Apache Tomcat vs. IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition

Apache Tomcat

123 Reviews and Ratings

IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition

116 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Apache Tomcat	Score7.8 out of 10	N/A	Tomcat is an open-source web server supported by Apache.	N/A
IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition	Score6.7 out of 10	N/A	WebSphere Hybrid Edition from IBM is a collection of WebSphere application runtimes and modernization tools that provides support for on-premise and major public cloud deployments, in virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes. The user can choose any WebSphere edition and deploy Liberty and application modernization tools to help move to a cloud-native architecture, modernize existing applications and support an existing WebSphere estate.	$88.50 per month

Pricing

Apache Tomcat

IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition

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Application Server: $88.50
per month

Pricing Offerings
Apache Tomcat	IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Apache Tomcat	IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
Considered Both Products	Apache Verified User Chose Apache Tomcat Commercial application servers are available that support enterprise application needs, but many times this is overkill for most web applications running in the cloud, particularly for independent software vendors. The capabilities and management tools provided with these … Incentivized Helpful? Bryan Salerno Associate Director IT in Information Technology at Verizon Wireless (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose Apache Tomcat Tomcat stacks up against the others very well due to its adoption in the open source community, low total cost of ownership, maintenance, and ease of deployment. It's much more lightweight than Websphere or Weblogic and provides most of the features most developers would need, … Incentivized Helpful?	IBM Verified User Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition Both Apache Tomcat and Hybris have been in use, and we have provided support for both tomcat and IIS-based systems. Companies with a substantial investment in IBM technology will find this application particularly useful. Support and licensing fees might be prohibitive, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition Websphere Liberty has a cloud ready runtime, embebed with a Developlment standards like spring, ee standards IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition has a native connections to IBM products, so when you have a IBM Environtment it the best way to get all IBM Beneffits Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition IBM Websphere was better suited for our needs as we are a primarily Java shop, and it provided better customization and potential ROI. It also requires less downtime, and support is easier than Weblogic. Also, Websphere is better suited for a hybrid environment. Incentivized Helpful? Kenneth V. Coffman Engineering Manager in Engineering at Komatsu Construction (Machinery, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition was more responsive to our needs, offered better customization options, and we projected better ROI. Incentivized Helpful? Dana Kendall Senior Project Manager in Research & Development at AECOM (Civil Engineering, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition Its use interface was very simple and very limited features it has. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition Magento and Hybris are both also being used, we have also supported tomcat and IIS solutions Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition WebSphere Application Server admin console is very detailed and there are a huge number of configurations available to maintain and configure. JBoss is complex where stand vs full configuration is confusing sometimes. Modularity proved complex there, so I love WebSphere … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition Websphere Application Server provides better Security, high availability, easy troubleshooting, and good 24/7 support. Websphere Application Server has an easy to use interface. Incentivized Helpful? Bryan Salerno Associate Director IT in Information Technology at Verizon Wireless (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition IBM support is better than Oracle, from past experience. Weblogic and WebSphere Application Server are somewhat similar versus the open source JBOSS. For many applications we had selected WAS to have a supported platform and used some of the competitors in other various use … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition JBoss, Tomcat, Glassfish are some of the alternatives. I did not select it, it was my team's decision. Incentivized Helpful? Fareed Abolhassani Information Technology Manager in Information Technology at rit (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees) Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition Websphere Application Server supports enterprise Java open standards, streamlines deployment, has very flexible management capabilities and better reliability and availability. Incentivized Helpful? Abhilash Barla Senior Engineer - Internet Engineering Information Systems in Information Technology at MasterCard (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition I recommended WebSphere because of my expertise on it and the great IBM support. Incentivized Helpful? Manoj Prasad Consultant in Information Technology at WellPoint (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition I did not choose IBM WAS, it was a coporate decision. We are glad that we have been using this for a number of years and are quite happy as a corporation. However, it does take more time to learn WAS because of its complexity in terms of installation, various features and … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Apache Tomcat

IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition

Comparison of Application Servers features of Apache Tomcat and IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
Feature	Apache Tomcat 9.2 24 Ratings	IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition 7.3 31 Ratings
IDE support	10.022 Ratings	5.426 Ratings
Security management	9.024 Ratings	8.231 Ratings
Administration and management	8.224 Ratings	7.831 Ratings
Application server performance	8.124 Ratings	8.131 Ratings
Installation	10.024 Ratings	7.530 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance	10.024 Ratings	6.626 Ratings

User Ratings
	Apache Tomcat	IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (24 ratings)	8.2 (33 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	8.5 (4 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (3 ratings)	8.0 (6 ratings)
Availability	6.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (2 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	9.1 (3 ratings)	8.7 (4 ratings)
Configurability	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (1 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)