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JBoss Enterprise Application Platform vs Microsoft System Center comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.1
JBoss EAP enhances ROI through easy deployment, reduced costs, efficient scaling, quick setups, and stable, reliable performance.
Sentiment score
8.3
Microsoft System Center boosts efficiency, saves costs through automation and internal task handling, achieving ROI in eight months.
The reduced deployment and configuration issues and improved operational team time savings—a reduction in deployment effort of about 30 to 40%—contributed to lower downtime and stability improvement.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.4
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform support is highly rated for responsiveness, though some find certain support tiers expensive.
Sentiment score
4.9
Microsoft System Center support is appreciated but criticized for slow response times, regional dependencies, and cost concerns.
We raised a ticket to the JBoss team, and they responded within about 8 to 9 working hours, providing a perfect solution.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
As a partner, I cannot create a ticket directly; I have to involve the end user's email to create one, so using the Software Assurance ID to create a ticket directly is not possible, making it very challenging for me.
Sr. Sys. Server & Storage Egineer / Tech .Consultant at CANAR OFFICE SYSTEMS
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.6
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform excels in scalability, effectively managing growth and security with adaptable clustering for diverse user needs.
Sentiment score
7.5
Microsoft System Center is highly scalable, managing thousands of endpoints efficiently, yet requires careful resource consideration for optimal performance.
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform provides, making it very effective for our large applications since everything is managed in one place.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
Microsoft System Center is scalable, allowing integration even if I have different sites.
Sr. Sys. Server & Storage Egineer / Tech .Consultant at CANAR OFFICE SYSTEMS
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
JBoss EAP is praised for stability and reliability, offering efficient operations with minimal disruptions and positive ROI potential.
Sentiment score
7.8
Microsoft System Center is valued for its maturity and stability, performing reliably with manageable bugs and efficient update resolutions.
Because it is backed by Red Hat, continuous support and fixes are ensured.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
The stability issues depend on how the applications are developed on JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.
Head of International Institutional Marketing at Natixis
 

Room For Improvement

JBoss EAP needs improved integration, an intuitive UI, better performance recommendations, and optimization to address high costs and long boot times.
Microsoft System Center needs improved third-party integration, simplified installation, enhanced performance, user interface updates, and better documentation.
If application performance monitoring tools were already part of the management console at runtime, it would be very helpful.
CIO at Clayfin
Easier upgrade migration tooling for enterprise applications can also be provided, alongside better dashboards and more modern observability and monitoring integration.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
This approach makes it easier to develop, deploy, and administer applications.
Head of International Institutional Marketing at Natixis
The disadvantage of Microsoft System Center is related to the many integrated services; if one service is failing, then all features will be affected.
Sr. Sys. Server & Storage Egineer / Tech .Consultant at CANAR OFFICE SYSTEMS
 

Setup Cost

JBoss EAP is cost-effective for enterprises, offering scalable applications and savings over commercial products with its open-source flexibility.
Microsoft System Center is pricey, with annual fees and potential savings from SQL Server, rated 5-7 on affordability.
The price from a local provider was approximately $64,000.
President/ Owner at Asvesot C.A.
There were challenges as costs can significantly rise at larger scales, making it more expensive than alternatives such as Apache Tomcat, which was a lightweight container solution.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
My thoughts on JBoss Enterprise Application Platform's pricing is that from a subscription model perspective, the price was very reasonable compared to other application servers and other commercial products.
CIO at Clayfin
 

Valuable Features

JBoss EAP enhances productivity and efficiency with scalable deployment, robust security, cloud readiness, and cost-effective resource management.
Microsoft System Center offers comprehensive endpoint management with integration, automation, monitoring, and ease of use in Windows environments.
Centralized deployment management allows applications to be deployed and updated from a centralized CLI or console, which reduces manual server-by-server management and improves deployment consistency.
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
It offers a number of good integration options and many facilities that are advantageous compared to Tomcat.
Head of International Institutional Marketing at Natixis
The startup time was much faster compared to other application servers, and debugging was reliable.
CIO at Clayfin
In Microsoft System Center, all the features are integrated already, whereas in ManageEngine, you have to license each feature individually to access those features.
Sr. Sys. Server & Storage Egineer / Tech .Consultant at CANAR OFFICE SYSTEMS
 

