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Apache Tomcat vs. Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Apache Tomcat

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ATomcat is an open-source web server supported by Apache.N/A

    Red Hat JBoss EAP

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A
    Pricing
    Apache TomcatRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Apache TomcatRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Apache TomcatRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Considered Both Products
    Apache
    Chose Apache Tomcat
    Apache Tomcat is more lightweight and much quicker to deploy, so compared to JBoss or Weblogic it's much more efficient and cost effective for deploying small apps. The instances start up almost immediately and almost no maintenance is needed from the admins. There is also no …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache Tomcat
    It's clear that JBoss is a full JEE stack implementation while Tomcat isn't, but if you don't need the whole JEE stack there are many lightweight alternatives that implement the required feature with Tomcat.
    Incentivized
    Red Hat
    Chose Red Hat JBoss EAP
    JBoss does practically everything Apache Tomcat and Weblogic does in terms of our requirements, but JBoss is more suited for larger enterprise J2EE apps compared to Tomcat. Boot time is not as quick as Tomcat, but still relatively fast for our deployments. The system can also …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat JBoss EAP
    We selected JBoss because of compatibility with EJB's. We currently are trying to reduce our footprint and will highly consider using Tomcat.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat JBoss EAP
    Jboss supports JEE standards and provides features like high availability, clustering, hot deployments, configurable features. you can quickly add or remove needed features and cut jboss footprint and reduce boot time.
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Apache TomcatRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Apache Tomcat and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    Feature
    Apache Tomcat
    9.2
    24 Ratings
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    IDE support10.022 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Security management9.024 Ratings8.68 Ratings
    Administration and management8.224 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Application server performance8.124 Ratings8.68 Ratings
    Installation10.024 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance10.024 Ratings8.68 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Apache TomcatRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)