We performed a comparison between IBM WebSphere Application Server and IIS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Server solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Without the Admin Console it would be very hard to configure JVM settings, JDBC datasources, mail session settings, and security providers."
"It has good stability of the application server in the long term compared to other solutions."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server is one of the best servers due to its stability and paid license."
"WebSphere Application Server's best features include the data subscription and connection viewer."
"As compared to other applications, it has tremendous support. We have built internal capability so that we use it extensively internally. It is also easier to use with the outside data. You can write in ESQL, Java, or any other technology that you want to use for development. So, it is a lot more flexible in the language that it supports."
"IBM WAS is the backbone for our enterprise content management suite which delivers the primary processes for our customers. Without a good application server, it would be hard to provide a secure layer of midddleware upon which the other applications run. IBM WAS improves the stability of the entire solution and provides a high quality platform for running web-based solutions."
"The scalability of the product is quite good."
"Starting with version 8, WAS provides a special folder called monitor deployment. Once you put the .war or .ear file in there, it is deployed automatically without human intervention. This greatly helps us in our continuous integration server. Once the deployment binary is ready, we write a script to copy it to that folder and then, voila! The application is up and running and accessible from its context root."
"The solution is the easiest way to publish applications which have been designed by older development tools."
"The product is flexible."
"The most valuable feature of IIS is that it's free, and it works."
"The solution has been reliable."
"The solution integrates well with most Microsoft products."
"The solution is highly reliable."
"Microsoft's technical support has always been very good."
"The initial setup is simple."
"They should make the solution more lightweight and not bundle everything into a single product."
"The main issue we faced was its limited compatibility with non-Java technologies, which can result in difficulty detecting potential bugs and requiring additional integration efforts."
"Installing or configuring a WAS server instance as a Windows Service causes a lot of problems, especially when the server needs credentials to stop."
"The availability of the solution needs improvement."
"What could be improved in IBM WebSphere Application Server is its interconnection with other products, for example, Kafka. What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is a better graphical user interface."
"The footprint could be reduced so that we can use a smaller virtual machine to run the application. We could also use more scripts. I would like this solution to be more script oriented, rather than GUI oriented."
"Based on the field and based on the build that was provided, we've noticed a lot of constraints in terms of the performance now."
"The installation has room for improvement."
"The product could be more compatible with Linux and macOS, particularly when applying user configuration policies."
"Sometimes, we encounter difficult issues, and getting support from Microsoft to resolve those issues is not easy."
"Performance-wise, certain improvements in IIS are needed...IIS is not scalable. Its scalability is less."
"The documentation of IIS could be better. They are not easily accessible. I had to use YouTube and other online resources to learn how to use the solution properly."
"The price of the solution could be less to improve."
"IIS could improve by Microsoft Windows improving the update services. We would like to be able to update all systems that are connected. The WSA service has to be in good order to accomplish this."
"The solution should improve the cluster environment and load balancing."
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration between the cloud environment and the on-premises environment."
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IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 5th in Application Server with 26 reviews while IIS is ranked 4th in Application Server with 53 reviews. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while IIS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Application Server writes "Compatible, stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IIS writes " A simple and easy-to-use solution but not recommended for public apps". IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss, Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic Server and Oracle Fusion Middleware, whereas IIS is most compared with NGINX Plus, Apache Web Server, Oracle WebLogic Server, Tomcat and Windows Process Activation Services. See our IBM WebSphere Application Server vs. IIS report.
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