Categories and Ranking

JBoss Enterprise Applicatio...
Ranking in Application Infrastructure
10th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft System Center
Ranking in Application Infrastructure
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (28th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is 4.4%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft System Center is 2.4%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform4.4%
Microsoft System Center2.4%
Other93.2%
Application Infrastructure
 

Featured Reviews

Pranay Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior software developer at Simplifyvms
Centralized management has improved enterprise Java workflows and simplified transaction handling
The best feature that stands out is the strong support for Enterprise Java workloads, along with high stability and transaction management. It provides stability for the services to get deployed, and we can easily manage the transactions that happen via the REST APIs, which is great in that regard. It also provides centralized application management, so if an application is deployed and needs to be used through multiple places, centralized application deployment management is possible. The centralized management clustering capability is very useful for high availability enterprise deployment. This centralized application management is beneficial because the application, the search service we have written in Java, has simplified deployment, and operational control across environments is also easy. It helps our team since it has centralized deployment management, allowing applications to be deployed and updated from a centralized CLI or console, which reduces manual server-by-server management and improves deployment consistency. It also provides easier monitoring and troubleshooting, which is excellent; if an issue occurs, such as the search service failing, we could quickly identify which node or deployment was affected instead of manually checking multiple servers. This has definitely given us positive feedback; that is why we have been using it for around 1.5 years, and it is still coping with our applications. The impact is that application stability has improved quite a bit, and deployment consistency allows us to deploy, update, restart, and check the logs all at once without checking multiple servers, along with improved operational management for Enterprise Java services.
Carl Palapal - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Sys. Server & Storage Egineer / Tech .Consultant at CANAR OFFICE SYSTEMS
Provides comprehensive system management with effective deployment and integration capabilities
The advantages of Microsoft System Center are significant, and I have seen other products as well. As far as advantages are concerned, they have PXE deployment, which is good for deploying operating systems, such as Windows client systems including Windows 10 and Windows 11. Since it is a Microsoft product, all the patches are proprietary, making it easier to deploy. In Microsoft System Center, all the features are integrated already, whereas in ManageEngine, you have to license each feature individually to access those features. The automated features of Virtual Machine Manager are very useful; it automates as long as the policy that I have created is in line with the objective, especially the templates when I'm going to deploy. Regarding endpoint management, Microsoft System Center is very helpful; it has integrated endpoint protection deployment, allowing me to handle endpoint configuration, system deployment, and patch deployment, making it an all-in-one stop shop for managing and configuring end clients. The impact of using Microsoft System Center is significant; it gives me a whole picture of my environment, making it easy to get inventory details regarding applications and hardware, providing full visibility of my setup within the organization.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Government
6%
Construction Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?
I lost one opportunity for licensing to a bank that was implementing on-premises. It was too expensive to license JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for each process. The customer needed to impl...
What is your primary use case for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?
I have an application with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and a middleware. I used JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for about eight years until 2016. I implemented a ticketing solution ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?
The customer needed to implement on a server with 32 processes, and the price from a local provider was approximately $64,000.
What needs improvement with Microsoft System Center?
The disadvantage of Microsoft System Center is related to the many integrated services; if one service is failing, then all features will be affected. For example, with site configuration, when one...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft System Center?
I am using Microsoft System Center. I use Microsoft System Center for patch deployment and application deployment.
 

Also Known As

JBoss EAP, Red Hat EAP
MS System Center
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

APD, Banco Azteca, Roche, Tata Sky, Frost Bank
Kassen_rztliche Vereinigung Nordrhein, Magyar Telekom Nyrt., Adeka, QualCare, Aeriandi, UniCredit Bank d.d., Mostar, Allianz Australia Ltd., Grupo Familia
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