We performed a comparison between IBM WebSphere Application Server and Tomcat based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Server solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The VPN service is quite useful."
"The solution has good performance."
"It does integrate well with the Tivoli Federated Identity Management system."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server is one of the best servers due to its stability and paid license."
"Starting with version 8, WAS provides a special folder called monitor deployment. Once you put the .war or .ear file in there, it is deployed automatically without human intervention. This greatly helps us in our continuous integration server. Once the deployment binary is ready, we write a script to copy it to that folder and then, voila! The application is up and running and accessible from its context root."
"High availability, alert management, and deployments are the most valuable features for us. We have the ND version so we can do deployments."
"As compared to other applications, it has tremendous support. We have built internal capability so that we use it extensively internally. It is also easier to use with the outside data. You can write in ESQL, Java, or any other technology that you want to use for development. So, it is a lot more flexible in the language that it supports."
"The performance is good."
"The solution is readily available and open-source."
"Web apps are very easy to deploy."
"Tomcat is a single-server solution for deploying applications that can scale effectively. It's a good choice because it simplifies deployment. Once you package your application, deployment is straightforward and efficient."
"The most valuable feature is how simple it is to deploy the solution."
"Tomcat is user-friendly and easy to set up, especially compared to WebLogic or JBoss where some specialty is required. If you are going for Tomcat, you can use their guidelines and can set it up easily."
"I love Tomcat for its scalability, reliability, availability, and steadiness."
"The deployment process is very fast."
"Tomcat's best feature is the open source server. It's a flexible and lightweight solution."
"The footprint could be reduced so that we can use a smaller virtual machine to run the application. We could also use more scripts. I would like this solution to be more script oriented, rather than GUI oriented."
"It should be able to serve more concurrent requests like Oracle. Oracle has more powerful stability, availability, and real-time serving."
"The solution consumes hardware."
"The main issue we faced was its limited compatibility with non-Java technologies, which can result in difficulty detecting potential bugs and requiring additional integration efforts."
"WebSphere Application Server doesn't have an automated deployment option, forcing us to use third-party tools like Jenkins UCD and Palo Automated Deployment."
"When we run into memory or locking issues, we resort to using third-party tools. However, it would be preferable to have native tools for debugging this type of problem."
"In spite of the solution's robustness, it is expensive and a bit difficult to support."
"What could be improved in IBM WebSphere Application Server is its interconnection with other products, for example, Kafka. What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is a better graphical user interface."
"Security integration in Tomcat is complicated. We need to use another tool to solve the security issues."
"Java functions should be built better into the solution."
"The solution's interface and backup features could be better."
"The stability must be improved."
"Vulnerability is one of the areas that can be considered an issue in the solution."
"Our biggest challenge is that the Tomcat servers are not hosted locally."
"Tomcat is used mainly for database connections. As of now, we configure that environment for any database configuration. But if any utility can integrate where we can pass the database connection as a string of details, then it should encrypt them and keep them inside. From that security perspective, Tomcat requires improvement. They should integrate this security feature."
"Tomcat's performance is less than other solutions like IBM WebSphere or JBoss."
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IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 5th in Application Server with 26 reviews while Tomcat is ranked 2nd in Application Server with 45 reviews. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while Tomcat is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Application Server writes "Compatible, stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tomcat writes "A lightweight tool that offers efficiency in terms of memory and resource usage". IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss, Oracle WebLogic Server, IBM BPM and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas Tomcat is most compared with Oracle WebLogic Server, JBoss, IIS, Caucho Resin and Oracle GlassFish. See our IBM WebSphere Application Server vs. Tomcat report.
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