The Payara Platform

Payara Platform Enterprise Vs Payara Platform Community

Payara Platform Enterprise

Software. Security. Stability. Support.

Choose Payara Enterprise if you’re migrating mission critical apps from another application server or you’re planning to run Payara Platform in production.

Payara Server Enterprise – the best application platform for production Jakarta EE apps.

Payara Micro Enterprise – the platform of choice for containerized Jakarta EE and microservices deployments.

Payara Platform Enterprise

Payara Platform Community

Create. Innovate. Elevate.

Choose Payara Platform Community for development projects, or when innovation is higher priority than security and stability.

Payara Server Community – cloud-native, innovative middleware platform for development projects that supports Jakarta EE applications in any environment: on premise, in the cloud, or hybrid.

Payara Micro Community: lightweight middleware platform of choice for containerized Jakarta EE and microservices deployments in development.

Payara Platform Community

Enterprise vs. Community Support

Included Enterprise Support Benefits

Choice of 24×7, 10×5, or Migration & Project Support provided by Engineers
Payara Enterprise Customer Support Portal
Private customer knowledge base
OpenJDK support
Upgrade tooling (Watch demo)
Access to optional Payara Accelerator Consultancy services
Payara Enterprise Docker Images
Access Payara-supported software like connectors and IDE plugins

Payara Platform Enterprise

Community-based Support

Get assistance on Payara Forum
Raise bugs on GitHub
Tech Blog
User guides & datasheets

Payara Platform Community

Product Suitability

Stable and Secure

10-Year Software Lifecycle
Designed for mission critical, production environments
Security alerts, fixes & hot fixes for urgent problems
Downported patches
Full support for ecosystem components (Maven plugins, Cloud Connectors, IDE connectors, etc)
New features added after stability confirmed

Payara Platform Enterprise

Innovation

Rapid access to new features
Software experimentation
Suitable for development projects

Payara Platform Community

Release Schedule

Enterprise Releases

Monthly releases
10-Year Software Lifecycle

Payara Platform Enterprise

Community Releases

Regular & frequent releases
Fast access to new features

Payara Platform Community

Enterprise vs. Community

Features & Benefits Comparison

Feature	Payara Platform Enterprise	Payara Platform Community
Suitability	Production and Development	Development
Security alerts and fixes		Best endeavors fixed in the next release
Support	Engineer-provided 24x7, 10x5, or Migration & Project Support (Unlimited tickets)	Community-based support on Payara Forums
Maintained Docker images	Payara Enterprise Docker Images	Latest release only
Open source	with Open Source Assurance
Experimental features	New features added after thorough testing for stability
10-Year Software Lifecycle
Monthly releases, bug fixes, patches
Access to private customer knowledge base
Consultancy Services - Payara Accelerator
Hot fixes for urgent solutions for your current version of Payara Platform in production
Downported patches
Azul Platform Core OpenJDK Support and security updates for Java 7, 8, 11, and beyond, and ARM-based JVMs
Upgrade tooling (Watch demo)
Full support for ecosystem and Payara integration components (Maven plugins, Cloud Connectors, IDE connectors)
Assembled?		Some features of Payara Platform Enterprise are in our open source repositories, but they may need self-assembly if you want to incorporate them into Payara Platform Community.

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Interactive Guides

Database Authentication in Your Payara Enterprise App

See database authentication in action with this hands-on demo. We’ll walk you through setting up and configuring database-backed user authentication in a real Payara Enterprise Jakarta EE application

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Navigating the Payara Server Enterprise Admin Console

Get hands-on with this interactive demo to explore the Payara Server Enterprise Admin Console. We’ll walk you through the key features and configurations, showing you how to manage and monitor your Jakarta EE and MicroProfile applications

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