# Apache Tomcat Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Apache Tomcat Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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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/)

Overall rating

Based on 32 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

97%

Neutral

3%

Negative

0%

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## Compare with a popular alternative

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### Apache Tomcat

4.6 (32)

VS.

[4.7 (1,256)](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/reviews/)

Starting Price

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Starting Price

$19.9

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.3 (32)

Ease Of Use

4.5 (6,133)

Value For Money

4.5 (22)

Value For Money

4.5 (4,371)

Customer Service

3.5 (17)

Customer Service

4.3 (4,031)

## Apache Tomcat alternatives

[4.4 (15,308)](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/reviews/)

Starting price

$7.91

Per User, Per Month

Highest Rated

[GitHub](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/)

[4.8 (6,152)](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/reviews/)

Starting price

$4.00

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/)

[Essential Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/)

[4.5 (901)](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/reviews/)

Starting price

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[Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/)

[4.6 (3,004)](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/reviews/)

Starting price

$499.92

Per User, Per Month

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## 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)

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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

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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.

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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.

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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/)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Cons

No cons found yet. working very smoothly

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