Tomcat

Apache Software Foundation, Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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

According to our data, Tomcat is the 6th most popular web server on the web.
It has 1.2% of the web server market share and is detected on 0.9% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

Tomcat is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Tomcat Awards

⚡ Sites Using Tomcat

We have data on 29,362 websites that use the Tomcat web server. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Tomcat is rijksoverheid.nl.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 rijksoverheid.nl #1,553 Netherlands Dutch
2 cengage.com #2,574 United States English
3 study.com #2,788 English
4 squarespace.com #3,344 United States American English
5 universiteitleiden.nl #5,471 Netherlands Dutch
6 guitarcenter.com #5,552 United States English
7 anwb.nl #5,933 Netherlands Dutch
8 gale.com #5,938 United States English
9 acm.org #5,970 United States English
10 ah.nl #6,187 Netherlands Dutch
11 ing.de #6,534 Germany German
12 nationaltrust.org.uk #6,744 United Kingdom English
13 minna.cc #6,937 United States Japanese
14 dice.com #7,059 United States English
15 castorama.pl #8,653 Poland Polish
16 castorama.fr #8,770 France French
17 tjba.jus.br #8,787 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
18 saveetha.com #9,168 United States American English
19 db.com #9,218 English
20 play.pl #9,406 Poland Polish

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Tomcat:

Most of the sites using Tomcat are from the United States and the United Kingdom.

  • United States 68%
  • United Kingdom 5.9%
  • Australia 4.4%
  • Canada 2.2%
  • Indonesia 1.6%
  • Netherlands 1.3%
  • New Zealand 1.3%
  • Korea 1.3%
  • Germany 1.1%
  • Other 12.9%

Most Tomcat users speak English.

  • English 86.2%
  • Malay 2.5%
  • German 2%
  • Spanish 1.2%
  • Korean 1%
  • Dutch 1%
  • French 0.9%
  • Indonesian 0.8%
  • Norwegian 0.6%
  • Other 3.8%

The Tomcat web server is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 56.7%
  • .org 16%
  • .com.au 2.7%
  • .net 2.5%
  • .co.uk 2.4%
  • .ca 1.7%
  • .de 1%
  • .nl 0.9%
  • .no 0.6%
  • Other 15.5%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Tomcat include business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference.

  • Business 18%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 13.7%
  • Education/Reference 8.6%
  • Entertainment 6.7%
  • Blogs/Wiki 5.8%
  • Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 5.2%
  • Restaurants 4%
  • Online Shopping 3.7%
  • Health 3.2%
  • Other 31.1%

🔢 Tomcat Versions

The most popular version of Tomcat is 9.0, used by 50% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 21.9% of sites use Tomcat 7.0, and 21.9% use Tomcat 8.5.

  • 9.0 50%
  • 7.0 21.9%
  • 8.5 21.9%
  • 10.1 3.1%
  • 8.0 3.1%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Tomcat alternatives.

RankName
8
Google Servlet Engine
Mountain View, California, United States

A fast, lightweight engine for running Java servlets, developed and used by Google.
24
WebSphere Application Server
Armonk, New York, United States

A flexible, secure Java server runtime environment designed to accelerate the delivery of enterprise applications.

Free$759+/month
25
Oracle WebLogic Server
Austin, Texas, United States

An enterprise-grade application server used for developing, deploying, and running applications built on Java EE for on-premises and in the cloud.

$10,000+/processor
28
Jetty
Brussels, Belgium

A scalable and memory efficient Java web server and servlet container that supports HTTP/1,2,3 and WebSocket protocols.

FreeOpen source
31
GlassFish
Brussels, Belgium

A complete application server that implements the Jakarta EE specification.

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Tomcat?

Tomcat is owned by the Apache Software Foundation, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.

Is Tomcat free?

Yes, it is a free web server.

Which country uses Tomcat the most?

The majority of Tomcat users are from the United States.

Who uses Tomcat?

According to our data, Tomcat is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as rijksoverheid.nl, cengage.com, and study.com.

Is Tomcat used on government websites?

Overall, we found Tomcat on 12 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Tomcat?

Yes. Overall, we know of 51 academic websites in the United States that use Tomcat.

How does Tomcat compare to its competitors?

Tomcat is a fairly popular web server, ranking ahead of 35 other web servers we track.

What are the alternatives to Tomcat?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Tomcat may include GlassFish, Google Servlet Engine, and Oracle WebLogic Server.

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