As a sysadmin, Tomcat is a pleasure to manage.
May 20, 2023

As a sysadmin, Tomcat is a pleasure to manage.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Apache Tomcat

We use Apache Tomcat to serve Java applications to our end users. These are main line-of-business applications, aimed both at staff and students, from a major vendor. Their uptime and performance are important to us, and Tomcat is key to delivering them.
  • performance
  • reliability
  • management
  • logging
  • reliable
  • Uses plaintext config files.
  • Performs well.
  • Reduced labor for new installs.
  • Reduced labor for troubleshooting.
  • Reduced risk because many sysadmins can do an install and not just one guru.
Tomcat's configuration is simpler because it's a plaintext file that anyone can read -- and a script can manage. It's easier to monitor via Grafana. And it integrates well with software load-balancers.

Do you think Apache Tomcat delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Apache Tomcat's feature set?

Yes

Did Apache Tomcat live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Apache Tomcat go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Apache Tomcat again?

Yes

Tomcat is an enormous improvement on WebLogic Server (which is what we used to use in some places) because it's managed via configuration files and not through a GUI. This means that scripting new installs and configuration changes is reliable and straightforward and clear -- especially with a tool like Ansible. Horizontal scaling, DR, and the situations calling for a new server are so much easier with Tomcat!

Apache Tomcat Feature Ratings

Security management
9
Administration and management
10
Application server performance
9
Installation
10
Open-source standards compliance
10