IBM WebSphere Application Server Reviews & Product Details

This was one of the first and best Applications servers I have ever worked with. Great to run Java based Applications with good Cluster Management Features. Best part is that IBM runs the updates in a timely manner ensuring and fixing the Bugs and poor performance from previous versions. I have looked at the tool from the support perspective as I was part of production Support team but I have heard that it works great for the Developers.

There is a WAS support available for people seeking more help with the tool. Very Handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

From Support perspective again I felt that the logs did not give much information to debug the issues we saw. Other than that I did not have any problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IBM Websphere application server is one of the most established running application servers from IBM, however, they continue updating it to the more latest rendition. It has all the fundamental usefulness that you will search for in an application server. You can have every one of your applications particularly the Java manufactured applications on it. Our total middleware devices like MQ and Message Broker were incorporated effectively and safely with it. it's powerful, it depends on a normalizing j2ee engine hierarchy by IBM and has SSO technology accessible out of the container. IBM's uphold is amazing. It likewise awesome bunch the executives includes alongside logging usefulness. It has WAS support through which arrangement should be possible without explicit coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Barely any usefulness like following and troubleshooting isn't up to the imprints as the logging isn't so explicit about mistakes and alerts. Message engine design is a troublesome and unwieldy cycle. Some of the time sending does not reflect appropriately. It's excessively big. Building up an application with Websphere is horrendously moderate. It gives all regardless of whether you don't require it. Sometimes it comes down of no reason. we face a repeated error of node is not available. or could not synchronize the config between all nodes. we have to restart the server from the command line not from the console. The console cannot do ann admin functionalities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very convenient and easy to integrate T24 with IBM Websphere. We have been using IBM websphere in one of the largest commercial banks in Pakistan. We have integrated our Internet banking and few other banking software systems via IBM Websphere to T24 core banking system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Customer support TAT (Turn Around Time) should be made better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like WAS because is possible to deploy war file or ear file and dependency stay inside on server, for that when i build the war file is not necessary include dependency, the project is light, another things is very easy to configuration and install SSL certifications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

is very complicated to migrate one version another version for example to migrate java 8 to java 11, because the environment is different. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

WebSphere is an application software that is used within the System to process a lot of data. IBM makes it very easy to use their software and their support is top. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are times when the administrators would like to do something that the software will not handle. I guess we think out of the box to much. There are a few times when we have to update xml files because those files didn't get updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Advanced tuning controls and status information from the web console Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Slow Performance when restarting complex applications, complexity, external connection issues after restarting WebSphere Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Worked mainly with security flows. Extension of auth flows. It was pretty easy to customize Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hard to find detailed info and docs, at least in security area. But at the end my team get dedicted person from core team and problem was salved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

we have convinient way to deploy applications including webservice application and it is very fast todeploy them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nothing as such , but it is very heavy in resource consumption Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the most reliable server compare to other options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Configurations and settings complexity of the server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a web application server for hosting web application which is mainly java based. This application server provides message broker functionality . It also allow different configuration for data sources with most of database vendors.

It also very good cluster management features along with logging functionality.

It has a WAS console through which configuration can be done without explicit coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Few functionality like trace and trouble shooting is not up to the marks as the logging is not so explicit about errors and warnings. Message engine configuration is difficult and cumbersome process. Sometimes deployment and undeployment do not reflect properly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The full jee server that actually works Unlike jboss. This server was ahead of its time but that was long time ago . It provides holistic approach of providing everything even if you don’t need it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best part of it is also it’s worst part . It’s too huge. Developing application with Websphere is painfully slow. It provides everything even if you don’t need it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Outstanding cluster management for scaleable high availability solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Deployment automation and configuration management could be simplified. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use and deployment of the product. Expanding as part of the MFP platforms. The end users have been using the product love that it is easy to consume. There are many different use cases for such a product and the speed to market on the product makes for a great overall solution set. There are plenty of great things about the product but one of my favorite is how easy it is for the development teams and our business accelerators to take a look and jump right in with using the solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The product is comparable to other products on the market and does a good job at what it aims to do. The ease of deployment internally and getting internal app dev teams to utilize the product has been easier to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's pretty easy to use and to install. The installation guide is very easy to understand. Support is also very helpful. Opening PMR with WAS is pretty easy and they are very responsive. The response time is also very fast. Our WAS representative is also very help and accessible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Licensing is very expensive. WebSphere Application Server ND and family edition is pretty expensive. The first time pruchase is very expensive and the renew is pretty costly as well. The migration tool from one version to the next also requires some time to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IBM's support of IBM WebSphere is one of the best attributes of both the product and the company. Both tickets as well as working with our representitives is alway a quick means of getting answers to our questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

WebSphere ND is a full featured product that can be overly complex when solving simple solutions. IBM Liberty offers a bring what you need options; however, I have not used it at this time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to integrate with other applications. Provides different types of web servers and application hosting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A person having little knowledge about IBM Server will find it difficult to get going. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Performance, security and Availability provided to Applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GUI is not much user friendly, more features are available in single console. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like to see a lot of development effort by IBM to use Kebernetes, Docker, containers to move the apps to hybrid cloud. As the solution to the legacy systems and legacy data, this is a solution. I'd like to see in the future. -Jack Zhu Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nothing. Watson may be far away from our daily life. But this is beginning of this period. We will try it when we have chance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are many options for the upgrade path - We chose the inplace upgrade. Though it sounds destructive but it is a straight upgrade with the pre and post upgrade migration scripts. It preserve all the configuration settings including apps. The upgrade is seemless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I worked with WebSphere both traditioal and liberty profile on both zOS and distributed linux platforms. The upgrade on the zos is more complictad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It comes with a local server that you can configure to run code on your local machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So old technology. Constant problems with upgrading, deployments...etc. Should only be used to support legacy applications. Upgrading Java and other languages is a pain. It is also bundled with their version of eclipse which makes things annoying use together. Configuring server profiles and ports is especially annoying Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the close adherence to the Java EE standards and support has been excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like to see a more well-formed roadmap for how WebSphere ND is going to integrate with Jakarta EE or what the future holds for the WebSphere ND product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

efficiency, scalability, east to be managed and setup. flexibility when moving between different evironments, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

sometimes it comes down of no reason.

we face a repeated error of node is not available. or could not syncronize the config between all nodes. we have tp restart the server from command line not from the console.

Console cannot do ann admin functionaoities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

WebSphere Application Server allows us to run our enterprise Java applications with high availability over hundreds of production domains for the nation's healthcare companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

APC hangs are not easy to identify or diagnose Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One server working as base server for many other servers, if developer is good at one he can easily operate many other servers provided by IBM and others as well. Easy to maintain and optimize too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Better Troubleshooting options might help adminsitrators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the fexability and scale of the product that helps solve some of our cusotmers biggest challanges Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scaling out has signifigant cost and can lead to use looking at other solutions to solve our cusomters issues as they dont allway shave the budget Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.