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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Apache Tomcat ## What is Apache Tomcat? Apache Tomcat is an open source implementation of the Jakarta Servlet, Jakarta Server Pages, Jakarta Expression Language, Jakarta WebSocket, Jakarta Annotations, and Jakarta Authentication specifications, which are part of the Jakarta EE platform. The software powers large-scale, mission-critical web applications across diverse industries and organizations, and is developed collaboratively by a global community of developers in an open and participatory environment. ## What is Apache Tomcat used for? [Application Development](https://www.capterra.com/application-development-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 32 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 97% Neutral 3% Negative 0% Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Apache Tomcat?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=http://www.apache.org&name=Apache Tomcat) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Apache Tomcat 4.6 (32) VS. [4.4 (15,362)](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price $7.91 Per User, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.3 (32) Ease Of Use 4.1 (923) Value For Money 4.5 (22) Value For Money 4.3 (826) Customer Service 3.5 (17) Customer Service 4.2 (893) ## Apache Tomcat alternatives [Essential Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/) [4.5 (923)](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/) Highest Rated [GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/) [4.8 (6,169)](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/reviews/) Starting price $4.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 98% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/) [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/) [4.6 (3,006)](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/reviews/) Starting price $499.92 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/) [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/) [4.7 (1,257)](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/reviews/) Starting price $19.90 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 98% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/228528/Apache-Tomcat/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Deployment Management 4.3 (24) 66.67% of 24 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Manage the processes involved when making the application ready for use Debugging 4.1 (23) 69.57% of 23 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Detect and remove errors Workflow Management 4.5 (6) 33.33% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks Software Development Development of software programs Web App Development Development of applications that are delivered over the internet through a browser Apache Tomcat 5 features Detect and remove errors Manage the processes involved when making the application ready for use Development of software programs Development of applications that are delivered over the internet through a browser Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks Features 4.3 (32) 4.3 Based on 32 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.5 (22) ### Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Value for money 4.5 (22) 4.5 Based on 22 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 3.5 (17) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 3.5 (17) 3.5 Based on 17 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.6 Based on 32 reviews Filter by rating 5(19) 4(12) 3(1) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent AB Alessandro B. Studente Higher Education ### "Buon software tecnico, con grafica rudimentale" 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 December 3, 2023 Il programma è molto basico, anche leggero.. ma non è semplice da collegare all'IDE VS Code per rebuildare il progetto nel browser automaticamente. Pros Consente diverse opzioni per testare anche in locare le proprie build per applicazioni web. Cons L'interfaccia grafica non è molto al passo coi tempi. Reasons for choosing Apache Tomcat Era un software comune che tutto il team conosceva. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AM Alex M. System Developer Computer Software ### "Reliable web Server Environment" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 24, 2023 For scalability and high availability, Tomcat supports clustering and load balancing, allowing you to distribute traffic across multiple server instances. I can 100% recommend it to new java developers. Pros Tomcat is stable and reliable. I have used it in production environments for many years and is trusted by numerous organizations. Tomcat is known for its robust support for Java Servlets and Java Server Pages (JSP), making it a reliable choice for hosting Java-based web applications. Cons Tomcat is primarily a servlet container. It offers minimal built-in support for features like load balancing, clustering, or HTTP/2. Extensive functionality often requires additional configurations or third-party components. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. PC Paolo C. Product Manager IT Information Technology and Services ### "Sistema indispensabile per lo sviluppo di software " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 October 1, 2023 Pros Avere un sistema stabile e con debugging ottimo e molto chiaro Cons Nessun problema riscontrato sia in ambiente Linux che Windows Switched from [Jetty](https://www.capterra.com/p/206628/Jetty/) Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Martin P. Freelancer Computer Software ### "Web server and container for Java applications" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 September 30, 2023 The no. 1 solution for running JAVA applications like server applications. Pros Provides runtime container for running Java applications. Supporting implementation of different JAVA specifications like JSP, EJB. As input it request a JAVA code in war format. Load balancing is also available to provide better performance handling more client request into more server targets. It allows collecting debug outputs and logs. Cons It can be a bit slower then the native server implementation. