TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Apache HTTP Server vs. Apache Tomcat vs. Google Cloud Build

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Apache HTTP Server

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AApache Web Server (Apache HTTP Server) is an open source HTTP web server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows.N/A

    Apache Tomcat

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ATomcat is an open-source web server supported by Apache.N/A

    Google Cloud Build

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ACloud Build is a service that executes builds on Google Cloud. Cloud Build can import source code from a variety of repositories or cloud storage spaces, execute a build to any specifications, and produce artifacts such as Docker containers or Java archives. Users can also use Cloud Build to help protect the software supply chain. Cloud Build features meet the requirements of Supply chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) level 3.N/A
    Pricing
    Apache HTTP ServerApache TomcatGoogle Cloud Build
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Apache HTTP ServerApache TomcatGoogle Cloud Build
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Apache HTTP ServerApache TomcatGoogle Cloud Build
    Considered Multiple Products
    Apache
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    By having a similar purpose, which is to publish and manage access to services, sites, and/or web systems, I have had to implement them to analyze their qualities and virtues, but stability, the power of implementation of different solutions and to be able to expand through own …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    To be quite honest I often select Apache because it is the world's most commonly used web server and I have been using it for more than 20 years across many organizations. I have never been burned using Apache. Apache rises above IIS in functionality, configurability, and the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache HTTP Server
    I've used Microsoft's IIS and IBM's HTTP server. The major and a clear advantage of Apache web server over these products is that it’s free and has no licensing issues. Being in the industry for quite sometime (oldest web server) a lot of products and customizations have been …
    Incentivized
    Apache
    Chose Apache Tomcat
    Apache Tomcat is a much wider open standard than Microsoft IIS. It also seems to use fewer resources and is simpler to maintain. Troubleshooting when an issue arises is difficult. We had trouble managing the Tail logs when something strange happened. Logging is very complex and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Apache Tomcat
    It's clear that JBoss is a full JEE stack implementation while Tomcat isn't, but if you don't need the whole JEE stack there are many lightweight alternatives that implement the required feature with Tomcat.
    Incentivized
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Apache HTTP ServerApache TomcatGoogle Cloud Build
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Apache HTTP Server and Apache Tomcat and Google Cloud Build
    Feature
    Apache HTTP Server
    -
    Ratings
    Apache Tomcat
    9.2
    24 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Google Cloud Build
    -
    Ratings
    IDE support00 Ratings10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings8.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Apache HTTP ServerApache TomcatGoogle Cloud Build
    Small Businesses
    Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
    Score8.2 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Apache Maven
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    AWS Auto Scaling
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Apache Maven
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
    Score8.2 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Gradle Build Tool (Open Source)
    Score9 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Apache HTTP ServerApache TomcatGoogle Cloud Build
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Apache HTTP ServerApache TomcatGoogle Cloud Build
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Apache
    As I mentioned earlier, the Apache HTTP Server has a small disadvantage compared to the competition (NGINX) in terms of performance. If you run websites that really have a lot of visitors, NGINX might be the better alternative.
    On the other hand, the Apache HTTP Server is open source and free. Further functionalities can be activated via modules. The documentation is really excellent.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Apache
    Excellent value for companies wishing to host Java applications in the cloud. Utilizing hosting tools such as load balancers and network and application firewalls, Tomcat can be part of a powerful system to host web applications to thousands of users. There has been consistency in the development and support of Tomcat since its initial release in the late '90s and the best commonalities have been carried forward. If you host Java web applications, Tomcat is as good as any for an application server.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Pros
    Apache
    • Street Cred: Apache Web Server is the Founder for all of Apache Foundation's other projects. Without the Web Server, Apache Foundation would look very different. That being said, they have done a good job of maintaining the code base, and keeping a lot of what makes Apache so special
    • Stability: Apache is rock-solid. While no software is perfect, Apache can parse your web sources quickly and cleanly.
    • Flexibility: Need to startup your own Webpage? Done. Wordpress? Yup. REST Endpoint? Check. Honeypot? Absolutely.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Apache
    • Fast to start up, which is useful when we need to just check that our changes are working correctly.
    • Free, which allows us to not be involved with the finance/legal team about using it.
    • Bundled with Spring Boot, which makes it even more convenient for our testing.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Cons
    Apache
    • The default configurations which comes with Apache server needs to get optimized for performance and security with every new installation as these defaults are not recommended to push on the production environment directly.
    • Security options and advanced configurations are not easy to set up and require an additional level of expertise.
    • Admin frontend GUI could be improved to a great extent to match with other enterprise tools available to serve similar requirements.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Apache
    • Using tomcat manager to troubleshoot is not very informative. Error messages are vague, you have to dig into log files for more information about the problems.
    • Is great for simple web applications, but may not work for heavy development which may require a full J2EE stack, might like JBoss better.
    • Security in tomcat is not straightforward, as I discovered that you have to understand how to set up realms in tomcat in order to hash passwords, which I was not overly familiar with, which is a big deal when setting up users in the tomcat-users.xml file.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Likelihood to Renew
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    Apache
    We have a huge knowledge of the product within our company and we're satisfied with the performance.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    Apache
    Tomcat has a very rich API set which allows us to implement our automation script to trigger the deployment, configure, stop and start Tomcat from the command line. In our projects, we embedded Tomcat in our Eclipse in all of the developer's machines so they could quickly verify their code with little effort, Azure Webapp has strong support for Tomcat so we could move our application to Azure cloud very easy. One drawback is Tomcat UI quite poorly features but we almost do not use it.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    Apache
    Tomcat doesn't have a built-in watchdog that ensures restart upon failure, so you have to provide it externally. A very good solution is java service wrapper. The community edition is able to restart Tomcat upon out of memories exceptions.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    Apache
    Tomcat support to customize memory used and allow us to define the Connection pool and thread pool to increase system performance and availability, Tomcat server itself consume very little memory and almost no footprint. We use Tomcat in our production environment which has up to thousands of concurrent users and it is stable and provides a quick response.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Apache
    I give this rating because there is so much Apache documentation and information on the web that you can literally do anything. This has to do with the fact that there is a huge Open Source community that is beyond mature and perhaps one of the most helpful to be found. The only thing that should hold anyone back from anything is that they can not read. RTFM, my friend. And I must say that the manual is excellent.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Apache
    Well, in actuality, I have never needed support for Apache Tomcat since it is configured and ready-to-go with no configuration needed on my end.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Apache
    I has a lot more features, except that IIS is more integrated in a Windows environment. But now with .net core also possible from Apache it would work anywhere really. Only in a full Windows environment where full integration is needed I would chose to go for IIS. Otherwise Apache it is.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Apache
    Eclipse Jetty is the best alternative for Apache Tomcat because which is also an open-source and lightweight servlet container like Tomcat. A major advantage of this over Tomcat is that Jetty server can easily be embedded with the source code of web applications. Since it requires less memory to operate, you may realize that it is very efficient.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Apache
    No answers on this topic
    Apache
    It's very easy to add instances to an existing deployment and, using apache with mod proxy balancer, to scale up the serving farm
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Apache
    • Works as intended, so it's less to worry about.
    • Works great on elastic environments (like EC2).
    • As an Open Source project, you can get support for almost any problem you can have.
    • Configuration files, while powerful, can be tricky to dominate for some.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Apache
    • Tomcat is cheap and very quick to deploy, so it has benefited much when situation needs applications to be deployed quickly without wasting time on licensing and installations.
    • Plenty of documentation available so no vendor training is required. Support contract is not needed as well.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    ScreenShots