We performed a comparison between IIS and Tomcat 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."The tool is very easy to use and efficient."
"Microsoft's technical support has always been very good."
"When you are working with Microsoft solutions, you will see that the integration with the operating system, and implementing some security features, are easier in IIS than when using another solution."
"IIS is stable."
"The product is easy to use."
"The initial setup of IIS is easy. The process takes only five minutes."
"IIS is useful for the deployment of web applications...Its stability is good."
"The product is scalable."
"Tomcat is easy to handle, its installation process does not take much time, and its server speed is also very good compared to other servers."
"The product is easy to use."
"We can use Apache Tomcat for Java server applications."
"The most valuable feature is the free EE server."
"It's very stable. No problems at all. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"The scalability overall is good."
"Tomcat is a simple, light environment, whereas the full Red Hat Fuse solution is heavier."
"The solution is scalable."
"Having no support for other than a Microsoft environment and programming languages limits the usage of IIS in many cases."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The level of technical support the solution offers could be improved."
"The areas of this solution that need improvement are monitoring, debugging, and troubleshooting."
"IIS's memory management could be improved."
"The cost is a bit too high."
"Sometimes if you are using IIS in large-scale scenarios, meaning that if you are deploying an application within IIS service and you are expecting a large number of users to use this application, you can sometimes find some problems, meaning that the service can shut down by itself unexpectedly if you don't configure your IIS with the correct configuration that can handle this number of users."
"The solution should improve the cluster environment and load balancing."
"One way to improve the solution is by making the logging capabilities of Tomcat better by providing a logger within the server itself and making it easy to access and view the server logs. This can be especially useful when debugging issues with applications deployed on the Tomcat server. By having the ability to view both the application logs and the server logs, you can more easily identify the source of any issues and troubleshoot them more efficiently. Providing a connector or other similar feature that allows you to access the server logs from within your application can also be helpful in this regard. Having access to both the application logs and the server logs can be a valuable resource when trying to identify and resolve problems."
"In the solution, we are using the terminal to enter command line codes for operations and management, this is difficult for me. It would be better if we had some administrator UI tools for this."
"If Apache can come up with a better solution to provide better security, that would be ideal."
"The setup is complex and could be improved."
"Tomcat is not user-friendly. I would also like to be able to have multiple applications run at the same time."
"Tomcat needs to improve its stability."
"The interface is not user-friendly."
"The stability must be improved."
IIS is ranked 4th in Application Server with 53 reviews while Tomcat is ranked 2nd in Application Server with 42 reviews. IIS is rated 8.0, while Tomcat is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IIS writes " A simple and easy-to-use solution but not recommended for public apps". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tomcat writes "A lightweight tool that offers efficiency in terms of memory and resource usage". IIS is most compared with NGINX Plus, Apache Web Server, Oracle WebLogic Server, JBoss and Microsoft .NET Framework, whereas Tomcat is most compared with Oracle WebLogic Server, JBoss, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Caucho Resin and Oracle GlassFish. See our IIS vs. Tomcat report.
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