The Payara® Platform: Production Ready and Cloud-Native
Payara® Platform Enterprise is the most important assurance to run your enterprise Java applications. Ensure your security and application performance with Payara Enterprise. Open source and Jakarta EE (Java EE) are compatible.
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The Payara® Platform: Production Ready and Cloud-Native
Payara® Platform Enterprise is the most important assurance to run your enterprise Java applications. Ensure your security and application performance with Payara Enterprise. Open source and Jakarta EE (Java EE) are compatible.
What is a Payara® Server?
Payara Server Enterprise is a cloud-native middleware application platform supporting mission-critical production systems with reliable and secure deployments of Jakarta EE (Java EE) applications on-premise, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments. A stable platform with monthly releases, bug fixes, and a 10-year software lifecycle, Payara Server is aggressively compatible with the ecosystem components you’re already using, provides broad integration with cloud vendors, and supports Docker and Kubernetes. Development in collaboration with an industry-leading DevOps team and the global Payara community ensures Payara Server is the best option for the production of Jakarta EE applications today and in the future.
Monthly releases, bug fixes, and a 10-year software lifecycle optimizes Payara Server for production deployments
What is Payara® Micro?
Payara Micro Enterprise is the lightweight middleware platform of choice for containerized Jakarta EE (Java EE) application deployments. Less than 70MB, Payara Micro requires no installation, configuration, or code rewrites – so you can build and deploy a fully working app within minutes. Compatible with Eclipse MicroProfile, Payara Micro is the microservices-ready version of Payara Server. You can run war files from the command line without any application server installation. Automatic and elastic clustering makes Payara Micro the platform of choice for running Jakarta EE applications in a modern virtualized infrastructure. Payara Micro also comes with a Java API to embed and launch from your own Java applications.
Payara Platform Enterprise
The Payara Platform consists of Payara Server and Payara Micro. Both options are supported from the initial planning for migration through to using the Payara Platform in production with a variety of on-site and off-site support and consultancy services.
Payara Platform Enterprise Support Options
Many organizations decide to migrate to the Payara Platform for the comprehensive support options
– Payara engineers provide support from the initial migration planning through to in-production and beyond.
Migration & Project
Support
Before going to production, Payara support engineers assist customers with migration or development projects. Migration and Project support is offered at a flat rate per year no regardless of the size of your environment and supports an unlimited number of units in development. Payara Platform experts accelerate your project delivery while reducing risks and costs.
Production Support (24x7 or 10x5 Options)
When an organization runs the Payara Platform in production, Payara supports global engineers Payara engineers provide support from initial migration planning through to in-production and beyond. guarantee rapid response to issues with mission-critical applications for all customers with Payara Server Enterprise or Payara Micro Enterprise in production.
A 10x5 business hours support is available for non-mission critical environments and a 24x7 support environment for those with mission-critical environments.
A 10x5 business hours support is available for non-mission critical environments and a 24x7 support environment for those with mission-critical environments.
Payara Accelerator
Payara Enterprise customers can obtain consultancy services to expand on the Migration & Project Support, 24x7, or 10x5 support options. Consultancy services will accelerate your Payara Platform deployment, migration, or business growth through customized infrastructure improvements and solutions.
What Companies Say After Migrating to the Payara Platform
- High server stability with 99.999% availability
- 40% reduction in resource consumption when compared to other proprietary servers
- Unlimited level of support for large environments
- Easier migration path when compared to other proprietary servers
- More modern feature-set and feel
- Easy configuration to get you up and running quicker
Benefits of Migrating to Open Source Software
Receiving the benefits of open source software is an advantage of migrating to the Payara Platform from a proprietary application server. Many businesses pre- for open source options as it reduces the procurement barrier. A survey conducted by Black Duck Software and North Bridge revealed that 78% of today’s businesses already rely on open-source software for security and lack licensing fees. It is estimated that the use of open-source saves businesses $60 billion (USD) annually. The Payara Platform is open source and production-ready. You can download Payara Server or Payara
Micro and try it out, and when you’re ready to move into production, quickly and easily upgrade to Payara Enterprise.
In addition to improved security, other benefits of open source software include:
Micro and try it out, and when you’re ready to move into production, quickly and easily upgrade to Payara Enterprise.
