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."It is a lightweight web host that is easy to configure for simple webpages."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The product is flexible."
"The initial setup of IIS is easy. The process takes only five minutes."
"IIS has a very simple and user-friendly interface, which helps a lot in effective and efficient management."
"What I like the most is that it is easy to use."
"The solution has been reliable."
"The solution is easy to use."
"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."
"We can use Apache Tomcat for Java server applications."
"It is easy to set up."
"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 most valuable feature of this solution is that it supports Java Enterprise."
"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."
"Our company doesn't face any stability issues while using Tomcat."
"The solution has very robust functionality."
"This solution needs to be easier for cases where you want to have an IIS cluster."
"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."
"The solution's scalability needs improvement."
"The customer service and support team can be improved."
"The solution's stability needs improvement."
"The documentation isn't very good and the options are very complex."
"The platform's stability could be better."
"It lacks a few performance improvement tools."
"Java functions should be built better into the solution."
"Tomcat needs to improve its stability."
"I would personally like it if the admin console would show more information specifically about memory being used."
"The setup is complex and could be improved."
"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."
"Security integration in Tomcat is complicated. We need to use another tool to solve the security issues."
"Sometimes, the UI part does not run properly, or the server goes down."
"I would also like to see a dashboard with some integrations in order to see the logs and trace performance easier."
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, Oracle GlassFish and Caucho Resin. See our IIS vs. Tomcat report.
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