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JBoss vs Oracle WebLogic Server vs Tomcat comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.6
JBoss ROI varies; effective for large-scale implementations, but less favorable for smaller or back-office uses with costly licenses.
Sentiment score
7.2
Oracle WebLogic Server offers long-term benefits, optimizing deployment and performance despite high initial costs and expertise requirements.
Sentiment score
8.7
Tomcat delivers quick ROI with minimal investment, offering scalability, ease of deployment, and significant time and cost savings.
This flexibility translates to a lower total cost of ownership.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Users find documentation helpful, with varied support experiences; Red Hat support receives generally positive feedback for reliability.
Sentiment score
6.7
Oracle WebLogic Server support is reliable but costly, with mixed reviews on response times and first-level knowledge.
Sentiment score
6.3
Tomcat's support relies heavily on community and documentation, with limited formal assistance but effective community engagement and consultation services.
We receive support from RDS and Red Hat, and the response time and quality meet our expectations.
I would rate customer service and support from Oracle for this product as either nine or ten.
They are proactive in looking into the tickets we create in case we have unresolved queries.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
JBoss offers high scalability and flexibility for various organization sizes but may need improved documentation for complex features.
Sentiment score
7.5
Oracle WebLogic Server is scalable, suitable for large datasets; challenges may arise with configurations, but offers high ratings.
Sentiment score
7.6
Tomcat offers high scalability and adaptability, excelling in cloud environments with positive user feedback on its reliability.
I find Oracle WebLogic Server to be highly scalable, rating it as nine out of ten.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
JBoss is stable and reliable, especially in cloud environments, despite occasional issues depending on development and operating systems.
Sentiment score
7.9
Oracle WebLogic Server is reliable with high stability ratings but has minor memory and update-related concerns.
Sentiment score
7.9
Tomcat is stable and reliable for small applications, needing careful configuration and updates for optimal performance with high traffic.
 

Room For Improvement

JBoss requires improvements in customization, documentation, support, automation, integration, stability, compatibility, pricing, and cloud features.
Oracle WebLogic Server needs better integration, microservices support, stability, memory management, customer support, and simpler configurations.
Tomcat struggles with compatibility, scalability, speed, unfriendly interface, high memory use, and needs better security, documentation, and performance.
Making it lighter and more modular would probably be beneficial.
I would like to see improved booting of applications altogether on one page to manage all data instances from one location, similar to an AWS console.
Using scripting allows for the creation of resources.
Tomcat needs a more robust logging error details feature; the current logging feature is available, but it should be more user-friendly.
 

Setup Cost

JBoss is affordable and flexible, offering reliable support and cost-effective licensing compared to WebLogic and WebSphere.
Oracle WebLogic Server's per-core pricing can be costly, especially compared to free alternatives like JBoss or Tomcat.
Tomcat is cost-effective, open-source, with potential additional costs for licenses and optional paid support services.
JBoss is the cheaper option out of the three when compared to WebSphere and WebLogic.
The price is somewhat high for an enterprise, however, it depends on organizational negotiations.
 

Valuable Features

JBoss provides cost-effective, easy-to-use, scalable, and reliable enterprise solutions with excellent Java integration and strong community support.
Oracle WebLogic Server provides robust features like scalability, security, and reliability, making it ideal for enterprise applications.
Tomcat is popular for its lightweight, high performance, scalability, and open-source compatibility, ideal for Java-based applications.
It allows for simple modification of applications and provides better clustering capabilities.
JBoss is more flexible and keeps up with modern technologies, supporting newer versions of different libraries.
It also offers cluster services, which means I can install, create clusters, and add WebLogic Servers as members.
The advantages of Tomcat include its flexibility; we can increase the heap memory and the size of sessions as per our custom needs.
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Application Server category, the mindshare of JBoss is 17.1%, down from 17.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle WebLogic Server is 23.2%, down from 26.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tomcat is 19.4%, down from 20.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Srinadh  Puli - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation aids installation while management consolidation needs improvement
We are currently using Ansible for Jira installations and all the management tasks. We perform some tasks manually, however, Ansible helps in automating some of these processes I find JBoss to be lightweight and easier to manage compared to WebSphere. It allows for simple modification of…
Saikat Nag - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers efficient load distribution with a scope of high scalability
Our organization configures Oracle WebLogic Server in such a way that a load balancer becomes available. The network requests are segregated to the Oracle WebLogic Server as the managing server and different nodes are configured. Using the product as a load balancer helps automate request transfer from one non-functional node to another functional node. Due to Oracle WebLogic Server, the endpoints remain unaffected whenever a node goes down. The clustering feature enhances our organization's performance and reliability. In our organization, the health of the Oracle WebLogic Server environment is maintained and managed using Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM). I would definitely recommend others to use Oracle WebLogic Server. Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Erick  Karanja - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers high availability, straightforward deployment and easy to use
Tomcat could be a little bit more innovative. Tomcat could come up with a framework that's more lightweight and purely targeted at Java applications. Some other solutions are doing better right now, maybe because they have come up with MicroProfile, which I think is moving forward. It may actually beat Tomcat because of the lightweight nature of the framework, the MicroProfile. They're coming up with new solutions. So, for the future of Tomcat and to maintain the market share they might be looking for, they need to come up with initiatives to ensure that several of us have a lightweight framework to deploy applications on.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
28%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about JBoss?
The product's initial setup phase is easy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JBoss?
JBoss is the cheaper option out of the three when compared to WebSphere and WebLogic. Though I haven't done a detaile...
What needs improvement with JBoss?
They are trying to make it less heavyweight since app servers often deliver a lot of functionality. Still, if we aren...
What needs improvement with Oracle WebLogic Server?
There is an option to use the WebLogic console as a service, but the WebLogic scripting tool can be used for the admi...
What is your primary use case for Oracle WebLogic Server?
I primarily work from an infrastructure point of view with Oracle WebLogic Server ( /products/oracle-weblogic-server-...
What do you like most about Tomcat?
Tomcat's ease of use has positively impacted project timelines. Tomcat already has high availability – it doesn't go ...
What needs improvement with Tomcat?
Regarding improvements in Tomcat, I personally haven't used it very extensively, but all Apache products are very use...
What is your primary use case for Tomcat?
We use Tomcat for various purposes, and our company finds it to be perfect; we are getting all the solutions out of t...
 

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Overview

 

Sample Customers

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