In addition to improved security, other benefits of open source software include:
- Continuous Improvement – with developers all over the world contributing to the code of open software, bugs and defects are found and corrected proactively, along with the development of new features and code to improve performance. The Payara team’s community involvement ensures monthly releases, bug fixes, and patches are rolled into the Payara Platform making Payara Server the best application platform for production Jakarta EE (Java EE) apps and Payara Micro the best option for containerized Jakarta EE microservices deployments.
- Continuous Availability – While proprietary software companies can choose to render older programs redundant and force organizations to upgrade to the latest version to continue receiving support, open-source products are ensured longevity as no single entity “owns” the code. The Payara Platform also provides a 10-year software lifecycle, so organizations aren’t repeatedly forced to upgrade to the latest version.
- Customization Potential – open source software can be modified and customized to meet the unique needs of each organization. The Payara Platform is open source software with a future you help define. Payara Platform Enterprise customers can make features and enhancement requests to ensure their exact requirements are met.
- Avoiding Vendor Lock-in – when using proprietary software with a “closed” format, companies are often tied to that specific vendor and their pricing for upgrades, add-ons, and security improvements. Open-source software gives organizations more flexibility.
Cost Advantages of the Payara Platform
Customers of Payara Enterprise with the Migration and Project support option, 24x7, or 10x5 support services, or Payara Accelerator for consulting services – have the opportunity to save money beyond licensing.
7 Reasons Why Global Companies Invest in Commercial Support for the Payara® Platform
There are many reasons why companies choose to invest in commercial support for Payara® Server or Payara Micro (the Payara Platform). Here we’ve listed the most common reasons for buying support to achieve operational and financial benefits.
Increase the effectiveness of your in-house team
Having Payara® Support meant Swisscom, a leading telecom company in Switzerland, experienced reduced problem-solving time for multiple projects, getting the fix to an issue 2 months sooner and with no need for Swisscom engineers to further investigate for solutions.
Volthread managed service model will help in saving time and money by avoiding system downtime and unexpected service outages. Our proactive approach keeps uptime high and avoids the negative impacts of downtime.
Volthread managed service model will help in saving time and money by avoiding system downtime and unexpected service outages. Our proactive approach keeps uptime high and avoids the negative impacts of downtime.
Improve security
iTAC Software, a leading MES provider in Germany, had been using Oracle GlassFish 2.1 and began experiencing issues with security problems that did not have available fixes. To satisfy compliance requirements, MiTAC needed to guarantee high availability, robustness, and high performance. After migrating to Payara Server and obtaining Production Support services, iTAC had access to hotfixes, monthly releases, and a guaranteed 2-hour reaction time in case of a software issue to satisfy compliance requirements.
Access a private Customer Knowledge Base
Customers find the Customer Support Portal a great benefit, as it allows them to log in and see at a glance any open issues as well as track status and activity on open items. The Customer Knowledge Base within the Support Portal provides customers with articles and information to resolve common problems or find answers to questions quickly.
Enjoy peace of mind with a 10-year support lifecycle and OpenJDK support
BMW Group required a stable basis and standards compliance for their applications. The 10-year support lifecycle provided by Payara solved both the need for stability and compliance. Our support for the OpenJDK platform, provided by Azul Systems, means customers can rest assured that the whole software stack is supported.
Receive priority for bug fixes, new features, and enhancement requests
Payara Support customers get priority responses for all bug fixes, whereas community users would first have to raise the bug on GitHub with no guaranteed timelines or SLAs for getting the fix. Rakuten found the Maven repository, Nexus Portal, easy to use, receiving customer-only patched builds and hotfixes for the Payara Platform. They enjoyed the quick responses from the Payara Support Team and the fact that support could communicate in Japanese. New feature or enhancement requests are also prioritized for customers in our monthly and quarterly releases.
Quickly overcome problems with direct access to the engineering team
Appriss, a US company that delivers data-driven solutions to improve safety and security, relies on the added confidence of 24/7 support from Payara’s engineers to deliver their critical customer-facing web applications within the retail, health, and safety data solutions industry. Unlike other companies that offer support through an outsourced helpdesk, Payara Support comes directly from our engineers.
Follow best practices and expand technical knowledge
Even during times of no technical problems, Payara Support customers can reach out with questions to ensure they are operating according to best practices to prevent future challenges and increase efficiency. ISERN, providers of hospital room communications solutions, relied on the Payara Migration & Project Support for sorting out issues as well as expanding their knowledge of the server. In addition to these common reasons for investing in commercial support, Payara Support helps you save money when things go wrong. Payara Support and the Engineering Department are available around the clock to get you back on track quickly, reducing costly downtime and frustration for your IT team.
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