What do you mean, "for what it’s useful for"? For me, WebDAV has replaced FTP where SFTP hasn't.
You can set up a server easily with Apache, including an FTP-style inbox. Here is my config: https://github.com/dbohdan/apache-2.4-webdav. I don't recommend nginx for WebDAV. My main HTTP server, Caddy, has gained WebDAV support since I published this configuration, but I haven't used it in anger.