Payara Insights

What is Payara?

Payara Server is an open-source application server derived from GlassFish. It provides a robust platform for deploying and managing Java EE (Jakarta EE) applications. Payara Server is commonly used in production environments due to its stability, performance, and extensive support options, including commercial support. It's popular for running enterprise applications, microservices, and web applications requiring features like clustering, high availability, and transaction management.

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What other technologies are related to Payara?

Payara Competitor Technologies

Glassfish

Glassfish is an open-source application server, similar to Payara Server. It is a direct competitor in the Java EE application server space.

mentioned alongside Payara in 10% (195) of relevant job posts

Quarkus

Quarkus is a Kubernetes Native Java framework for building microservices and cloud-native applications. It's a competitor as an alternative framework for developing and deploying Java applications, particularly in microservices architectures.

mentioned alongside Payara in 1% (76) of relevant job posts

Tomcat

Tomcat is a web server and servlet container. While it doesn't support the full Java EE stack like Payara Server, it is an alternative for deploying web applications.

mentioned alongside Payara in 0% (81) of relevant job posts

Spring

Spring is a comprehensive application framework for Java. Spring and its modules provide a complete alternative to Java EE and Payara Server for many applications.

mentioned alongside Payara in 0% (68) of relevant job posts

Spring Boot

Spring Boot is a framework for building Java applications, including web applications and microservices. It competes with Payara as an alternative platform for developing and deploying Java applications.

mentioned alongside Payara in 0% (83) of relevant job posts