We performed a comparison between IBM WebSphere Application Server and SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The performance is good."
"This solution is easy to use with a GUI that is intuitive and very helpful."
"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."
"WebSphere Application Server's best features include the data subscription and connection viewer."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Portal Virtualization."
"What's most valuable in IBM WebSphere Application Server is its resilience. When you use the solution, you know that after the communication has been done, there will be no doubt that the data has reached its destination."
"It has good stability of the application server in the long term compared to other solutions."
"There are many features of the solution that are quite useful. For us, the most valuable aspect may be visibility."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server hasn't changed much. It's still a heavyweight for any company compared to what you get. Unless your code base is deeply linked with it, I don't think it's a great idea to go with this solution. The current trend is toward modularity and containerization, and given the product's requirements, containerization will be difficult. There is a memory requirement as well."
"The availability of the solution needs improvement."
"The current trend is to move to Liberty because of the portability of its cloud and its Kubernetes, which containerize the application."
"Initial setup is very simple. Just use the IBM Installation Manager and add the packages. The install wizard takes care of the rest. The only thing that can be difficult is to find the right packages on the IBM website, because of all the changes that IBM does on its website(s)."
"WebSphere Application Server doesn't have an automated deployment option, forcing us to use third-party tools like Jenkins UCD and Palo Automated Deployment."
"They should make the solution more lightweight and not bundle everything into a single product."
"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."
"IBM needs to pay attention to market changes more quickly. We now have Java 9 and very soon Java EE8. We do not want to wait for two or three years after their release until they are supported by the new version."
"The solution could improve its user interface."
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IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 5th in Application Infrastructure with 26 reviews while SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management is ranked 25th in Application Infrastructure. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Application Server writes "Compatible, stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management writes "First Look – SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management". IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss, Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic Server and IBM BPM, whereas SAP NetWeaver Business Rules Management is most compared with Azul Zulu.
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