JBoss Enterprise Application Platform vs Zenoss Cloud comparison

Red Hat and Zenoss are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Red Hat is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.5, while Zenoss is ranked #28. Red Hat holds a 6.2% mindshare in AIS, compared to Zenoss’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Red Hat users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Zenoss users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Zenoss Cloud and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform are competing products in the IT management and application server market. Zenoss tends to have the upper hand in monitoring capabilities due to its real-time features, while JBoss excels in application server functions.

Features: Zenoss Cloud offers real-time monitoring, alerting, and analytics across multiple environments. Its flexible discovery mechanism supports various technologies such as Docker and ZooKeeper. The agentless approach using protocols like TCP, UDP, WMI, and WinRM enhances its versatility. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is known for its strong clustering and load balancing support, facilitating server management for high-traffic applications. Its performance optimization and scalability make it a reliable choice for Java applications.

Room for Improvement: Zenoss Cloud could enhance its user interface to increase ease of use and provide more comprehensive documentation for less experienced users. The integration options could be expanded to support more external systems seamlessly. A more approachable learning curve might attract smaller businesses. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform could improve its initial setup process, which is sometimes complex. Better integration with cloud-native services would increase its appeal in hybrid environments. Enhancements in real-time monitoring and alerting features are also areas for growth.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Zenoss Cloud is lauded for its simple cloud-first deployment model that assists with scalability and reducing infrastructure complexity. Its fully managed service offers integrated support. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, while more complex to deploy, benefits from strong community support and well-maintained documentation that eases implementation challenges, distinguishing it with robust community-driven assistance.

Pricing and ROI: Zenoss Cloud is economically attractive with lower initial setup costs, offering flexibility and value, especially for mid-sized enterprises aiming to reduce upfront expenses. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, although demanding a higher initial investment, can yield substantial ROI via its ability to support large-scale enterprise applications. Its advanced application management ensures long-term value for businesses focused on robust development needs over mere cost efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

JBoss Enterprise Applicatio...

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

10th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Zenoss Cloud

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

28th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Event Monitoring (13th), Network Monitoring Software (76th), Server Monitoring (26th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (52nd), Container Monitoring (7th), Cloud Monitoring Software (43rd), AIOps (24th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is 6.2%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zenoss Cloud is 1.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform	6.2%
Zenoss Cloud	1.2%
Other	92.6%

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Karthikeyan Raman

CIO at Clayfin

Lightweight clustering has improved banking channels and delivers faster, reliable deployments

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform's best features include that it was very simple to install and enabling clustering between two instances was simpler than compared to WebSphere or WebLogic. Clustering became very much easier, and setup was very straightforward. I used other products such as WebSphere and WebLogic, and I saw JBoss Enterprise Application Platform as a very lightweight container rather than a heavy container. The startup time was much faster compared to other application servers, and debugging was reliable. We did not see the application going into a hang state. It never happened in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. Other application servers typically degrade over time, and the application resources can become hung. The memory utilization and the heap garbage collection that was running was very efficient, so the resource utilization was better. 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.

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ClaudiaChen

Cloud Architect - Senior Technology Architect at Telstra

Generates close to real-time alerts so users can resolve issues, but needs more integration and public cloud monitoring features

As Zenoss Service Dynamics is more for network-centric devices and you want to monitor, for example, a server, its services, IP addresses, and interfaces, if it's a network and you're going to monitor multiple items, you'll be charged multiple times. This is what Zenoss Service Dynamics needs to improve to make sure that customers pay just one fee to monitor the entire server. What I'd like to see in Zenoss Service Dynamics in the future is a public cloud monitoring feature, particularly for the Azure public cloud. Another additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is integration with the Azure public cloud because I know that there are some services from Azure that Zenoss Service Dynamics is currently unable to monitor.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"JBoss Enterprise Application Platform works very well."

"The deployment and initial setup is easy, it is easier than the previous version."

"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."

"It's convenient and barebone."

"Its technical support is excellent."

"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and performance."

"The best feature for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for me is high availability, and it is very strong."

"The solution is quite stable."

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"The most valuable feature is the flexible discovery mechanism."

"It's easy to use."

"The custom built integration is one of the most valuable features because you can see all the especially critical items."

"They have also accommodated many state-of-the-art technologies like Docker and ZooKeeper."

