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Oracle WebLogic 14 vs Azul Payara Server

If you’re running Oracle WebLogic in production but are unhappy with the irregular releases and component upgrades, or the lack of MicroProfile support – you might consider migrating from WebLogic to an alternative like Azul Payara Server. Azul Payara Server is a Jakarta EE compatible application server with monthly releases and component upgrades – as well as natively supported OAuth2/OpenID Connect, support for MicroProfile, and the availability of a microservices distribution (Payara Micro).

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Why Migrate to the Azul Payara Platform
Planning a Migration to Azul Payara Server

Before your team can start the migration process, you (and the decision makers at your organization) may need to learn more about Azul Payara . In our ‘Why Migrate to the Azul Payara’ Guide, we’ll provide information about:

  • Cloud Native, Containerized, Jakarta EE, and MicroProfile application architectures
  • What makes Azul Payara Server the best option for production Jakarta EE (Java EE) applications
  • Why Azul Payara Micro  is ideal for running Java EE applications in a modern virtualized infrastructure
  • The benefits of open source software
  • How new Azul Payara features are created
  • Cost advantages of Azul Payara
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Along with having a more frequently release schedule, component updates, and MicroProfile support with Azul Payara Server Enterprise 5 – migrating to Azul Payara Server gives you access to additional features and capabilities:

Feature Oracle® WebLogic Server 14c (14.1.1.0.0.) Payara® Server Enterprise 6.9.0

License

Proprietary

Open Source with EULA

Release frequency

Irregular

Monthly

Production Support

Yes

Yes

Component Upgrades

Irregular

Monthly

Supported IDEs

Eclipse® / Netbeans® / IntelliJ® IDE / JDeveloper®

Eclipse® / Netbeans® / IntelliJ® IDE / VS Code®

Support for Java EE Applications

Java EE 8 and Jakarta EE 8

Java SE 8 and 11 Support

GraalVM EE Support

Java EE 10

Jakarta EE 10

Caching Tools

Oracle Coherence / JCache

Hazelcast: JCache, Domain Data Grid, Payara Scales (additional cost)

Clustering

Every node runs same apps

Yes (via Hazelcast) – Every node runs same app or fine grained assignment

Scripting tool

WSLT

asadmin

Scripting extensions

Python scripts

OS / BASH scripts

Asadmin Command Recorder

Yes

Yes

Deployment Flexibility

Deployment plan (XML based)

Variables (System, environment, MicroProfile config values)

Notification Channels Monitoring

JMX Beans

Log files

SMTP

SNMP

JMS

JMX Beans

Log files

SMTP

SNMP

JMS

CDI

Slack

New Relic

Datadog

Custom Notifiers

No

Yes

Slow SQL Logging

No

Yes

Health Check Service

Yes

Yes

Request Tracing

JAX-RS (Jersey) only

JAX-RS, CDI, EJB, Servlet, …

OAuth2/OpenId Connect support

Requires Fusion Middleware or custom dev

Natively supported (through Security API)

Microservices Distribution

No – Helidon for microservices

Yes (Payara Micro)

MicroProfile Support

No

Yes

Docker Support

Yes

Yes

Uber-jar and Hollow Jar

No

Yes

Cloud Providers Support

Oracle Cloud, Amazon, Microsoft Azure™, Jelastic

Microsoft Azure, Jelastic, Amazon, Oracle Cloud

Upgrade Tool

Yes

Yes

Zero Deployment downtime

Parallel versions with gradual switch

Parallel versions with one time switch

JDK Support

JDk 11

Yes (through Azul® JVM), JDK 11

Trusted by Global Leaders Across Industries

With a relentless focus on stability, security, and flexibility, Azul Payara enables enterprises in unlocking the full value of their Java investments.

Knowledgeable support team, the support service meets our expectations and the Payara Platform works well. We are happy to have opted for the Payara Platform.

Project Leader, Arelion

In terms of support costs Payara is 60% cheaper than JBoss. Our engineers are extremely satisfied with Payara Platform’s performance. They started using Payara Platform in a small scale and as things worked well quickly they have increased their Payara usage exponentially.

IT Engineer, Best Western Hotels & Resorts

Partnering with Payara Server Enterprise has been a game-changer for us at LinkPulse. Their expert support, reliable 24/7 service, and long-term lifecycle have allowed us to deliver seamless migrations and maintain critical public sector systems without interruption.

Fernando Maldonado, Project Leader

As Payara Server is currently being run on a financial platform, the Support Service offers us peace of mind. We know that a Support Engineer will be available in case of any problems. We also find the monthly patches useful.

IT Manager, PRIMIS Mortgage Network

I’m very satisfied with the speediness and quality of replies from the Payara Support Team. The quality of support combined with good application server performance gave us the confidence to expand our Payara Server usage in the future.

Jan Nilsson, IT Architect

Payara is the de-facto middleware at Rakuten Card. We’ve found it wonderful to use, even for new hires – with Payara leveraging developers’ existing skill sets so no retraining is required.

Arshal Ameen, Senior Architect, Rakuten Credit Card

Payara Platform is super stable and patches to issues are delivered faster than we notice them! For me, as developer, it is important to have access to a Nexus server where I can automatically download the latest releases.

Martin Gysel, DevOps Engineer

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