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Azul Platform Core
Formerly Zulu Enterprise

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What is Azul Platform Core?

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. Azul Platform Core (formerly Zulu Enterprise) subscribers get quarterly access to security-only updates…

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Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees
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Aaron Meek
Manager, Payments
Meijer (Food & Beverages, 10,001+ employees)
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What is Azul Platform Core?

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. Azul Platform Core (formerly Zulu Enterprise) subscribers get quarterly access to security-only…

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  • No setup fee
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  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is Azul Platform Core?

What is Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

Azul Platform Core is designed for the enterprise, with certified builds, tight security, and cost efficiencies for business–critical, Java-based services. Azul Platform Core provides open source, fully tested and certified, Java SE standards-compliant, curated builds of OpenJDK.

Security

Azul Platform Core delivers stabilized builds backed by a support SLA, providing quarterly security-only updates for assured rapid deployment into production.

Value

Azul Platform Core is a one-to-one replacement for Oracle Java SE at boasting lower costs with architectures, package types, and configuration options available.

Azul Platform Core Features

  • Supported: Support for Eclipse Temurin builds
  • Supported: Access to stabilized builds (security-only)
  • Supported: Out-of-cycle critical fixes
  • Supported: SLA for quarterly updates (guaranteed access)
  • Supported: Patent and non-contamination indemnifcation
  • Supported: Features enhancements (e.g. FIPS 140-2, MIPS support, Monotype fonts)
  • Supported: Java support (Standard, Premium, Platinum)

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Azul Platform Core Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Frequently Asked Questions

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. Azul Platform Core (formerly Zulu Enterprise) subscribers get quarterly access to security-only updates (ideal for rapid deployment) plus standard quarterly updates that include security patches, bug fixes, and new features.

Oracle Java SE Subscription, Oracle Java Cloud, and Oracle Java SE are common alternatives for Azul Platform Core.

Reviewers rate Ease of integration highest, with a score of 8.3.

The most common users of Azul Platform Core are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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March 04, 2024

Azul Platform Core in Comparison With its Peers

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We used Azul Platform Core for all our Java products. Azul Platform Core is used as it is cheaper than Oracle and more secure than OpenJDK.
Pros and Cons
  • Cost-effective
  • Additional JVM arguments
  • High throughput
  • Support from the Azul Team
  • High CPU and memory at times
  • Missing support for some of OpenJDK JVM options
Likelihood to Recommend
I would go for Azul Platform Core where someone needs secure JRE and JDK at a cheaper price where they can afford some CPU memory spikes. If you are highly concerned about the high availability of systems, or CPU memory usage, then, in my opinion, Azul Platform Core should be avoided. Also, considering what I believe to be their poor support, you might want to reconsider buying this subscription.
October 10, 2023

Great solution for our Java needs!

AM
Aaron Meek
Manager, Payments
Meijer (Food & Beverages, 10,001+ employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using it to license java for our point of sale and payment systems.
Pros and Cons
  • Updates are released quickly
  • Notifications of patches are sent ahead of time to prepare for the change
  • Delivery was quick and seemless
  • Non at this time
Likelihood to Recommend
The ablility to contract the licenses was quick and easy. The teams that handled the onboarding and technical questions were knowledgeable and responsive.
April 14, 2023

High performance Azul Platform Core.

Verified User
Vice-President in Information Technology
Banking Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our enterprise application stack is Java and Spring Framework based and we have been using Azul Platform Core for over 4 years. We are very satisfied with their Linux JDKs as they always offer great performance for real-time applications hosted on both Intel/AMD servers. Their Platform Core product is well-documented and easy to use.
Pros and Cons
  • Always complain about Oracle JDKs.
  • It is optimized for both Intel/AMD server hardware.
  • Up-to-date and easy-to-use documentation.
  • Offer more docker configurations with popular application stacks.
Likelihood to Recommend
Azul Platform Core is great for running real-time Java-based applications. It is guaranteed Java compliance, so you can swap Oracle JDK with Azul JDK without changing any code. It offers many package types and configuration options. It is optimized and supported on multiple OSs (Windows/Linux/Mac). Their documentation is up-to-date and well-maintained.
April 08, 2023

A huge boost to our business critical application

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Tiziano Bezzi
Solution Architect
Icteam (Lutech) (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We bad a business critical application with a big telco customer which managed billions of messages/day and which had performance problems connected to memory and gc. We evaluated with great sucvess the use of an Azul Platform Core appliance. The replacement was a very simple task with no changes to the original application.
Pros and Cons
  • Memory management
  • GC
  • Latency response time stability
  • Documentation
Likelihood to Recommend
Suited: usiness critical applications, very huge memort footprint, GC heavy used applications. Even with bad designed applications that can't be changed it could be a great help.
April 06, 2023

Azul Platform Core is a great jdk

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Consumer Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Azul Platform Core to run with our project that requires Java sdk. It is fairly easy to use and has never required an extensive setup. This is why I have always used it for projects that need a Java sdk. Also, it is fairly quick for updating bugs or exploits.
Pros and Cons
  • Updates frequently
  • Patches exploits
  • Easy to use
  • Nothing really
Likelihood to Recommend
With my experience with Azul Platform Core Java sdk, I would say it's well suited for any developers who need Java sdk for their project. It is updated frequently and bugs and exploits are patched fairly quickly. I have never used the support, so I am not sure how to review that side.
April 05, 2023

Improved Performance in Seconds

Verified User
Executive in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We run all of our Java workloads on Azul. We have found the resilience, security and speed of their product to be top notch, and the support we receive from Azul has been better than any competitor we've worked with in the past.
Pros and Cons
  • Performance
  • Security
  • Affordability
  • Support
  • A few test cases performed worse on Azul than Hotspot
  • N/A
  • N/A
Likelihood to Recommend
We especially like putting huge workloads where giant heaps are needed/advantageous to the problem on Azul. We find that we achieve better stability, better throughput, and more metronymic performance on Azul compared to others.
March 29, 2023

A happy customer of Azul Platform Core

Verified User
Vice-President in Engineering
Banking Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We wanted to reduce the operational cost for Java SE with an enterprise level solution which provides security as well as different configuration available to import various packages. Azul just fit right to our requirements and we are using it from several years happily.
Pros and Cons
  • Easy To manage Configuration
  • Secure
  • Compliant to J2SE
  • Definitely helped to optimize the operational cost
  • Should work on providing light weight solutions
  • Compatibility with latest open source solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
Frankly speaking, we are the happy customer of Azul Core since last 4-5 years. It meets most of our requirements so far an that why we are still using it.
February 13, 2023

Meets high demand of low latency systems

Verified User
Employee in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Zulu is very fast modern jvm that very easy to manage and control. I do not know other commercial JVMs that has similar performance. Updates regularly become available that allows us to keep protected from possible security accidents. The documentation is quite often updated and contains all maintenance information. With such high quality of documentation we almost never contact customer support.
Pros and Cons
  • well written documentation
  • amazing GC performance
  • regular updates
  • qualified and fast support
  • clarification about product differences
  • more frequent QA sessions
  • public price list
Likelihood to Recommend
low latency java apps
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