🆚 Tomcat vs. WebSphere Application Server

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Web server
Web server

About

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

IBM WebSphere Application Server is a flexible, secure Java server runtime environment designed to accelerate the delivery of enterprise applications.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Armonk, New York, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free version ✔️ILAN, non-supported, non-warranted
IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition standard$759/month
IBM Cloud Pak for ApplicationsOn request

Categories

Web Servers › Rank #6
Web Servers › Rank #24

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Tomcat web server is 89 times more popular than WebSphere Application Server.
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 WebSphere Application Server is more popular in Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
Indonesia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Germany
Korea
Switzerland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Tomcat is more popular than WebSphere Application Server in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Restaurants
Online Shopping
Health
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#2,788
#3,107
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Name
Rank
#1,294
#6,624
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