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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Visual Studio

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AVisual Studio (now in the 2022 edition) is a 64-bit IDE that makes it easier to work with bigger projects and complex workloads, boasting a fluid and responsive experience for users. The IDE features IntelliCode, its automatic code completion tools that understand code context and that can complete up to a whole line at once to drive accurate and confident coding.

    $45

    per month

    Pricing
    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic ServerVisual Studio
    Editions & Modules
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    Professional
    $45.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    $250.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic ServerVisual Studio
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic ServerVisual Studio
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    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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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    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
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
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    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
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    Features
    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic ServerVisual Studio
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of Oracle GlassFish Server and Oracle WebLogic Server and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    Oracle GlassFish Server
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    7.2
    37 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
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    Ratings
    IDE support9.03 Ratings9.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management9.03 Ratings8.435 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management8.03 Ratings5.837 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance10.03 Ratings8.836 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation7.03 Ratings5.537 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance9.82 Ratings5.425 Ratings00 Ratings
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    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    IntelliJ IDEA
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    Score7.3 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    PyCharm
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic ServerVisual Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.2
    (44 ratings)
    9.1
    (118 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
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    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.2
    (15 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    -
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    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Oracle GlassFish ServerOracle WebLogic ServerVisual Studio
    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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    Microsoft
    When working with base C# code for desktop and web projects, then Microsoft Visual Studio is ideal as it provides the libraries and interfaces needed to quickly create, test and deploy solutions. It is when slightly more complex scenarios are required that issues can arise. The built-in integration for things like PowerBI Paginated Reports and dashboards is far from ideal.
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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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    Microsoft
    • I like how the tabs and panels are organized; everything is gathered together so you can find what you're looking for quickly.
    • If you can't find something, there's a thorough search engine that searches all of Visual Studio's features.
    • The Team Foundation Server feature is fantastic since it allows us to easily deploy and roll back changes on the server.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Would be great if there was a better way to save and restore open tabs.
    • The built-in test runner can be improved, for example, by adding the ability to save a set of commonly run tests, etc.
    • Better integration for Microsoft SQL server would be great.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
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    Microsoft
    VS is the best and is required for building Microsoft applications. The quality and usefulness of the product far out-weight the licensing costs associated with it.
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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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    Microsoft
    I love the overall usability of Microsoft Visual Studio. I’ve been using this IDE for more than 20 years, and I’ve seen it evolve by leaps and bounds. Today, with AI and code-suggestion/completion features, developers no longer need to remember countless libraries, methods, or language syntax, or invest a huge amount of programming effort to complete a project. It truly offers everything a developer needs to program, debug, test, and deploy in a single IDE.
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    Performance
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Oracle WebLogic Application Server is great at security, performance and features.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Microsoft
    There are many resources available supporting Visual Studio IDE. Microsoft whitepapers, forum posts, and online Visual Studio documentation. There are countless demonstration videos available, as well. If users are having issues, they can call Microsoft Support, but depending on the company's agreement with Microsoft, the number of included support calls will vary from organization to organization. I've found that Microsoft support calls can be hit or miss depending on who you get, but they can usually get you with the right support person for your issue.
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    In-Person Training
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    IT is very complicated to understand all the functions that the environment has if you are not familiar with this type of development environments. It is important to select a good in-person training to achieve to understand all the possibilities and the capacity of the application. In this case, you will be able to develop a lot type of different applications.
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    Online Training
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    If you are not accustomed to develop in this type of development environments it would be complicated to follow all the parts of the course because if the course does not include a great tour with all the concepts to develop you will not have the option to understand all the functions.
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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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    Microsoft
    I personally feel Visual Studio IDE has [a] better interface and [is more] user friendly than other IDEs. It has better code maintainability and intellisense. Its inbuilt team foundation server help coders to check on their code then and go. Better nugget package management, quality testing and gives features to extract TRX file as result of testing which includes all the summary of each test case.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Using the integration between Visual Studio and our source control service, the cost of re-work and losing code is drastically reduced.
    • Paid versions of Visual Studio enable developers to be so much more productive than hacked-together open source solutions that it's hard to imagine developing in Windows without it.
    • When combined with support subscriptions and the vast array of free online help options available, Visual Studio saves our developers time by keeping them coding and testing, not wasting their time trying to guess their way out of problems or spend endless hours online hoping to find answers.
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