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    Oracle GlassFish Server

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOracle GlassFish Server was originally developed by Sun Microsystems and is available open source or supported by Oracle. It is an application server.N/A

    Oracle WebLogic Server

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AOracle WebLogic Server is a unified and extensible platform for developing, deploying and running enterprise applications, such as Java, for on-premises and in the cloud. WebLogic Server offers a scalable implementation of Java Enterprise Edition (EE) and Jakarta EE.N/A
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic Server
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
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    Oracle
    Chose Oracle WebLogic Server
    Oracle WebLogic Application Server is much more stable when compared to opensource application servers like Oracle GlassFish Server or Apache Tomcat. Coming to JBoss Enterprise Application Server, Oracle WebLogic Application Server has better support with most of the cloud …
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    Chose Oracle WebLogic Server
    Weblogic is heavy machinery for medium/large enterprises, while Jboss can be used discreetly. Glassfish is the ancestor of Weblogic and the advantage is the free Enterprise version. If you don't have much to invest, Glassfish 3 could be a great alternative. Apache Tomcat and …
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    Would buy again
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    78%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic Server
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Oracle GlassFish Server and Oracle WebLogic Server
    Feature
    Oracle GlassFish Server
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    7.2
    37 Ratings
    10% below category average
    IDE support9.03 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Security management9.03 Ratings8.435 Ratings
    Administration and management8.03 Ratings5.837 Ratings
    Application server performance10.03 Ratings8.836 Ratings
    Installation7.03 Ratings5.637 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance9.82 Ratings5.525 Ratings
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    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic Server
    Small Businesses
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    Score7.3 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.2
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    6.0
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    Glassfish is well suited for large-scale cluster deployments and integrates well with F5 load balancers.
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    Oracle
    If you need to have complex options in place you can count on Weblogic to be a robust Applicational Server you can rely on. But you would need to keep an eye on maintaining the framework updated quite frequently to avoid security breaches and subsequent severe situations. If you don't have other infrastructure for test purposes, I wouldn't advise you on having devs and QA installing this heavy application in their local machines, there are other lightweight solutions that would be a better fit for that.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • The product offers Java EE support.
    • As the version supported by Oracle we have an extensive documentation, the Oracle GlassFish server online documentation library, patches ,and support from the supplier.
    • Ease of use through the administration console.
    • Integration with the NetBeans development interface.
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    Oracle
    • The brand relation between Java and WebLogic Application Server usually provides a quicker access to programming features and their availability for the applications deployed.
    • The access to centralized configuration both from console and command line WLST eases the implementation of changes major or not in an organized and expedite way.
    • The maturity of the product is also visible in the available tools provided by the product itself, for both monitoring of resources and alerting for availability and thresholds
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • One of the areas where we found Glassfish adaptation difficult for our company was the lack of documentation and community forums covering important issues.
    • We ran into a roadblock with OAuth 2.0 implementation and did not get great support on that issue.
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    Oracle
    • Debugging issues has been difficult sometimes, the documentation is too dense and finding the the root cause for an specific issue takes time.
    • The Oracle WebLogic Server console UI feels old and gives a sense of lack of innovation even though it provides so much functionality.
    • I'm not sure if Oracle WebLogic Server supports more modern frameworks, but it feels more like a Java EE specific, maybe there's an opportunity there to appeal to newer application platforms
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    Usability
    Oracle
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    Oracle
    Oracle WebLogic Server has so many features that sometimes it's hard to find the right place to setup things, I think the dated user interface does not help with that either. This has a direct impact when deciding to use it as your application server, you'd need to have the right people and invest the time needed to master it. If you're application justifies it then it will definitely be a great choice in the long run.
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    Performance
    Oracle
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    Oracle
    Oracle WebLogic Application Server is great at security, performance and features.
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    The Oracle support is not great sometimes. They take a long time and need a lot of data over and over to resolve issues.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    At the time we did a small proof of concept with both platforms and Oracle Glassfish had more intuitive administration and configuration functions
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    Oracle
    I believe the Oracle WebLogic Suite is probably a better all encompassing suite of development tools for the IT department. [It] is probably a bit more expensive than other competitors like Apache Tomcat or NGINX, but is worth the investment if you consider the savings from time to get code into production.
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • Glassfish which initially spun off from an Open Source project has a community edition which is free to use and offers great ROI.
    • In comparison to cloud offerings like AWS and Google App Engine, Glassfish requires more cost upfront for installation and management.
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    Oracle
    • WebLogic Application Server definitely had a positive ROI since all the applications are deployed on a single platform and making maintenance extremely cost effective.
    • Since all major cloud vendors support and maintain WebLogic, it gives us an opportunity to explore possibilities to move the organizational infrastructure on to the cloud without too much effort.
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