We performed a comparison between IBM WebSphere Application Server and Oracle WebLogic Server 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."IBM WebSphere Application Server is the best in terms of scalability and performance, as well as the support for managing distributed transactions."
"Network Deployment is the most useful feature for scalability. It has many features within the standard WebSphere Application Server edition."
"This solution is easy to use with a GUI that is intuitive and very helpful."
"It has good stability of the application server in the long term compared to other solutions."
"The solution is robust. The connection management and the scalability, which IBM provides to the Stack, are also valuable."
"The performance is good."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server is one of the best servers due to its stability and paid license."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server is easy to use."
"It has helped us to have different clusters within different servers, which allows us to identify hacker attacks."
"The possibility of having several servers running, so we do not lose the service."
"It's a scalable product."
"The technical support is responsive. They are always ready to help by various communication channels, such as Zoom calls. However, sometimes it will take a while because when we are dealing with a problem, they need to look at the logs and configuration. A lot of the issues are related to the configuration that they need to look at thoroughly before they can give us a solution and it can take a few days depending on the type of problem."
"It has good integration with security features, including OWASP."
"The product is flexible and allows us to leverage deployments."
"We've got the support we require. If ever there is an issue, can just call on Oracle and they will assist us."
"It's a very stable solution."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see support for the Arabic language."
"The solution consumes hardware."
"The availability of the solution needs improvement."
"The current trend is to move to Liberty because of the portability of its cloud and its Kubernetes, which containerize the application."
"In spite of the solution's robustness, it is expensive and a bit difficult to support."
"While WebSphere mostly supports IBM HTTP Server (IHS) as the web server plugin, I think it would be beneficial if it also supported Apache and NGINX web servers. That would give customers more flexibility in their choices."
"Based on the field and based on the build that was provided, we've noticed a lot of constraints in terms of the performance now."
"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 pricing is a little bit higher compared to other products."
"Configuration can be a significant challenge, demanding a deep understanding and expertise."
"The error handling area in Oracle WebLogic Server is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The tool's implementation should be easier. The product is also expensive."
"They should improve the solution's garbage collection feature."
"Pricing for Oracle WebLogic Server and other Oracle products has room for improvement because the pricing model isn't easy to understand. I'd like to see lower pricing from Oracle WebLogic Server. That's the main issue with the solution."
"Oracle WebLogic Server's configuration could be improved because we need to do multiple configurations when setting up anything."
"The solution is very expensive, and its pricing could be improved."
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IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 5th in Application Server with 26 reviews while Oracle WebLogic Server is ranked 1st in Application Server with 32 reviews. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while Oracle WebLogic Server 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 Oracle WebLogic Server writes " The installation phase is very easy". IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss, Tomcat, IBM BPM and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas Oracle WebLogic Server is most compared with Tomcat, JBoss, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Fusion Middleware and IIS. See our IBM WebSphere Application Server vs. Oracle WebLogic Server report.
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