Verified User in Computer Games
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Verified User in Computer Games
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"We use payara in game development for a farm-like mobile game."
5/5
What do you like best about Payara Server?

Its ability to cluster is very helpful it really makes deployment and scalability simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payara Server?

Well, may be documentation, somehow it seems that in order to contact some real people you need to buy payara support, it was hard for us to break this barrier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jadon Ortlepp of Payara Server
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Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Payara Server's clustering feature and its ability to simplify deployment and scalability. We understand your concerns about documentation and support accessibility, and we will work on addressing these issues.

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Sebastian V.
PC Control Applications
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best option for open source Java server"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Payara Server?

Integrate Java applications in the system, request control and domain for direct requests.

Open source and a large community to extend and correct system problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payara Server?

Demand a lot of server resources in full version for minimal app requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jadon Ortlepp of Payara Server
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It's great to hear that Payara Server is helping you with application request and data output via hosted Java application. We're committed to continuously improving our system to benefit our users.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good so far"
2.5/5
What do you like best about Payara Server?

The Initial contact with payara has been very good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payara Server?

Only had one meeting with payara representatives so nothing to dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jadon Ortlepp of Payara Server
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We appreciate your feedback and look forward to assisting you in your journey to upgrade to a supported product.

Pablo Gregorio Contreras Vargas G.
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Pablo Gregorio Contreras Vargas G.
Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The best JEE server"
5/5
What do you like best about Payara Server?

The stability of the application server, despite being an evolution of Glassfish, is completely superior. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payara Server?

The lack of documentation sometimes makes the configuration task tedious. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jadon Ortlepp of Payara Server
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We appreciate your positive feedback on the stability of Payara Server. We understand the frustration with documentation and are working to enhance this aspect. Thank you for the recommendation to keep libraries up to date.

Enio N.
EN
Enio N.
Gerente de Desenvolvimento de Sistemas
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Stable functional, great support"
5/5
What do you like best about Payara Server?

Stable functional, open source, lots of documentation available, and a large community that uses it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payara Server?

Some implementations of the Java EE specification are not stable in the community version, but this becomes irrelevant as it can be worked around, e.g., queues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jadon Ortlepp of Payara Server
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We're glad to hear that you find Payara Server stable and functional, and that you appreciate the open source nature, extensive documentation, and supportive community.

Ahmed A.
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Ahmed A.
Teaching Assistant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great Product, Documentation is Really Good"
5/5
What do you like best about Payara Server?

Documentation, video tutorials, examples Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payara Server?

all examples on Netbeans should have been on what most developers are using, either eclipse or IntelliJ idea Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jadon Ortlepp of Payara Server
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Thank you for your positive feedback on our documentation and video tutorials! We appreciate your suggestion regarding providing examples for Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA users. We will definitely take this into consideration for future updates to better serve all developers.

Tambia E.
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Tambia E.
Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"4 years of professional experience"
4/5
What do you like best about Payara Server?

It's lightweight. Easy to configure.

Payara doesn't consume too many resources.

There's a steady team who has always answered present in case of difficulties. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payara Server?

The community version is minimal. I tried putting up a cluster on it and went through a whole lot of trouble. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jadon Ortlepp of Payara Server
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We're glad to hear that you find Payara Server lightweight, easy to configure, and resource-efficient. Our team is committed to providing reliable support for any difficulties you encounter.

🐧 Guruprasad K.
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🐧 Guruprasad K.
Senior Java Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A Very stable, Jakarta EE and MP Compliant Application Server with additional features"
5/5
What do you like best about Payara Server?

The Support Availability, Pushing Fixed to upstream Glassfish, Being Quite fast in Jakarta EE and Microprofile updates and the very interesting Payara Cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payara Server?

Umm well nit's not really downsides but ever since graalVM changed the game, application servers must be hurting as frameworks like quarkus become enticing, however payara cloud still seems very interesting usecase if needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jadon Ortlepp of Payara Server
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We're glad to hear that you appreciate our support availability and the speed of our updates in Jakarta EE and Microprofile. We understand your point about the impact of GraalVM and the rise of frameworks like Quarkus, but we're continuously evolving to meet the changing needs of our users. We're also pleased to hear that Payara Server has been rock solid for your internal application, with minimal maintenance and a valuable admin UI for configuration.

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Edwin A.
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Glassfish 4 update to lastest technology"
5/5
What do you like best about Payara Server?

Its stability and similarity to the Glassfish 4 interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payara Server?

For the community version, they do not have the mechanism for registering security certificates enabled, nor a detailed explanation of how to do it manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jadon Ortlepp of Payara Server
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Thank you for your review! We really appreciate you taking the time.

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Ahmad H.
Senior Application Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Senior App COnsultant"
5/5
What do you like best about Payara Server?

it's simplicity and performance and easy to setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Payara Server?

no many forums talking about it , that's all Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Jadon Ortlepp of Payara Server
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We're glad to hear that you find Payara Server simple, high-performing, and easy to set up.