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    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

    Payara Server

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APayara Server is a fully supported, developer-friendly, open source application server. The vendor says Payara Server’s architecture is innovative, cloud-native and optimized for production deployments. The application server is built and supported by a team of DevOps engineers dedicated to the continued development and maintenance of the open source software and committed to optimizing Payara Server for production Java EE applications. Key features of Payara Server include: •…N/A
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    Features
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    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Apache HTTP Server and Payara Server
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    Apache HTTP Server
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    Ratings
    Payara Server
    7.5
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    IDE support00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
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    Apache HTTP ServerPayara Server
    Small Businesses
    Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
    Score8.2 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    AWS Auto Scaling
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
    Score8.2 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Apache HTTP ServerPayara Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
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    10.0
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    Performance
    -
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    10.0
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    Support Rating
    9.3
    (2 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Apache HTTP ServerPayara Server
    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.
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    Payara Services
    - If the application is very large then the Payara server is suitable and in the case of a small application, we can choose Micro Payara. - Micro payara is very well suited for microservice architecture. - Fully Jakarta compliance. - Very good performance.
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    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.
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    Payara Services
    • Small memory footprint.
    • Fully JEE compliant with an exceptional administration console.
    • Very good performance.
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    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.
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    Payara Services
    • Issues that are logged in Payara GitHub forum need to address on time, but it keeps on postponing fixing those issues.
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    Usability
    Apache
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    Payara Services
    As mentioned before it has an amazing configuration console. You can practically do anything from there and even update the program or install new features on the fly.
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    Performance
    Apache
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    Payara Services
    As mentioned before, its performance capabilities were one of the reasons we used them. It interacts with mass mail software and we see no performance impact. It handles everything pretty well and pretty fast.
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    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.
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    Payara Services
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    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.
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    Payara Services
    - As I said before, Payara has full Jakarta compliance and provide up-to-date technology stack upgrade. - Easy to install and upgrade. - Very less configuration setting. - Default ready-to-use production domain is available, which can be spun up to use in production.
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    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.
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    Payara Services
    • Can host multiple application on single VM.
    • Helps managed service team reduces their time on installation and up-gradation ( upgrading it to a new Payara server is very simple).
    • We can opt for Payara or Micro Payara based on the application size.
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