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Should You Use Payara Platform or Tomcat?

Tomcat is a web server primary designed for serving dynamic web pages and the Payara Platform is an application runtime designed for running custom applications.

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Tomcat vs. Azul Payara Server

Feature Tomcat 10.1 Azul Payara Server 6.9.0

License

Open Source/Apache-2.0 Licensed

Open Source with EULA

Release frequency

Monthly

Monthly

Patch releases

Irregular

Irregular

Security fixes

Irregular but frequent

Instant emergency and backported fixes for Payara Enterprise customersAs soon as possible for community

Production support

Yes (Tomitribe)

Yes

Component Upgrades (e.g. Tyrus, Mojarra)

Monthly

Monthly

Supported IDEs

EclipseNetbeansIntelliJ IDEA

EclipseNetbeansIntelliJ IDEAVS Code

Caching tools

JCache

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

Automatic Clustering

No, manual via Tomcat Cluster

Yes, (via Hazelcast)

Command line tool

Yes

Yes – Asadmin

Web Console

Yes

Almost all commands supported

Asadmin command recorder

No

Yes

Slow SQL logging

No

Yes

Healthcheck service

Healthcheck valve

Yes

Request tracing

No

Yes

Monitoring logging

No

Yes

Microservices distribution

No

Yes (Payara Micro)

MicroProfile support

No

MicroProfile 6.1

Docker support

Yes

Yes

Generate Uber JAR

Yes

Yes (Payara Micro only)

Production-tuned domain template

No

Yes

EE Standard

Jakarta EE 10

Jakarta EE 10

Jakarta EE Compatible

Yes

Yes

Upgrade Tool

Yes

 Yes

Runs on JDK 11

Yes

Yes (through Azul JVM)

Trusted by Global Leaders Across Industries

With a relentless focus on stability, security, and flexibility, 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

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

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