We performed a comparison between IBM WebSphere Application Server and IIS 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."It does integrate well with the Tivoli Federated Identity Management system."
"Network Deployment is the most useful feature for scalability. It has many features within the standard WebSphere Application Server edition."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server is easy to use."
"The VPN service is quite useful."
"It has good stability of the application server in the long term compared to other solutions."
"This solution is easy to use with a GUI that is intuitive and very helpful."
"What's most valuable in IBM WebSphere Application Server is its resilience. When you use the solution, you know that after the communication has been done, there will be no doubt that the data has reached its destination."
"The solution is very stable and robust."
"IIS is useful for the deployment of web applications...Its stability is good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to use and easy to understand."
"The solution is easy to use and connects with Microsoft."
"It is a scalable solution."
"We use the solution for our customer's web applications."
"The product is easy to use."
"The solution is highly reliable."
"The solution is very easy to use and offers a quick deployment."
"It should be able to serve more concurrent requests like Oracle. Oracle has more powerful stability, availability, and real-time serving."
"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."
"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 compared with WebLogic, Weblogic is lighter and consumes less memory."
"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."
"The installation has room for improvement."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server hasn't changed much. It's still a heavyweight for any company compared to what you get. Unless your code base is deeply linked with it, I don't think it's a great idea to go with this solution. The current trend is toward modularity and containerization, and given the product's requirements, containerization will be difficult. There is a memory requirement as well."
"The solution consumes hardware."
"The customer service and support team can be improved."
"The product could be more compatible with Linux and macOS, particularly when applying user configuration policies."
"The solution's black box is not fast."
"The user interface could be improved."
"At the moment, we have big problems with stability, and I'm not very happy at the moment. So, the stability could be improved."
"There is an issue with the network. The tool's price is also high."
"It lacks a few performance improvement tools."
"The solution must improve the integration between its databases."
More IBM WebSphere Application Server Pricing and Cost Advice →
IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 5th in Application Server with 26 reviews while IIS is ranked 4th in Application Server with 53 reviews. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while IIS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Application Server writes "Compatible, stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IIS writes " A simple and easy-to-use solution but not recommended for public apps". IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss, Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic Server and NGINX Plus, whereas IIS is most compared with NGINX Plus, Apache Web Server, Oracle WebLogic Server, Tomcat and Windows Process Activation Services. See our IBM WebSphere Application Server vs. IIS report.
See our list of best Application Server vendors and best Application Infrastructure vendors.
We monitor all Application Server reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.