- node (whose main reason for existing is event driven IO) is in the same order of magnitude as nginx (whose main reason for existing is also event driven IO). I think sometimes people think node is ruby/python/php levels of performance. It isn't.

- And as another comment mentions, developer productivity may be better than minor performance difference - you mentioned Caddy, same rationale applies here.

- nginx is also a bit crippled as useful features (like dynamic reconfig) are only in the proprietary nginx plus.

- This has good defaults - having to set up the seperate webserver for ACME is a pain, this is way easier.