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 solution is highly reliable."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The product is easy to use."
"The solution is very easy to use and offers a quick deployment."
"The product is flexible."
"IIS is stable."
"It has an intuitive user interface and provides a lot of options for building reports."
"The solution is easy to use and connects with Microsoft."
"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."
"It is a scalable platform."
"The solution has very robust functionality."
"The scalability overall is good."
"We can use Apache Tomcat for Java server applications."
"The deployment process is very fast."
"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."
"I love Tomcat for its scalability, reliability, availability, and steadiness."
"The tool needs to improve its performance."
"The solution should improve the cluster environment and load balancing."
"The solution must improve the integration between its databases."
"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 is slow and could have better performance."
"The customer service and support team can be improved."
"Sometimes, we encounter difficult issues, and getting support from Microsoft to resolve those issues is not easy."
"Occasionally, we encounter performance issues with IIS where it becomes unresponsive and requires a solution restart."
"Technical support is limited."
"I would personally like it if the admin console would show more information specifically about memory being used."
"The current procedure appears complex and could benefit from a more straightforward solution."
"The product's pricing needs improvement."
"The solution cannot host .NET applications."
"Tomcat's performance is less than other solutions like IBM WebSphere or JBoss."
"Tomcat is used mainly for database connections. As of now, we configure that environment for any database configuration. But if any utility can integrate where we can pass the database connection as a string of details, then it should encrypt them and keep them inside. From that security perspective, Tomcat requires improvement. They should integrate this security feature."
"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."
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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