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Azul Zing vs JBoss Enterprise Application Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Azul Zing
Ranking in Application Infrastructure
16th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
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JBoss Enterprise Applicatio...
Ranking in Application Infrastructure
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Azul Zing is 2.8%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is 3.9%, down from 8.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform3.9%
Azul Zing2.8%
Other93.3%
Application Infrastructure
 

Featured Reviews

it_user500349 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
It has helped us improve our latency performance drastically
As a large scale high performance trading platform serving the high frequency trading community, latency has always been critical for our clients. Before using Azul Zing JVM, we would have had to spend a lot of effort tuning our JVM GC and profiling our application to minimize latency, which is…
Pranay Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior software engineer 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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"With Zing, we've now been able to re-allocate those tuning resources to general product development."
"With minimal effort, Zing has helped us improve our latency performance dramatically."
"With minimal effort, Zing has helped us improve our latency performance dramatically."
"With minimal effort, Zing has helped us improve our latency performance drastically."
"The non-stop garbage collector (C4 - Continuously Concurrent Compacting Collector) is the most valuable feature."
"Performance of the JVM, especially the C4 Pauseless Garbage Collection, for continuous application execution is the most valuable feature."
"No other JVM on the market even comes close to competing with the Azul Zing."
"GC Pause times are maintained in low milliseconds, which is beneficial for applications with high volume, high memory allocation rate, and a high memory footprint, and it also increases throughput by approximately 20-25% as compared to Oracle Java Development Kit based on some tests that I have done with real applications."
"Stable and easy to handle in terms of hosting applications."
"JBoss is totally subscription-based and it's less costly for us."
"Modernizing Java applications on JBoss Enterprise Application Platform drastically improves enterprise scalability, deployment speed, and security."
"JBoss Enterprise Application Platform has impacted my organization very positively; it eliminated tool sprawl and infrastructure inconsistency and gave my DevOps and DevSecOps teams a predictable, unified platform to manage, audit, and secure all enterprise Java endpoints in one single place, significantly improving my overall MTTR during production updates."
"The robust security model of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform contributed positively to our data integrity and compliance in our development processes, and it was very good."
"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and performance."
"JBoss Enterprise Application Platform has helped improve the stability and reliability of our application environment, supporting smooth application deployments, providing consistent performance, and helping reduce downtime through effective monitoring and troubleshooting."
"JBoss EAP permitted support for a high level of transaction processing during the personal income tax declaration period."
 

Cons

"The licensing over non-production environments considerably affects the cost of our solution as a software vendor."
"Although Azul claims to have a fast warmup, we still experience higher latency for the first trade when our system starts up on Sundays."
"We have encounter stability issues and that has been a source of frustration at times."
"It is extremely expensive."
"The profiling tools included with Zing lag behind those available for Oracle's Java implementation."
"However, like every other great product, there is always something that can be improved."
"Although Azul claims to have a fast warmup, we still experience higher latency for the first trade when our system starts up on Sundays."
"The management console and XML configuration layout have a somewhat steep learning curve for junior engineers who are accustomed to simpler bare-bones web servers."
"A graphic user interface can be added."
"I'd like to see some sort of functional requirement that can convert technical requirements in the JBoss platform."
"There can be multiple areas for improvement; JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is stable, but the startup time, modernization of tools, and UI management experience could be enhanced, as it feels heavyweight compared to newer cloud platforms such as AWS."
"I worked on a few legacy projects built on JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, and my experience with it was horrible, which was probably mostly due to the quality of the projects."
"Lacks some functional requirements."
"Its architecture needs improvement."
"Sometimes, I observe the memory usage at 100% for the server, and this issue could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is an open-source solution."
"The solution is cost-effective."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Construction Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise20
 

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What needs improvement with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a stable platform, but there are a few areas where it could be improved. The initial setup and configuration can be complex for new administrators, and trou...
What is your primary use case for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is used to host and manage enterprise Java applications in our production and non-production environment. My role involves application deployment, server confi...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?
Pricing-wise, it is very reasonable, with an initial pay-as-you-go structure, meaning the more you use, the higher the cost. Initially, we utilized a subscription-based model for enterprise licensi...
 

Also Known As

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JBoss EAP, Red Hat EAP
 

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Sample Customers

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