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."IIS is scalable."
"This is definitely a stable solution."
"Windows Server IIS is stable."
"The tool is very easy to use and efficient."
"The solution is highly reliable."
"The initial setup of IIS is easy. The process takes only five minutes."
"The interface, simplicity, and ease of management are all good features that make this user-friendly."
"The solution is very easy to use and offers a quick deployment."
"It's very stable. No problems at all. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"We chose to use Tomcat because it's perfect compared to other containers that we have tested."
"It is a scalable platform."
"The product's most valuable feature is the ability to host applications."
"I would rate the pricing a ten out of ten, where one is high price and ten is low price. The pricing is pretty low."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is how simple it is to deploy the solution."
"Tomcat is user-friendly and easy to set up, especially compared to WebLogic or JBoss where some specialty is required. If you are going for Tomcat, you can use their guidelines and can set it up easily."
"The tool needs to improve its performance."
"The documentation of IIS could be better. They are not easily accessible. I had to use YouTube and other online resources to learn how to use the solution properly."
"Presently, some developers do not have technical knowledge of managing IIS, so that needs to be improved in the next release."
"The solution should improve the cluster environment and load balancing."
"We've never had any issues with the solution, but it's still nice to have overall improvements on it. It could be easier and faster to use, for example."
"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."
"IIS could improve by Microsoft Windows improving the update services. We would like to be able to update all systems that are connected. The WSA service has to be in good order to accomplish this."
"The initial setup could be made easier."
"The current procedure appears complex and could benefit from a more straightforward solution."
"Java functions should be built better into the solution."
"The disability and memory management is a problem with the solution and has room for improvement."
"Tomcat is a polished product that has been around for a long time. It should be simple and high-performing, with the ability to grow and maintain stability. The fewer features it has, the more stable it will be."
"Sometimes, the UI part does not run properly, or the server goes down."
"Security integration in Tomcat is complicated. We need to use another tool to solve the security issues."
"The interface is not user-friendly."
"If it could support the driver's VIN, they can run natively without the GBM. Now, we can run what we call the native cloud application that doesn't require GBM. If Tomcat can support that, it's going to improve performance and backup."
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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