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Feature WildFly 30 Payara Server Community 6.2023.12 Payara Server Enterprise 6.9.0

License

Open Source

Open Source

Open Source with EULA

Release frequency

Quarterly

Monthly

Monthly

Production Support

No

No

Yes

Component Upgrades

Quarterly

Monthly

Monthly

Supported IDEs

EclipseNetBeansIntelliJ IDEAVisual Studio Code

EclipseNetBeansIntelliJ IDEAVisual Studio Code

EclipseNetBeansIntelliJ IDEAVisual Studio Code

Jakarta EE 10 Compatible

Yes

Yes

Yes

Caching Tools

Infinispan

Hazelcast

Hazelcast

Clustering

Every node runs same app or fine grained assignment.

Every node runs same app or fine grained assignment.

Every node runs same app or fine grained assignment.

Data Encryption in a Cluster

Yes

Yes

Yes

Web UI Administration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Scripting Tool

jboss-cli.sh

asadmin

asadmin

Admin Command Recording

Yes

Yes

Yes

Auditing Management Operations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Auditing Security Events

Yes

Yes

Yes

Integrated Certificate Management

No

No

Yes

Deployment Flexibility

Variables (System, environment, external file, MicroProfile config)

Variables (System, environment, MicroProfile config)

Variables (System, environment, MicroProfile config)

Notification Channels Monitoring

CDIJMS BeansLog Files

JMS BeansLog FilesSMTPSNMPJMSCDISlackNew RelicDatadog

JMS BeansLog FilesSMTPSNMPJMSCDISlackNew RelicDatadog

Custom Notifiers

No

Yes

Yes

Slow SQL Logging

No

Yes

Yes

Health Check Service

Yes via MicroProfile Health

Yes

Yes

Request Tracing

Yes (JAX-RS, CDI)

Yes (JAX-RS, CDI, EJB, Servlet, JAX-WS, JMS)

Yes (JAX-RS, CDI, EJB, Servlet, JAX-WS, JMS)

OAuth2 / OpenId Connect Support

Yes, through Elytron subsystem

Natively Supported (through Security API)

Natively Supported (through Security API)

Remote EJB over HTTP

Yes

Yes (partial)

Yes (partial)

Microservice Distribution

No (the WildFly Bootable JAR Maven Plugin can be used to build a Bootable JAR, packaging server and application)

Payara Micro

Payara Micro

MicroProfile Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Docker Support

Yes

Yes, also with container automation through Payara Docker Nodes

Yes, also with container automation through Payara Docker Nodes

Kubernetes Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cloud Providers Support

Microsoft Azure, Amazon, Google, Openshift, and more

Microsoft Azure, Jelastic, Amazon, Oracle Cloud, and more

Microsoft Azure, Jelastic, Amazon, Oracle Cloud, and more

Zero Deployment Downtime

No

Switch between pre-deployed versions; Rolling upgrade in a cluster

Switch between pre-deployed versions; Rolling upgrade in a cluster

Hot Deployment

No

Yes for NetBeans IDE, Maven, Gradle, support for other IDEs coming soon

Yes for NetBeans IDE, Maven, Gradle, support for other IDEs coming soon

Upgrade Tool

Yes

No

Yes

JDK 21 Support

Partial

Yes

Yes

Bundled JDK Support

Yes – RHEL and Windows

Yes – Linux and Windows

Yes – Linux and Windows

Migration from Community to Enterprise edition

Challenging (Wildfly to JBoss EAP migration)

Simple and supported

Simple and supported

Integrated Monitoring Console

No

Yes

Yes

Additional Resources

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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

Overall, the migration from GlassFish 3 over to Payara Platform 5 was a straightforward process. There was no need for major code rewrites. Payara’s engineering team was clearly knowledgeable when answering the support tickets.

Enrick Lopez, Lead Developer

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

Payara Server is a solid platform, which is very stable and easy to maintain. There are no typical server-side problems, such as huge log files which saturate the OS or cause hanging issues. The support is great.

Claudio Mapelli, Regional IT Manager

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