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."Microsoft's technical support has always been very good."
"The tool is very easy to use and efficient."
"It's very easy to publish."
"It is an easy-to-use and secure program."
"The solution is very easy to use and offers a quick deployment."
"IIS's best features are its management console and stability."
"It's good and offers good usability."
"The solution is easy to use and connects with Microsoft."
"Tomcat's best feature is the open source server. It's a flexible and lightweight solution."
"The deployment process is very fast."
"I love Tomcat for its scalability, reliability, availability, and steadiness."
"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 most valuable features of this solution are the general web server features."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple."
"The most valuable feature of Tomcat is its ability to export libraries into different instances so that I can use it not only in one application but in multiple applications."
"The solution has very robust functionality."
"This solution needs to be easier for cases where you want to have an IIS cluster."
"IIS's memory management could be improved."
"The solution is slow and could have better performance."
"The product could be more compatible with Linux and macOS, particularly when applying user configuration policies."
"It lacks a few performance improvement tools."
"Having no support for other than a Microsoft environment and programming languages limits the usage of IIS in many cases."
"The solution's scalability needs improvement."
"IIS needs to improve its security. Its support needs to be faster and clear. The tool's licensing could be cheaper as well."
"It would be great if they offered more integration of monitoring tools."
"If Apache can come up with a better solution to provide better security, that would be ideal."
"The stability must be improved."
"Technical support is limited."
"Java functions should be built better into the solution."
"The high availability is not as robust as the competition is such as WebLogic and Jboss."
"Performance optimization is an area of concern in Tomcat that should be made better."
"It will be useful if a direct report concerning a particular server configuration or application usage is readily available in the dashboard."
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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