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WebSphere Liberty vs WildFly

Developers should use WebSphere Liberty when building or migrating Java-based microservices or cloud-native applications that require rapid deployment, scalability, and flexibility meets developers should learn and use wildfly when building and deploying enterprise java applications that require a robust, standards-compliant server with features like clustering, high availability, and transaction management. Here's our take.

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WebSphere Liberty

Developers should use WebSphere Liberty when building or migrating Java-based microservices or cloud-native applications that require rapid deployment, scalability, and flexibility

WebSphere Liberty

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Developers should use WebSphere Liberty when building or migrating Java-based microservices or cloud-native applications that require rapid deployment, scalability, and flexibility

Pros

  • +It is ideal for DevOps practices due to its support for dynamic updates and integration with CI/CD pipelines, and it suits enterprises leveraging IBM ecosystems or needing compliance with Java EE/Jakarta EE standards in lightweight containers
  • +Related to: java, jakarta-ee

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

WildFly

Developers should learn and use WildFly when building and deploying enterprise Java applications that require a robust, standards-compliant server with features like clustering, high availability, and transaction management

Pros

  • +It is particularly useful for projects leveraging Jakarta EE technologies such as CDI, JPA, and JAX-RS, and is ideal for scenarios where modularity and performance are critical, such as in microservices architectures or large-scale enterprise systems
  • +Related to: jakarta-ee, java-enterprise-edition

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use WebSphere Liberty if: You want it is ideal for devops practices due to its support for dynamic updates and integration with ci/cd pipelines, and it suits enterprises leveraging ibm ecosystems or needing compliance with java ee/jakarta ee standards in lightweight containers and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use WildFly if: You prioritize it is particularly useful for projects leveraging jakarta ee technologies such as cdi, jpa, and jax-rs, and is ideal for scenarios where modularity and performance are critical, such as in microservices architectures or large-scale enterprise systems over what WebSphere Liberty offers.

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The Bottom Line
WebSphere Liberty wins

Developers should use WebSphere Liberty when building or migrating Java-based microservices or cloud-native applications that require rapid deployment, scalability, and flexibility

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