Comparison

Apache Tomcat vs Eclipse Jetty

No leader: the top candidate Eclipse Jetty has only 0.23 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Apache Tomcat46
Eclipse Jetty51
Score
Vioscale score
Apache Tomcat46 / 100low · 18%updating
Eclipse Jetty51 / 100low · 23%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Tomcat
Eclipse Jetty
Model
Apache Tomcatcommercial
Eclipse Jettycommercial
Price level
Apache Tomcatfree
Eclipse Jettyfree
Transparent
Apache Tomcat
Eclipse Jetty
Integrations
Count
Apache Tomcat5
Eclipse Jetty4
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Tomcat
Eclipse Jetty34,580
Github stars
Apache Tomcat194
Eclipse Jetty4,090
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Tomcat1
Eclipse Jetty64
Release
History
Apache Tomcat
Eclipse Jetty20 items
License
Spdx
Apache TomcatApache-2.0
Eclipse Jetty
Language
Primary
Apache TomcatJava
Eclipse JettyJava

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for web servers. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Automatic tls acme
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
Reverse proxy
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
Load balancing
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
Builtin caching
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
Concurrency model
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
Dynamic config discovery
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
Kubernetes ingress controller
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
Module extensibility
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
WAF support
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
Zero downtime reload
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
License model
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-
Native app execution
Apache Tomcat-
Eclipse Jetty-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Apache Tomcat

A free, community-driven servlet container that executes Java-based web applications. Powers large-scale, mission-critical applications across industries.

Independently observed

Eclipse Jetty

An open-source web server that processes Java web applications, designed to minimize resource usage while supporting HTTP/3, HTTP/2, HTTP/1.1, and WebSocket protocols.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Apache Tomcat

Open sourceFree tier
  • Open SourceFree
    • Complete source code
    • All versions supported by community
as of verify ↗

Eclipse Jetty

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Deployment
Self-hosted
Apache Tomcat
Eclipse Jetty

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Apache Tomcat

5 total
  • Apache HTTP Server (mod_jk)
  • Microsoft IIS (ISAPI redirector)
  • Jetty
  • JBoss
  • NSAPI redirector
Independently observed

Eclipse Jetty

4 total
  • OSGi
  • JMX
  • JNDI
  • JAAS
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.