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 most valuable feature of IIS is the database it provides."
"IIS is scalable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The solution is very stable. The solution is very simple and easy to use."
"It has an intuitive user interface and provides a lot of options for building reports."
"The solution is easy to use, easy to maintain and isn't too technical."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The product is easy to use."
"Our company doesn't face any stability issues while using Tomcat."
"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."
"Web apps are very easy to deploy."
"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 product is easy to use."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the general web server features."
"Tomcat is a simple, light environment, whereas the full Red Hat Fuse solution is heavier."
"It's very stable. No problems at all. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"Finding different settings can be difficult if you don't know where to look."
"The customer service and support team can be improved."
"Compared to Linux, the solution’s Windows patching is slower. I would like to improve it."
"IIS's memory management could be improved."
"It would be beneficial if you could automate security certificate monitoring with IIS."
"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 having some features related to ASR and HTTPS certificate generation."
"The platform's stability could be better."
"I would also like to see a dashboard with some integrations in order to see the logs and trace performance easier."
"Sometimes, the UI part does not run properly, or the server goes down."
"The solution's interface and backup features could be better."
"The current procedure appears complex and could benefit from a more straightforward solution."
"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."
"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."
"Tomcat needs to improve its stability."
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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