"Its Docker Container concept is mind blowing. It is the first monitoring tool which comes with Docker features."

"What I like most about Zenoss Service Dynamics is that it monitors the devices and gives close to real-time alerts. For example, in case the device is not available, Zenoss Service Dynamics generates an alert so my team can resolve the issue."

"The product offers good documentation that helps with initial training."

Cons

"In my opinion, there are areas that could be improved with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, such as the management console."

"Sometimes, I observe the memory usage at 100% for the server, and this issue could be improved."

"A graphic user interface can be added."

"This solution needs better management UI."

"Lacks some functional requirements."

"It was too expensive to license JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for each process."

"Its architecture needs improvement."

"It's hard to find out the root cause of errors."

"The inclusion of a feature to show a graphical view of the network would be a helpful improvement."

"The AI aspect needs to improve."

"It would be ideal if the product offered sound alerts."

"There is room for improvement with the administrative part. They introduced Control Center to manage things in Zenoss 5. The services that Zenoss provides remained the same, but the administrative part, since they introduced Docker, etc., has become a little complex"

"Now it is stable, but they should design threshold parameters in percentage instead of raw values."

"There was a problem with Zenoss and storage monitoring."

"As Zenoss Service Dynamics is more for network-centric devices and you want to monitor, for example, a server, its services, IP addresses, and interfaces, if it's a network and you're going to monitor multiple items, you'll be charged multiple times. This is what Zenoss Service Dynamics needs to improve to make sure that customers pay just one fee to monitor the entire server. What I'd like to see in Zenoss Service Dynamics in the future is a public cloud monitoring feature, particularly for the Azure public cloud. Another additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is integration with the Azure public cloud because I know that there are some services from Azure that Zenoss Service Dynamics is currently unable to monitor."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an open-source solution."

"The solution is cost-effective."

"It is very cost-effective compared to the tools I worked with in the past. The company is gaining a lot with respect to the cost factor. It provides agentless monitoring and in a very cheap way."

"It depends on the customer, what he wants."

"There are additional costs you'll have to pay apart from the license fee for Zenoss Service Dynamics. I can't remember exactly how much my company is paying because I don't handle the finance part, but the cost is paid annually. On a scale of one to five, with one being the cheapest and five being the most expensive, I'm rating the solution three out of five."

"The pricing depends on the environment, the number of services, and the size of the data center. It can go from $100,000 to a million dollars."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

32%

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Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	5

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Small Business	4
Large Enterprise	5

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?

I lost one opportunity for licensing to a bank that was implementing on-premises. It was too expensive to license JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for each process. The customer needed to impl...

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What is your primary use case for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?

I have an application with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and a middleware. I used JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for about eight years until 2016. I implemented a ticketing solution ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?

The customer needed to implement on a server with 32 processes, and the price from a local provider was approximately $64,000.

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

In my experience, I worked with many monitoring software, but the one that gave me the most functionalities of a large-scale company is Zenoss, due to its ability to monitor completely hybrid and a...

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Also Known As

JBoss EAP, Red Hat EAP

Cloud Monitoring, Zenoss Service Dynamics

Overview

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP) is an open source platform for modern Java applications deployed in any environment. JBoss EAPâs architecture is modular, and cloud ready. The platform offers powerful management and automation for greater developer productivity. It is based on the open source Wildfly project (formerly known as JBoss Application Server).

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Zenoss Cloud revolutionizes IT infrastructure monitoring with a service-centric approach, prioritizing the overall health of services and applications. Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AIOps), Zenoss Cloud offers end-to-end visibility across servers, networks, storage, and applications. Real-time monitoring, event correlation, and automated remediation ensure immediate insights and efficient issue resolution. The customizable dashboards empower users to tailor visualizations to their needs, while scalability accommodates diverse infrastructures. Zenoss Cloud guarantees improved application performance, reduced downtime, and enhanced IT efficiency, making it an ideal choice for businesses of all sizes, from small enterprises seeking simplicity to large corporations requiring advanced scalability. Experience unified monitoring and proactive management with Zenoss Cloud, a comprehensive solution that transforms IT infrastructure optimization in today's complex environments.

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Sample Customers

APD, Banco Azteca, Roche, Tata Sky, Frost Bank

2degrees, Rackspace, State of North Dakota, El Paso Independent School District, NWN Corporation

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