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's good and offers good usability."
"The solution is highly reliable."
"IIS's most valuable feature is user-friendliness."
"What I like the most is that it is easy to use."
"We use Windows Server only for Eggplant Manager."
"IIS has a very simple and user-friendly interface, which helps a lot in effective and efficient management."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The tool is very easy to use and efficient."
"The solution integrates smoothly with the development environment. The integration process is straightforward. You only need to configure the project in your IDE. With intelligent features, the integration becomes even easier. Once integrated, deployment into our application is straightforward. Previously, we sometimes relied on manual deployment processes or used a separate application manager. However, with this solution, deployment is simplified."
"The scalability overall is good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it supports Java Enterprise."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the general web server features."
"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."
"We chose to use Tomcat because it's perfect compared to other containers that we have tested."
"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."
"I am using an older version of Windows Server IIS and the general management and navigation to get something done is not as straightforward as I hope it to be. The interface could be improved."
"The solution's stability needs improvement."
"It lacks a few performance improvement tools."
"At the moment, we have big problems with stability, and I'm not very happy at the moment. So, the stability could be improved."
"IIS has some stability issues and needs restarting."
"The cost is a bit too high."
"The tool needs to improve its performance."
"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."
"It will be useful if a direct report concerning a particular server configuration or application usage is readily available in the dashboard."
"The solution's interface and backup features could be better."
"Sometimes, the UI part does not run properly, or the server goes down."
"Performance optimization is an area of concern in Tomcat that should be made better."
"Tomcat needs to improve its user interface."
"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."
"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."
"The stability must be improved."
IIS is ranked 4th in Application Server with 53 reviews while Tomcat is ranked 2nd in Application Server with 41 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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