Payara Server vs. IBM WebSphere
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Payara Server | IBM WebSphere |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Review count | 84 | 159 |
| Ease of use | 8.8 | 8.2 |
| Ease of setup | 9.0 | 7.9 |
| Quality of support | 9.0 | 8.6 |
| Meets requirements | 9.1 | 8.9 |
| NPS | 69.047619 | 41.134752 |
| Small Business | 47.6% | 8.8% |
| Mid-Market | 31.0% | 25.8% |
| Enterprise | 21.4% | 65.4% |
| Total page views | 142 | 206 |
| Total LLM citations | 501 | 421 |
Payara Server
Payara Server is a fully supported, developer friendly, open source Java application server originally derived from Glassfish as a drop in replacement. Payara Server’s architecture is innovative, cloud-native and optimized for production deployments. Officially compatible with Jakarta EE and Eclipse MicroProfile, the application server is developed in collaboration with an industry-leading DevOps team and the global Payara community to ensure Payara Server is the best option for production Jakarta EE (Java EE) applications today and in the future..
IBM WebSphere
IBM WebSphere Liberty and Application Server (WAS) are part of JSphere Suite for Java, a portfolio of products including application runtimes, modernization tooling, and developer productivity IDE extensions that enable you to rapidly modernize enterprise Java applications and create new cloud-native applications, with support for on-premise and major public cloud deployments; in virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes.