| License | Apache License 2.0 | Open Source with EULA |
| Release Frequency | Regular | Monthly |
| Production Support | Yes (Only in combination with OpenShift or Enterprise Linux subscriptions) | Yes |
| Standards Support | MicroProfile | MicroProfile, Jakarta EE Web Profile |
| Support For | Vert.x, MP Reactive Messaging, MP GraphQL, JPA, JMS Client | JBatch, Jakarta EE Concurrency, JMS client, Kafka connectivity |
| Designed For | Kubernetes | Microservices, Kubernetes, general applications |
| Project Creation | Maven archetype | Maven and Gradle archetypes |
| Clustering | Available through Infinispan integration | Automatic clustering in many environments including bare metal and Kubernetes |
| Request Tracing | MicroProfile OpenTracing | MicroProfile OpenTracing Servlet, CDI |
| Tracing Tools | Jaeger, OpenZipkin | Jaeger, OpenZipkin |
| Notifiers | None | Log files, SMTP, SNMP, CDI, Slack, New Relic, Datadog, Discord, Teams, Java Flight Recorder, XMPP |
| Supported JVMs | JDK 11+, Graal VM Native compilation | Support and security updates for Java 7, 8, 11 and beyond; and ARM-based JVMs |
