🆚 Kestrel vs. Tomcat

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
Kestrel
Tomcat

Type

Web server
Web server

About

Kestrel is an open-source, cross-platform web server for ASP.NET Core.

Apache Tomcat is an open-source Java application server that implements Java Servlet and Jakarta Server Pages specifications.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Website

learn.microsoft.com
tomcat.apache.org

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Web Servers › Rank #11
Web Servers › Rank #6

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Tomcat web server is 7 times more popular than Kestrel.
Total websites

Market share

Web Servers

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Tomcat is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Kestrel is more popular in Brazil, Turkey, and Russia.
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
Netherlands
Indonesia
Germany
New Zealand
Korea
Switzerland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Tomcat is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while Kestrel is more commonly used on motor vehicles sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Online Shopping
Restaurants
Health
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#30
#91
#205
#253
#1,584
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Name
Rank
#1,553
#1,737
#2,574
#2,788
#3,344
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See also

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