Azul Platform Prime vs. Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

Azul Platform Prime

Azul Platform Prime

16 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

7 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azul Platform Prime	Score 8.3 out of 10	N/A	Azul Systems headquartered in Sunnyvale is exclusively focused on Java and the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). They build fully supported, standards-compliant runtimes that help enable Java-based businesses. Their services include Azul Platform Prime (formerly Zing), a JVM with "better behavior" enabling sustained performance, fast warmup and predictable latency without GC pauses, jitter or application timeouts. Zing can be deployed in an on-prem data center or on the Cloud.	N/A
Microsoft Build of OpenJDK	Score 7.8 out of 10	N/A	The Microsoft Build of OpenJDK is a no-cost distribution of OpenJDK that's open source and available for free for anyone to deploy anywhere. It includes Long-Term Support (LTS) binaries for Java 11 and Java 17 on x64 server and desktop environments on macOS, Linux, and Windows, AArch64/ARM64 on Linux and Windows, binaries for macOS on Apple Silicon (AArch64/M1), and musl libc compiled binaries for Alpine Linux on x64.	$0

Pricing

Azul Platform Prime

Microsoft Build of OpenJDK

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Azul Platform Prime	Microsoft Build of OpenJDK
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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User Ratings
	Azul Platform Prime	Microsoft Build of OpenJDK
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (4 ratings)	7.5 (2 ratings)
Performance	8.6 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.3 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azul Platform Prime	Microsoft Build of OpenJDK
Likelihood to Recommend	Azul Systems, Inc If you want some low cost JDK provider where you need the frequent updates as well, you can go ahead for Azul Zing instead of OpenJDK. But if budget is not a concern, I would recommend going for some well known company such as Oracle. Also if you are using Azul for production, make sure to use it for Dev ENV too so as to reproduce issues. Incentivized Kailas Andhale Software Engineer Read full review	Microsoft I think of a few areas when looking at Microsoft Build of OpenJDK. The first is what is your cost to run for your intended product or project, if you are strapped and fall within the supported areas of Microsoft Build of OpenJDK then it's a no brainer, Microsoft Build of OpenJDK is for you! Lastly, I think of support in the respect to running into a wall and needing a fix. It can take a while for open source tools to produce fixes that the community warrants, so again if you aren't strapped for time and haven't run into a wall and could afford to wait for fixes or relevant patches then again Microsoft Build of OpenJDK is for you. Not everyone has this luxury, but these are a few areas to think about. Incentivized Harvey Wyche Director of Product Management Read full review
Pros	Azul Systems, Inc Improved real-time JVM Cost effective product support Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft Support for the Java libraries that are common use today Support for various architecture environments - Mac, Windows, Linux, etc... Provides a low cost or rather no cost alternative Incentivized Harvey Wyche Director of Product Management Read full review
Cons	Azul Systems, Inc Support GC logging Incentivized Kailas Andhale Software Engineer Read full review	Microsoft Since it's open source, enterprise support is less than as if you are running paid like an Oracle JDK. Performance is improving and is I would say on par with paid solutions, this could improve to help with growth. Stability will happen over time with more contributions and fixes Incentivized Harvey Wyche Director of Product Management Read full review
Performance	Azul Systems, Inc Azul has better JVM garbage collection on machines with huge amounts of memory that the OSS version of Java doesn't handle Keith Sader Senior Manager, Ad Server Read full review	Microsoft No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Azul Systems, Inc Prime support has been responsive in helping us tune our JVM parameters and diagnose any lingering Java resource issues. Keith Sader Senior Manager, Ad Server Read full review	Microsoft No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Azul Systems, Inc Oracle was costlier whereas OpenJDK had less frequent updates. Azul was average of both of them, so it was choosen. Incentivized Kailas Andhale Software Engineer Read full review	Microsoft Microsoft Build of OpenJDK stacks up against Oracle JDK (paid) very well. From both a performance, implementation, library support, and collaboration aspect. Incentivized Harvey Wyche Director of Product Management Read full review
Return on Investment	Azul Systems, Inc A lot of OPEX savings Easy annual license renewal subscription Standard product usage since it is compatible across different Operating Systems. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft No cost alternative to paid JDK platforms Performance is that of paid JDK platforms in my opinion Community contribution is a bonus for contributed code and open collaboration Incentivized Harvey Wyche Director of Product Management Read full review
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