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 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.
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
Community-based Support
- Get assistance on Payara Forum
- Raise bugs on GitHub
- Tech Blog
- User guides & datasheets
Product Suitability
Stable and Secure
- Long Software Lifecycle with Lifetime support option
- 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
Innovation
- Rapid access to new features
- Software experimentation
- Suitable for development projects
Release Schedule
Enterprise Releases
- Monthly releases
- Long Software Lifecycle with Lifetime support option
Community Releases
- Regular & frequent releases
- Fast access to new features
Features & Benefits Comparison
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| Feature | Payara Platform Enterprise | Payara Platform Community |
|---|---|---|
| Suitability | Production and Development | Development |
| Security alerts and fixes |  | Best endeavours fixed in the next release |
| Support | Engineer-provided 24×7, 10×5, or Migration & Project Support (Unlimited tickets) | Community-based support on Payara Forums |
| Maintained Docker images | Payara Enterprise Docker Images | Latest release only |
| Open source | | |
| Experimental features | New features added after thorough testing for stability | |
| Long Software Lifecycle and Lifetime Support | |  |
| 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) | | |
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Interactive Guides
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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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