Application Servers
Application server software are frameworks that enable developers to build servers which host applications. +Show More
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vCenter Server |
Leader
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Satisfactory
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Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
20k-30k employees
Company's social media followers
2m-3m followers
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Nginx |
Leader
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Satisfactory
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NGINX, Inc. is the company behind NGINX, the popular open source project trusted by more than 400 million sites. We offer a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. The NGINX Application Platform enables enterprises undergoing digital transformation to modernize legacy, monolithic applications as well as deliver new, microservices‑based applications. Companies like Netflix, Starbucks, and McDonalds rely on NGINX to reduce costs, improve resiliency, and speed innovation. NGINX investors include Blue Cloud Ventures, e.ventures, Goldman Sachs, Index Ventures, MSD Capital, NEA, Runa Capital, and Telstra Ventures. NGINX, Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with an EMEA head office in Cork, Ireland and APAC head office in Singapore. Learn more at https://www.nginx.com/
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
100-200 employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
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Apache Tomcat |
Leader
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Satisfactory
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Apache Tomcat is an open source software implementation of Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies and are developed under the Java Community Process.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
2k-3k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
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LiteSpeed Web Server |
Leader
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Satisfactory
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LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS) is compatible with commonly used Apache features, including mod_rewrite, .htaccess, and mod_security. LSWS can load Apache configuration files directly and works as a drop-in replacement for Apache while fully integrating with popular control panels — replacing Apache in less than 15 minutes with zero downtime. Unlike other frontend proxy-based solutions, LSWS replaces all Apache functions, simplifying use and making the transition from Apache easy while also allowing your team to move confidently with little-to-no retraining.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
10-20 employees
Company's social media followers
3k-4k followers
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2002
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Apache Server |
Leader
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Satisfactory
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Apache httpd has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April 1996,
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
2k-3k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
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IBM WebSphere Application Server |
Challenger
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Satisfactory
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Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
100k-1m employees
Company's social media followers
10m-20m followers
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Oracle WebLogic |
Challenger
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Satisfactory
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Oracle WebLogic Server 12c is the #1 application server across conventional and cloud environments. It is the cornerstone of Oracle cloud application foundation, the industry's most complete, best-of-breed platform for developing cloud applications.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
100k-1m employees
Company's social media followers
9m-10m followers
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Altova MapForce |
Challenger
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Satisfactory
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Altova MapForce is an any-to-any data conversion and ETL tool for graphically defining and executing transformations for all popular data formats. Altova MapForce supports converting and transformation between any combination of XML, JSON, relational database, NoSQL database, EDI, text, Excel, XBRL, Google Protobuf, and Web services data. These powerful data mapping and integration tools convert your data instantly and provide multiple options to automate recurrent transformations. MapForce is a powerful, highly affordable data conversion and ETL tool for firms of all sizes.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
40-50 employees
Company's social media followers
2k-3k followers
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
1992
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Infor OS |
Niche Player
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Satisfactory
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Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
20k-30k employees
Company's social media followers
100k-1m followers
Total funding
$1-5bn
# of funding rounds
4
Latest funding date
January 16, 2019
Last funding amount
$1-5bn
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2002
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Payara Server |
Niche Player
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Satisfactory
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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.
Basis for EvaluationWe made these evaluations based on the following parameters; Customer satisfaction
Average rating
Market presence
Company's number of employees
40-50 employees
Company's social media followers
10k-20k followers
Company
Type of company
private
Founding year
2014
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“-”: AIMultiple team has not yet verified that vendor provides the specified feature. AIMultiple team focuses on feature verification for top 10 vendors.
Sources
AIMultiple uses these data sources for ranking solutions and awarding badges in application servers:
Application Servers Leaders
According to the weighted combination of 4 metrics
What are application servers
customer satisfaction leaders?
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current application servers customer satisfaction leaders:
Which application servers solution provides the most customer satisfaction?
AIMultiple uses product and service reviews from multiple review platforms in determining customer satisfaction.
While deciding a product's level of customer satisfaction, AIMultiple takes into account its number of reviews, how reviewers rate it and the recency of reviews.
- Number of reviews is important because it is easier to get a small number of high ratings than a high number of them.
- Recency is important as products are always evolving.
- Reviews older than 5 years are not taken into consideration
- older than 12 months have reduced impact in average ratings in line with their date of publishing.
What are application servers
market leaders?
Taking into account the latest metrics outlined below, these are the current application servers market leaders:
Which one has collected the most reviews?
AIMultiple uses multiple datapoints in identifying market leaders:
- Product line revenue (when available)
- Number of reviews
- Number of case studies
- Number and experience of employees
- Social media presence and engagement
What are the most mature application servers?
Which one has the most employees?
Which application servers companies have the most employees?
57 employees work for a typical company in this solution category which is 34 more than the number of employees for a typical company in the average solution category.
In most cases, companies need at least 10 employees to serve other businesses with a proven tech product or service. 28 companies with >10 employees are offering application servers. Top 3 products are developed by companies with a total of 700k employees. The largest company in this domain is IBM with more than 300,000 employees. IBM provides the application servers solution: IBM CICS
Insights
What are the most common words describing application servers?
This data is collected from customer reviews for all application servers companies. The most positive word describing application servers is “Easy to use” that is used in 8% of the reviews. The most negative one is “Difficult” with which is used in 5% of all the application servers reviews.
What is the average customer size?
According to customer reviews, most common company size for application servers customers is 1-50 Employees. Customers with 1-50 Employees make up 30% of application servers customers. For an average IT/Tech solution, customers with 1-50 Employees make up 27% of total customers.
Customer Evaluation
These scores are the average scores collected from customer reviews for all application servers. Application Servers are most positively evaluated in terms of "Overall" but falls behind in "Customer Service".
Where are application servers vendors' HQs located?
Trends
What is the level of interest in application servers?
This category was searched on average for 178 times per month on search engines in 2024. This number has decreased to 0 in 2025. If we compare with other it/tech solutions, a typical solution was searched 1.1k times in 2024 and this decreased to 0 in 2025.