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MS Maha S. Assistant Professor Computer Software ### "Apache Tomcat: Quality Application Server for Running Java Servlets and Java Server Pages" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 August 1, 2023 Great experience that facilitates developing, deploying, and running 3-tier enterprise applications using the Java platform. Pros Apache Tomcat supports the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) stack including Java Servlets and Java Server Pages (JSPs). I employed Apache Tomcat for teaching Java Server-side web development and used it to deploy 3-tier enterprise applications using Android on the client-side, JSPs and Java Servlets on the application server side and the Oracle 12c database on the data persistence layer. Apache Tomcat on the application server layer proved very effective in running Java Server-side components and it was very easy to install and deploy. The Library loading structure was very simple and it boils down to placing the specific .Jar Java library in the lib folder on Apache Tomcat. Once the Java JDK is installed successfully, running Apache Tomcat consists of simply running a .bat file (on Windows) or a .sh shell script (on Mac or Linux) Cons The main issues I faced in Apache Tomcat is the need to rerun the server every time a new Servlet code was added to the WEB-INF folder. This reduces the efficiency and increase the time of development. This wasn't the case with JSP pages which are automatically converted and compiled into a Servlet in the Background. I wish to have a Tomcat bundle that includes the Server as well as the Java JDK. This would make it easier to deploy the server even on systems not having the Java JDK installed. Switched from [Jetty](https://www.capterra.com/p/206628/Jetty/) [IBM WebSphere Application Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/1310/IBM-WebSphere/) Tomcat is open-source. Extremely light-weight and easier to install and deploy. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User analista e sviluppatore Information Technology and Services ### "Fondamentale per lo sviluppo di applicativi web" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 July 11, 2023 Pros Ottimo applicativo per lo sviluppo e il test di applicazioni web inoltre è gratuito.Sempre in aggiornamento e con ottime possibilità di debugging.Buono il fatto che possa partire anche come servizio nel caso di distribuzione a clienti. Cons La configurazione non risulta immediata, anche se, una volta padroneggiata, risulta molto agile dipendendo da file xml. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Simone P. Analista IT Information Technology and Services ### "Tomcat ed il suo utilizzo" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 June 29, 2023 Pros Semplice da utilizzare ed installare.Il wizard di installazione ti segue passo dopo passo ed è di semplice settaggio.La console delle web application è di facile consultazione ed utilizzoAnche l'integrazione e aggiunta di librerie terze jar è di facile inserimentoStessa cosa per i log di sistema Cons Macchinoso la variazione di alcuni settaggi effettuati all'atto dell'installazione.Anche la pulizia della cache del tomcat è macchinosa Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AA Agostino A. Solution Developer Information Technology and Services ### "Ottimo server web per applicazioni Java!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 March 29, 2023 Pros Una delle funzionalità che ho preferito è il fatto di poter caricare facilmente il file .war, utilizzando l'interfaccia utente di Tomcat Manager oppure caricandolo direttamente nella cartella webapps. Questo verrà poi decompresso automaticamente, iniziando a far funzionare l'applicazione dopo pochi secondi. Cons Tra gli inconvenienti, qualche volta mi è capitato che il servizio di Tomcat non si sia stoppato correttamente alla sua chiusura e, al successivo utilizzo, questo non si è poi avviato nel modo giusto, impedendomi di far funzionare l'applicazione. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Software development Engineer Computer Software ### "Web server with dynamic content" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 February 23, 2023 Great application yo deploy your dynamic content. Better provide us the details of Java application which is best suited for the version and make it compatible with other applications. Pros With the .war file ready it takes a second to deploy it to tomcat server. Just a copy paste will help us do it.Installation is easy and directory structure can easily be understood. Cons Sometimes there is issue with browser where the tomcat does not refresh or we get results in chrome. We need to close open the browser or use some other browser. It makes user difficult to understand whether the code is deployed properly or not. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. vikram s. Associate Information Technology and Services ### "Best web server for deployment" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 February 19, 2023 Best open source web server for deployment of java application. We can easy to learn and install this software. Easy to debug and track the logs. Pros I am using Apache tomcat webserver for my college days to till now. It is best webserver for developer. Developer can easily deploy ,run and debug java application. we can easily integrate with Jenkins and Kubernetes. It is easy install no special configuration is required. 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