuntu is to deploy web services and websites. A specific example of a project I have deployed using LAMP Stack Ubuntu is a WordPress website with basic HTML and PHP, which we host in the environment using Apache.

What is most valuable?

We are using LAMP Stack Ubuntu because it is a complete bundle of packages that consists of PHP, MySQL, and Linux Apache, so we do not need to install components manually.

The best features LAMP Stack Ubuntu offers are easy installation, stability, security, and being open source, so we do not need to worry about licensing costs.

The stability and security of LAMP Stack Ubuntu help my work because when required to install a website, we do not need to worry about installing each component individually. We get LAMP Stack Ubuntu already configured and can deploy our website easily.

LAMP Stack Ubuntu has positively impacted my organization by eliminating concerns about stability, security, and package management. It is easy to install packages and very scalable without the licensing costs that come with enterprise versions. Additionally, it has a built-in community providing extensive support.

What needs improvement?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu could be improved because it is very dependent on PHP. If we are working with other applications like Node, there are limitations as we need to deploy only PHP-specific applications.

Package support is good; we can use commands to install packages, but it is very PHP-centric, making the whole stack specific to PHP. We cannot use other languages like Python or Ruby to deploy our application over LAMP Stack Ubuntu.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working in my current field for around 8.5 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu is stable in my experience.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu's scalability is good. We can simply set up enterprise applications, and it includes tools like mod_cache and reverse proxies to improve performance.

How are customer service and support?

The customer support for LAMP Stack Ubuntu is very supportive due to its popularity and community support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, we used PHP MyAdmin and other components individually, as well as NGINX to host the application.

We decided to switch from NGINX and individual components to LAMP Stack Ubuntu because LAMP Stack Ubuntu is a bundle of packages that contains Linux, Apache, PHP, and MySQL. We do not need to set up the database separately; we get the whole bundle, which relieves us from managing each individual component.

How was the initial setup?

Since I started using LAMP Stack Ubuntu, considerable time is saved, as we do not need to worry about installing components one by one. We simply get a package, and setting up any package can be done with a simple command inside Ubuntu using the apt package manager, making it flexible with different frameworks like WordPress, Laravel, and other PHP-supported applications.

I purchased LAMP Stack Ubuntu through the AWS Marketplace.

What about the implementation team?

LAMP Stack Ubuntu is deployed in the AWS cloud provider.

What was our ROI?

I have seen a return on investment because considerable time is saved. We do not need to worry about setting up each component individually, and we also do not need to worry about security patches, as it is easy to install packages.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing when I started with LAMP Stack Ubuntu was very reasonable. We do not need to worry about licensing costs since it is open source, and there are long-term Ubuntu security updates, making it easy to install packages directly from the apt package manager with basic Ubuntu commands.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing LAMP Stack Ubuntu, I did not evaluate other options, as it is a very popular tool in the community, so we switched to it.

What other advice do I have?

My advice for others looking into using LAMP Stack Ubuntu is to directly pursue it, as we do not need to worry about licensing costs, and it has a very good amount of community support with easily installable packages using the apt package manager. Additionally, we can scale it with tools like mod_cache and load balancers, and it is widely supported by multiple providers. I would rate this product 9 out of 10.


    Prateek A.

The best open source Linux based OS

  • December 01, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
There are many features of LAMP Stack Ubuntu 20.0, such as its easy-to-understand interface, straightforward commands for installing and purging packages, auto updates etc
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the window overlaps with the left sidebar, and you need to close it and restart the application to eliminate the overlapping issue.
Also, it can improve its booting time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps me to quickly develop any PHP or python-based applications without needing any third-party software; I can efficiently work on MySQL, apache, and php using the terminal itself.


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