TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

OpenJDK vs. Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OpenJDK

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AOpenJDK (Open Java Development Kit) is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) version 2 with a linking exception.N/A

    Red Hat JBoss EAP

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A
    Pricing
    OpenJDKRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OpenJDKRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    OpenJDKRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    No answer on this topic
    Red Hat
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    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
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    OpenJDKRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of OpenJDK and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    Feature
    OpenJDK
    -
    Ratings
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    6.8
    9 Ratings
    15% below category average
    IDE support00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    OpenJDKRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Small Businesses
    GraalVM
    Score9.1 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Oracle Java SE
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    GraalVM
    Score9.1 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    OpenJDKRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (8 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OpenJDKRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Open Source
    Actually, from a software engineer's point of view, JDK is nothing fancy to think of / talk about. It's just there & it works. Until he/she has to set up a project from scratch, together with the build tool, a JDK has to be chosen. Also, when doing deployment work, having a reliable, readily available JDK to install to target systems is a blessing. Still, Oracle could have done a better job supporting OpenJDK, especially for commercial usage.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is subscription based/open source platform. It's very reliable and great for deploying high transaction Java based enterprise applications. It integrates well with third party components like mod_cluster and supports popular Java EE web-based frameworks such as Spring, Angular JS, jQuery Mobile, and Google Web Toolkit.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    Open Source
    • Best opensource packages and access to opensource APIs
    • Fast and reliable to use compare to current market products.
    • Business case related solutions and premium products are available
    • Easier to use and best in market
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Red Hat
    • MOD_CLUSTER integration. JBoss EAP integrates pretty well with mod_cluster. This is an intelligent load balancer especially useful in highly clustered environments.
    • Supports enterprise-grade features such as high availability clustering, distributed caching, messaging etc.
    • Supports deployment in on-premise, virtual and hybrid cloud environments.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Open Source
    • JVM performance can be improved
    • Concurrent task running needs to be improved .
    • Ability to access stack memory outside or JVM processes
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Red Hat
    • Difficult to replicate configuration outside of a container environment
    • Still requires quite a bit of knowledge of the CLI
    • Integration with deployment tools requires CLI knowledge
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    We are planning to migrate away from Jboss to Tomcat as Jboss has shown not interest in supporting OSGi which is heavily used at our shop
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    JBoss overall is easy to use. The installation and deployment of applications are quick. Documentations and support are also readily available.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Performance
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is lightweight and doesn't really consumes much physical resources. It's high performing and suites well for high transaction Java enterprise applications. The out of box performance settings are not really great and you will have to configure the settings to suite your environment to leverage it's full benefits.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Red Hat
    Fast response.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    Open Source
    OpenJDK is comparable to Oracle Java SE in most cases and you get away with significantly lower costs. Oracle Java SE have some advantages in performance on some native platforms but in most cases the OpenJDK performance is similar or at least good enough.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Red Hat
    We selected JBoss because of compatibility with EJB's. We currently are trying to reduce our footprint and will highly consider using Tomcat.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Open Source
    • As per our business objectives we are 4 times benifitted with product
    • Faster for development and implementation
    • Reduced our cost by 30%
    • Annual profits of 24%
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Red Hat
    • Jboss EAP is easy to deploy and configure. This lead to lower cost and faster delivery.
    • Even though we have large number of machines running JBoss, we have only two Jboss Administrators. It doesn't requires too much administration and maintenance on daily basis and reduces number of administrators required for large implementations.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots