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This list compares the features and functionality of application servers, grouped by the hosting environment that is offered by that particular application server.
| Product | Vendor | Edition | Last release | Jakarta EE compatibility [2] | Servlet | JSP | HTTP/2 | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ColdFusion | Adobe Systems | 2016.0.1 | 2016-05-01 | 7 partial platform | 3.1 | 2.3 | No | Proprietary, commercial |
| Enterprise Server | Borland | 6.7 | 2007-01 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | No | Proprietary, commercial |
| Geronimo | ASF | 3.0.1 | 2013-05-28 | 6 full platform | 3.0 | 2.2 | No | Free, Apache |
| GlassFish | Eclipse Foundation | 7.0.6 [3] | 2023-06-29 | 10 full platform | 6.0 | 3.1 | Yes | Free, EPL, GPL + classpath exception |
| JBoss Enterprise Application Platform | Red Hat | 8.0 [4] | 2024-02-05 | 10 full platform | 6.0 | 3.1 | Yes | Free, LGPL |
| Jetty | Eclipse Foundation | 12.0.8 | 2024-04-03 | 10 full platform [5] | 6.0 | 3.1 | Yes | Free, Apache 2.0, EPL |
| JEUS | TmaxSoft | 8 | 2013-08 | 7 full platform | 3.0 | 2.2 | No | Proprietary, commercial |
| JOnAS | OW2 (formerly ObjectWeb) | 5.3 | 2013-10-04 | 6 Web Profile | 3.0 | 2.2 | No | Free, LGPL |
| JRun | Adobe Systems | 4 updater 7 | 2007-11-06 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | No | Proprietary, commercial |
| Lucee (Formerly Railo) | Lucee Association Switzerland | 5.3.2.77 | 2019-05-27 | 7 partial platform | 3.1 | 2.3 | No | Free, CDDL, GPL + classpath exception |
| NetWeaver Application Server | SAP AG | 7.4 | 2013-01-11 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.1 | No | Proprietary, commercial |
| Oracle Containers for J2EE | Oracle Corporation | 10.1.3.5.0 | 2009-08 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | No | Proprietary, commercial |
| Orion Application Server | IronFlare | 2.0.7 | 2006-03-09 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 1.2 | No | Proprietary, commercial |
| Payara | Payara | 5.2021.10 | 2021-12-15 | 8 full platform | 4.0 | 2.3 | Yes | Free, CDDL, GPL + classpath exception |
| Resin Servlet Container (open source) | Caucho Technology | 4.0.62 | 2019-05-23 | 6 Web Profile [6] | 3.0 | 2.2 | No | Free, GPL |
| Resin Professional Application Server | 6 Web Profile | 3.0 | 2.2 | No | Proprietary, commercial | |||
| Tomcat | ASF | 10.1.10 | 2023-06-23 | 9 partial platform | 6.0 | 3.1 | Yes | Free, Apache v2 |
| TomEE | ASF | 8.0.15 | 2023-05-08 | 8 Web Profile | 4.0 | 2.3 | Yes | Free, Apache v2 |
| WebLogic Server | Oracle Corporation (formerly BEA Systems) | 14.1.1.0.0 | 2020-03-30 [7] | 8 full platform | 4.0 | 2.3 | Yes | Proprietary, commercial |
| IBM WebSphere Application Server | IBM | 24.0.0.5 | 2024-05-21 [8] | 10 full platform, [9] | 6.0 [10] | 3.1 [11] | Yes [12] | Proprietary, commercial |
| WebSphere AS Community Edition | IBM | 3.0.0.4 | 2013-06-21 | 6 full platform | 3.0 | 2.2 | No | Proprietary, commercial |
| WildFly (formerly JBoss AS) | Red Hat (formerly JBoss) | 32.0.0.Final [13] | 2024-04-25 | 10 full platform | 6.0 | 3.1 | Yes | Free, Apache v2 |
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