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    Apache Tomcat

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

    Barracuda Application Protection

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda Application Protection is a cloud-delivered application security service that includes full-spectrum L3-L7 DDoS protection (volumetric and application) to protect applications from disruptions and ensure nonstop availability.N/A
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    Apache TomcatBarracuda Application Protection
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    Apache TomcatBarracuda Application Protection
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Apache TomcatBarracuda Application Protection
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    Apache
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Apache Tomcat and Barracuda Application Protection
    Feature
    Apache Tomcat
    9.2
    24 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Barracuda Application Protection
    -
    Ratings
    IDE support10.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management8.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance8.124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance10.024 Ratings00 Ratings
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    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    Score7.3 out of 10
    F5 Big-IP Advanced WAF
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Apache TomcatBarracuda Application Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Apache TomcatBarracuda Application Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Simple Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service were out of the box standard policies can be applied. this Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service is perfect for a basic environment and protection in particular if you have already other barracuda Infrastruture elements in your network. Easy to deploy configure and get it running with in a few hours. Definitely not the type of WAF for a complex web application.
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    Pros
    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.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • Provides full-spectrum security DOD-level protection; which is a big help for us for security of our data.
    • Ease of setup on her firewall for security for VPN users.
    • Configuration is easy to do and use for our security team with its features and pictures of instruction.
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    Cons
    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.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • More bot categories should be integrated
    • URLs profiles should be user friendly the one feature which is bit complicated
    • client side integrity should include more mitigation techniques
    • there should a feature where you can achieve out of the box requirements means the feature which is not available can be included by writing a code
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Apache
    We have a huge knowledge of the product within our company and we're satisfied with the performance.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Usability
    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.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    -Easy to deploy -Easy to manage application -Scalability is good -Security Features contains a lot of granularities especially URL profiles protection and Json security
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    Reliability and Availability
    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.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Performance
    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.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Support Rating
    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.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Price for the over all functionalities offered. Simplicity to configure and deploy in our current environment. Automated standard policies. easy to maintain.
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    Scalability
    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
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • Has been good in lessening threats from the outside.
    • Ease of use for our security team to be able to use templates and configure to our specs.
    • Being able to set as many rules as you like is a big plus.
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