WebLogic vs Payara 5 Comparison
| Feature | Oracle® WebLogic 12R2 (enterprise edition) | Payara® Server 5 |
|---|---|---|
| License | Proprietary | Open Source |
| Release Frequency | Irregular | Quarterly for the Community, Monthly for Customers |
| Production Support | Yes | Yes |
| Component Upgrades | Irregular | Quarterly |
| Supported IDEs | Eclipse® / Netbeans® / IntelliJ® IDE / JDeveloper® | Eclipse / Netbeans / IntelliJ IDE |
| Support for Java EE Applications | Java EE 7 | Java EE 8 |
| Caching Tools | Oracle Coherence / JCache | Hazelcast / JCache |
| Clustering | Every node runs same apps | Every nodes runs same app or fine grained assignment |
| Scripting tool | WSLT | asadmin |
| Scripting extensions | Python scripts | OS / BASH scripts |
| Asadmin command recorder | No | Yes |
| Deployment Flexibility | Deployment plan (XML based) | Variables (System, environment, MicroProfile config values) |
| Notification channels Monitoring |
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| Slow SQL Logging | No | Yes |
| Health Check Service | Yes | Yes |
| Request Tracing | JAX-RS (Jersey) only | JAX-RS, CDI, EJB, Servlet, ... |
| OAuth2/OpenId Connect support | Requires Fusion Middleware or custom dev | Natively supported (through Security API) |
| Micro Services Distribution | No | Payara® Micro |
| MicroProfile support | No | Yes |
| Uber-jar and Hollow Jar | No | Yes |
| Docker Support | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud Providers Support | Oracle Cloud, Amazon, Microsoft Azure™, Jelastic | Microsoft Azure, Jelastic, Amazon, Oracle Cloud |
| Zero Deployment downtime | Parralel versions with gradual switch | Parralel versions with one time switch |
| Upgrade tool | Yes | No (Coming soon) |
| JDK Support | Yes | Yes (through Azul® JVM) |
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