We performed a comparison between IBM WebSphere Application Server and JBoss 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."One of the most valuable features might be the stability of the IBM WebSphere Application Server."
"The solution is robust. The connection management and the scalability, which IBM provides to the Stack, are also valuable."
"Network Deployment is the most useful feature for scalability. It has many features within the standard WebSphere Application Server edition."
"WebSphere Application Server's best features include the data subscription and connection viewer."
"IBM WAS is extremely scalable. It is easy to add additional servers and to divide the load over servers in all kinds of ways."
"IBM WebSphere Application Server is easy to use."
"The solution has good performance."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Portal Virtualization."
"It is a Java-based product, so it is pretty straightforward. It is pretty easy from a developer's perspective. It is also pretty reliable and scalable."
"The solution's support is very good for repairing components."
"We use JBoss mainly for application deployments and application servers."
"The high availability is great."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The greatest benefit of JBoss is that it was procured by IBM, thereby offering exceptional support for our banking operations."
"There's good documentation and a pretty good community surrounding the product."
"In spite of the solution's robustness, it is expensive and a bit difficult to support."
"They should make the solution more lightweight and not bundle everything into a single product."
"Some things are very difficult to do, so the interface and usage could be more intuitive for those."
"It should be able to serve more concurrent requests like Oracle. Oracle has more powerful stability, availability, and real-time serving."
"The solution consumes hardware."
"What could be improved in IBM WebSphere Application Server is its interconnection with other products, for example, Kafka. What I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is a better graphical user interface."
"When compared with WebLogic, Weblogic is lighter and consumes less memory."
"The main issue we faced was its limited compatibility with non-Java technologies, which can result in difficulty detecting potential bugs and requiring additional integration efforts."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required. The product could be made cheaper."
"In general, the support of the ERPC would be really good due to the fact that, so far, I have not seen it."
"It can have automation features. Everybody is focused right now on automation. In terms of saving cost, automation is always the first thing that comes to light."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration."
"The stability of the solution could improve with Microsoft Windows."
"There is not much ability inside of the solution. The world is going beyond different micro and data-type things like Microsoft Office, so we are not seeing much ability within the solution."
"Sometimes the console has a glitch."
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IBM WebSphere Application Server is ranked 5th in Application Server with 26 reviews while JBoss is ranked 3rd in Application Server with 24 reviews. IBM WebSphere Application Server is rated 7.8, while JBoss is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM WebSphere Application Server writes "Compatible, stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of JBoss writes "A flexible and stable solution that is cost-efficient compared to other products". IBM WebSphere Application Server is most compared with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic Server, IBM BPM and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas JBoss is most compared with Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic Server, IIS, Oracle GlassFish and TmaxSoft JEUS. See our IBM WebSphere Application Server vs. JBoss report.
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