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Oracle Application Server vs Tomcat comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Application Server
Ranking in Application Server
7th
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tomcat
Ranking in Application Server
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Application Server category, the mindshare of Oracle Application Server is 5.2%, up from 5.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tomcat is 19.7%, down from 21.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Server
 

Featured Reviews

SK
Quick deployment and easy implementation with complex logic challenges
We use Oracle Application Server for a loan management system. We created it for a client; it is a low-code platform. Everything is purchased in Oracle Cloud, and we use it to develop and deploy applications The product offers easy implementation, which is a benefit. It saves development time…
Erick  Karanja - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers high availability, straightforward deployment and easy to use
Tomcat could be a little bit more innovative. Tomcat could come up with a framework that's more lightweight and purely targeted at Java applications. Some other solutions are doing better right now, maybe because they have come up with MicroProfile, which I think is moving forward. It may actually beat Tomcat because of the lightweight nature of the framework, the MicroProfile. They're coming up with new solutions. So, for the future of Tomcat and to maintain the market share they might be looking for, they need to come up with initiatives to ensure that several of us have a lightweight framework to deploy applications on.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product offers easy implementation, which is a benefit. It saves development time compared to normal development processes."
"The solution has very robust functionality."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it supports Java Enterprise."
"Tomcat has connectors like REST requests to connect the front end. Also, some parts of the inter-system communication go through REST. External connections with third parties occasionally involve both REST and SOAP protocols. Tomcat is versatile in accommodating these various communication methods."
"The product is easy to use."
"It is a robust solution."
"Web apps are very easy to deploy."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the general web server features."
"The deployment process is very fast."
 

Cons

"If you have complex business logic, there is no option to build that complex logic inside the platform."
"It would be great if they offered more integration of monitoring tools."
"Deployment in Tomcat should be done through a GUI. We deploy applications from the backend using commands."
"I would also like to see a dashboard with some integrations in order to see the logs and trace performance easier."
"The stability must be improved."
"If Apache can come up with a better solution to provide better security, that would be ideal."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I give the pricing an eight out of ten."
"The price of the solution is good."
"The solution is open source so is free."
"There are no additional costs apart from the standard license."
"Tomcat is an open-source server."
"We are using the open-source version."
"If it is a community version of the solution, no payment is required. However, if it is a Linux version, we must buy the solution from JBoss."
"This is an open-source product and it's free to use."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
48%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Application Server?
The pricing model is costly. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it around four to five. Compared to other solutions like Mendix, Oracle Application Server is more expensive.
What needs improvement with Oracle Application Server?
If you have complex business logic, there is no option to build that complex logic inside the platform. You have to use third-party tools. If Oracle could provide an inbuilt feature for complex log...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Application Server?
We use Oracle Application Server for a loan management system. We created it for a client; it is a low-code platform. Everything is purchased in Oracle Cloud, and we use it to develop and deploy ap...
What do you like most about Tomcat?
Tomcat's ease of use has positively impacted project timelines. Tomcat already has high availability – it doesn't go down so often and doesn't require a lot of maintenance. As long as your applicat...
What needs improvement with Tomcat?
Resource configuration like JNDI and queue configuration, similar to other servers, should be provided from the admin console for Tomcat. Currently, it is done manually. The server config file must...
What is your primary use case for Tomcat?
I am using the solution at running level three. It is for running web applications.
 

Overview

 

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