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    Apache Tomcat

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AApache Tomcat (developed by The Apache Software Foundation) is an open-source Java web application server and servlet container released under the Apache License version 2.0. Tomcat provides an execution environment and web server for hosting Java-based web applications, implementing core Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE) web specifications including Jakarta Servlet, Jakarta Pages (JSP), Jakarta Expression Language (EL), Jakarta WebSocket, Jakarta Annotations, and Jakarta Authentication.N/A

    Magic xpa Application Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMagic xpa Application Platform is an application server and infrastructure from Magic Technologies in California.N/A
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    Features
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    Apache Tomcat
    9.2
    24 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Magic xpa Application Platform
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    12% below category average
    IDE support10.022 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Security management9.024 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Administration and management8.224 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Application server performance8.124 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Installation10.024 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance10.024 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    Apache TomcatMagic xpa Application Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
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    Usability
    8.0
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    Availability
    6.0
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    Performance
    9.0
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    9.1
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    Configurability
    8.0
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    Ease of integration
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Apache TomcatMagic xpa Application Platform
    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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    Magic Software Enterprises
    In our experience, the product performs really well when interfacing systems with ERP's through SQL server database tables, but we've even made some interfaces with the web service functionality included with the magic xpi integration platform. Also, we've made some SAP Business One - SAP Business One interfaces, for copying information from one company to another and even between two different ERP systems.
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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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    Magic Software Enterprises
    • The UI is really simple to use, you have source/destination mapping for the items.
    • The scheduler gives you a lot of options when executing the models.
    • The error handling is usually pretty good and the errors can be corrected fast.
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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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    Magic Software Enterprises
    • Although the scenarios may be online, the main service usually freezes and the processes can't transact any data. With a single restart of the service, the processes will be functioning again.
    • The support for more applications would be nice, even though there is a nice number of them. Most of the main applications in the market are supported.
    • The licensing for the software may be a little confusing; you can't buy individual licenses as they come in packages of four.
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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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    Magic Software Enterprises
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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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    Magic Software Enterprises
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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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    Magic Software Enterprises
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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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    Magic Software Enterprises
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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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    Magic Software Enterprises
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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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    Magic Software Enterprises
    Honestly, we have only used and evaluated magic xpi/xpa platforms because of the recommendation of our SAP Business One main supplier, who has previously used the platform for their developments. So far, we have no regrets with the acquisition of the platform and we are very happy with its performance.
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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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    Magic Software Enterprises
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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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    Magic Software Enterprises
    • The implementation time for this kind of projects has been greatly reduced.
    • Certifying an In-House resource in the Magix xpi and xpa platforms is probably the best option, considering all of the projects that can be developed in the future without the need of an external consultant.
    • The processes that have been automatized with the Magic xpi platform helped reduce human error and the time those processes took to finish.
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