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Oracle WebLogic 14 x Payara Server 5 – Comparison

FeatureOracle® WebLogic 14 Payara® Server Enterprise 5
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source with EULA
Release FrequencyIrregularMonthly
Production SupportYesYes
Component UpgradesIrregularMonthly
Supported IDEsEclipse® / Netbeans® / IntelliJ® IDE / JDeveloper®Eclipse / Netbeans / IntelliJ IDE / VSCode
Support for Java EE ApplicationsJava EE 8, Jakarta EE 8Java EE 8, Jakarta EE 8
Caching ToolsOracle Coherence / JCacheHazelcast / JCache
ClusteringEvery node runs same appsEvery node runs same app or fine grained assignment
Scripting toolWSLTasadmin
Scripting extensionsPython scriptsOS / BASH scripts
Asadmin command recorderYesYes
Deployment FlexibilityDeployment plan (XML based)Variables (System, environment, MicroProfile config values)
Notification Channels Monitoring
  • JMX Beans
  • Log files
  • SMTP
  • SNMP
  • JMS
  • JMX Beans
  • Log files
  • SMTP
  • SNMP
  • JMS
  • CDI
  • Slack
  • New Relic
  • Datadog
Custom NotifiersNoYes
Slow SQL LoggingNoYes
Health Check ServiceYesYes
Request TracingJAX-RS (Jersey) onlyJAX-RS, CDI, EJB, Servlet, ...
OAuth2/OpenId Connect supportRequires Fusion Middleware or custom devNatively supported (through Security API)
Microservices DistributionNoYes, Payara® Micro
MicroProfile SupportNoYes
Uber-jar and Hollow JarNoYes
Docker SupportYesYes
Cloud Providers SupportOracle Cloud, Amazon, Microsoft Azure™, JelasticMicrosoft Azure, Jelastic, Amazon, Oracle Cloud
Zero Deployment downtimeParallel versions with gradual switchParallel versions with one time switch
Upgrade ToolYesYes
JDK SupportYesYes (through Azul® JVM)
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We migrated the backend of the product we built for our client from WebLogic to Payara Server with great success. Payara Server has a much more modern feature-set and feel, gets you up and running quicker and we saved a lot of time configuring the server compared to WebLogic. Several things that were a big hassle to configure with WebLogic worked out of the box with Payara Server, Bean Validation being a prime example of this. We are now looking to the future and planning a move towards a more microservices oriented architecture with Payara Micro in mind. I would recommend both Payara Server and Payara Micro to anybody who values consistency, stability and productivity for their application development and deployment.

Daniel Löfquist, HiQ

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