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IIS PHP Windows vs Oracle WebLogic Server comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

IIS PHP Windows
Ranking in Application Server
9th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle WebLogic Server
Ranking in Application Server
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Application Server category, the mindshare of IIS PHP Windows is 0.6%. The mindshare of Oracle WebLogic Server is 9.8%, down from 22.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Server Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle WebLogic Server9.8%
IIS PHP Windows0.6%
Other89.6%
Application Server
 

Featured Reviews

surajku32 - PeerSpot reviewer
SR Solution Engineer at VATSIN TECHNOLOGY PVT LTD
Hosting php apps on windows has delivered fast performance and met strict compliance needs
The main feature is hosting PHP applications in IIS. If we are hosting through XAMPP or another solution, it will be very slow. However, using IIS PHP Windows, the application performance will be very fast. If you want to host your PHP or Laravel-based application in Windows, you can definitely use this extension. Using this extension, you can host your PHP or Laravel application in IIS, and it will have super speed. If you use another solution, it will not give you that speed.
Thomas Waltair - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Head And Director Product Development at Neptune Software Group
Stable and scalable enterprise deployment with Cloud-Native support
Oracle WebLogic Server helps with my deployment strategy in both monolithic as well as Cloud-Native ways. I think it is useful; this Cloud-Native support helps with deployment in both on-prem and cloud. For container deployment, we are not very rich. We are in the process of moving our business logic to containerization. But in terms of this being a big product, a core banking system, I prefer on-prem rather than cloud. The use cases and the scrum help me a lot in an iterative, incremental manner. I would recommend this product; it is an enterprise, large volume, and of course, it is worth it to deploy. I am providing this review with a rating of 9.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In my experience, the best features IIS PHP Windows offers include allowing us to host the PHP application with better performance compared to XAMPP, which we were previously using because XAMPP was giving slow performance."
"IIS PHP Windows has positively impacted my organization by helping to deploy customer websites that have very small budgets, allowing the organization to assist those clients, which builds trust with them."
"IIS PHP Windows impacts my organization positively because my applications perform very well here when compared with XAMPP."
"If you want to host your PHP or Laravel-based application in Windows, you can definitely use this extension, and using this extension you can host your PHP or Laravel application in IIS and it will have super speed."
"I recommend the product because the installation is easy, it provides a secure environment, and it's easy to manage. The solution provides easy monitoring. Accessing all the logs is easy, and deploying application versions is smooth."
"The possibility of having several servers running, so we do not lose the service."
"The biggest benefit I see from Oracle WebLogic Server is that it is beneficial; we are stable through a large volume of transactions, I am able to have a highly scalable, highly demanding, enterprise deployment, and I am able to increase the volume based on the demand."
"In WebLogic, the most useful feature is the UI administration console from where we can configure everything, such as security access, and we can start and stop it graphically. That's the best feature of WebLogic Server."
"Compared to open source application servers, the WLS administration console is quite complete in terms of features and it is easier for developers and sysadmins to manage, monitor, and configure the app server from an administration console."
"WebLogic is a mature Java application server and when compared to competitors, it excels in speed, scalability and stability."
"The product's installation phase is easy."
"It has all the enterprise features we need, the initial setup is straightforward, technical support is helpful, the solution is stable, and it's a scalable product."
 

Cons

"I chose a rating of seven out of ten because IIS PHP Windows is good for small enterprises with manageable aspects, but it has very high resource usage and requires a Windows server license, contributing to the overall cost."
"Having clearer mechanisms to directly map a database-level connection problem to the corresponding WebLogic thread would greatly enhance the administrator's convenience."
"The cost could always be lower."
"I've had issues with some of the tracking features tracking and have had to go back to several generations of code to fix problems where things were touched."
"There are a lot of reasons that can cause WebLogic updates to end up making the whole system unstable."
"The integration could be improved. We need technology to be able to integrate."
"We're now using a binary WebLogic server without coherence so the in-memory replication we are operating, sometimes fail."
"If you want to use Oracle products to the fullest with enhanced customizations, you need to get trained. There is enough documentation and the flexibility to configure the application to your needs but you will need to spend more time gathering the knowledge."
"There's a bug related to the managed services."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"It is expensive."
"Its high expense is a significant drawback"
"As Oracle WebLogic Server is a product from Oracle, it is bound to be an expensive solution. My company needs to make annual payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."
"The solution's licensing is high-priced."
"The licensing fees are annual and depend on the model."
"Pricing for Oracle WebLogic Server is expensive."
"The tool's pricing is yearly."
"The solution’s pricing is affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
48%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Government
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise17
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with IIS PHP Windows?
IIS PHP Windows can be improved regarding its higher resource usage. Unlike a Linux web server that is very lightweight, the resource usage is higher on Windows. I chose a rating of seven out of te...
What is your primary use case for IIS PHP Windows?
My main use case for IIS PHP Windows is to deploy it for WordPress websites and Laravel custom applications so they can run on IIS using the PHP provider and PHP version. I used IIS PHP Windows for...
What advice do you have for others considering IIS PHP Windows?
Regarding IIS PHP Windows' security, I think its governance and security are solid as long as you configure Windows Active Directory correctly and all Windows authentication so that no other users ...
What needs improvement with Oracle WebLogic Server?
I am not sure at this stage about any areas for improvement.
What is your primary use case for Oracle WebLogic Server?
The main purposes for which I use Oracle WebLogic Server is for enterprise deployment. It is an enterprise application deployment. I work with Cloud-Native support in Oracle WebLogic Server. We are...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle WebLogic Server?
The full license is costly. We are working with an embedded license; for us, it is acceptable, but in reality, the open full license will be costly because it is a number-of-core-based licensing. T...
 

Also Known As

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WebLogic Application Server
 

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Sample Customers

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Colab Consulting Pty. Ltd., Infosys Ltd., Sascar, Banca Transilvania, UL, Center for Railway Information Systems, SPAR Austria Group, Reliance Commercial Finance, Industrial Bank of Korea, Al Jaber Group, Safe Water Kenya, Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society
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