JBoss Enterprise Application Platform vs Oracle SOA Suite comparison

Red Hat and Oracle are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Red Hat is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.5, while Oracle is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.5. Red Hat holds a 6.2% mindshare in AIS, compared to Oracle’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Red Hat users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Oracle SOA Suite and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform compete in the enterprise software market. Oracle SOA Suite has stronger support and pricing advantages, while JBoss is favored for its extensive features, making it more appealing.

Features: Oracle SOA Suite offers robust integration capabilities, seamless connection to Oracle databases, and extensive middleware components. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform stands out for its flexibility, strong open-source community support, and smooth integration with Java applications.

Room for Improvement: Oracle SOA Suite could improve its complexity in deployment, expand its integration features beyond Oracle ecosystems, and enhance the user interface for better user experience. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform might benefit from more comprehensive official support, a wider range of pre-built connectors, and increased documentation for ease of use.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle SOA Suite involves a complex deployment process but is backed by strong Oracle customer support. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform offers a simplified deployment model supported by a vast open-source community, providing a wealth of resources.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle SOA Suite involves higher initial costs but offers substantial ROI through its comprehensive capabilities. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform provides a lower cost of entry, focusing on cost efficiency and quick ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

JBoss Enterprise Applicatio...

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

10th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle SOA Suite

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

9th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SOA Governance (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is 6.2%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SOA Suite is 3.3%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle SOA Suite	3.3%
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform	6.2%
Other	90.5%

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Karthikeyan Raman

CIO at Clayfin

Lightweight clustering has improved banking channels and delivers faster, reliable deployments

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform's best features include that it was very simple to install and enabling clustering between two instances was simpler than compared to WebSphere or WebLogic. Clustering became very much easier, and setup was very straightforward. I used other products such as WebSphere and WebLogic, and I saw JBoss Enterprise Application Platform as a very lightweight container rather than a heavy container. The startup time was much faster compared to other application servers, and debugging was reliable. We did not see the application going into a hang state. It never happened in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. Other application servers typically degrade over time, and the application resources can become hung. The memory utilization and the heap garbage collection that was running was very efficient, so the resource utilization was better. The robust security model of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform contributed positively to our data integrity and compliance in our development processes, and it was very good.

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Debjit Ghosh

Manager at Cognizant

Has enabled complex data flow management but faces limitations with modern integration needs

There are areas of Oracle SOA Suite I would like to see improved or enhanced in the future, particularly regarding its adapter capabilities. The popularity of Oracle Integration Cloud nowadays arises from its larger set of adapter capabilities, including numerous application adapters. In contrast, Oracle SOA Suite provides a limited number of adapters. I would like to see more REST-based features added to Oracle SOA Suite, currently lacking, along with an enhancement of file size or payload capability, as the existing limitation is a 10 MB payload size. Additionally, Oracle SOA Suite licensing cost tends to be higher, adhering to a fixed pricing model rather than a pay-per-use basis, which might not be suitable for smaller organizations.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Stable and easy to handle in terms of hosting applications."

"The solution is quite stable."

"It's convenient and barebone."

"The best feature for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for me is high availability, and it is very strong."

"Its technical support is excellent."

"JBoss Enterprise Application Platform works very well."

"The deployment and initial setup is easy, it is easier than the previous version."

"The robust security model of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform contributed positively to our data integrity and compliance in our development processes, and it was very good."

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"What I like best about Oracle SOA Suite is Oracle support. I also like the tool features, especially the integration feature."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the option to design, and the development can happen at the same time."

"The integration capabilities of Oracle SOA Suite in connecting disparate systems within the organization are excellent."

"In Oracle SOA Suite some applications are not able to use REST, but it can support both SOAP and REST. You're able to integrate quite a lot of systems, which may not be able to in other solutions. You can also use XML and JSON. It is a standardizing type of tool. It doesn't matter whether I'm using JSON or XML, it can convert them."

"Middleware jobs developing for EC, ERP, and shipping systems become easier."

"Conceptually, how it integrates a lot of essential enterprise process components. That's the most valuable."

"It performs better in real-time transactions."

"I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy."

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Cons

"Its architecture needs improvement."

"It was too expensive to license JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for each process."

"Lacks some functional requirements."

"A graphic user interface can be added."

"This solution needs better management UI."

"Sometimes, I observe the memory usage at 100% for the server, and this issue could be improved."

"It's hard to find out the root cause of errors."

"In my opinion, there are areas that could be improved with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, such as the management console."

"One area that could be better is the human task feature. It could be improved to provide more functionality and customization options because it has limited options available."

"The interface is too complicated. Making modifications still requires too much technical knowledge."

"The technical support is good, we have premier support which costs extra."

"An important area that can be improved is the product's data monitoring. When we use the solution for interfacing or end-to-end data monitoring, we want to know exactly where the data is going and exactly where it is failing, or where there is an issue."

"Various parts of SOA, BPEL, and so on, each have their own consoles which need to be accessed individually with different logins. It would be better from an admin perspective if all the consoles were accessible via a single login."

"The web services need to be more robust."

"An area for improvement in Oracle SOA Suite is the cost. It could be lower."

"Oracle SOA Suite licensing cost tends to be higher, adhering to a fixed pricing model rather than a pay-per-use basis, which might not be suitable for smaller organizations."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is cost-effective."

"It is an open-source solution."

"Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution."

"The product is moderately priced."

"This product is WebLogic based, hence it can be both resource hungry as well as expensive from a licensing point of view."

"Based on my knowledge, Oracle SOA Suite doesn't have user-based licensing. It has a system-based licensing model, so you pay for whole systems. Oracle SOA Suite is an expensive solution, so it's a four out of ten for me."

"It is necessary to evaluate the requirement regarding the platform usage and what the main operation area of the platform will be."

"Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard."

"The pricing is not very high as compared to its competitors."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

32%

Media Company

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	41

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?

I lost one opportunity for licensing to a bank that was implementing on-premises. It was too expensive to license JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for each process. The customer needed to impl...

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What is your primary use case for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?

I have an application with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and a middleware. I used JBoss Enterprise Application Platform for about eight years until 2016. I implemented a ticketing solution ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform?

The customer needed to implement on a server with 32 processes, and the price from a local provider was approximately $64,000.

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What do you like most about Oracle SOA Suite?

The solution's XSLT or XSL Transformation feature was very useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SOA Suite?

The setup cost of Oracle SOA Suite is relatively high since various components, including database licenses, WebLogic licenses, VM costs, and SOA licenses based on enterprise and Oracle negotiation...

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What needs improvement with Oracle SOA Suite?

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Also Known As

JBoss EAP, Red Hat EAP

SOA Suite

Overview

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP) is an open source platform for modern Java applications deployed in any environment. JBoss EAPâs architecture is modular, and cloud ready. The platform offers powerful management and automation for greater developer productivity. It is based on the open source Wildfly project (formerly known as JBoss Application Server).

Red Hat

Oracle SOA Suite is a comprehensive, standards-based software suite to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA). The components of the suite benefit from consistent tooling, a single deployment and management model, end-to-end security and unified metadata management. Oracle SOA Suite helps businesses lower costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets, regardless of the environment (OS, application server, etc.) they run in, or the technology they were built upon. Its easy-to-use, re-use focused, unified application development tooling and end-to-end lifecycle management support further reduces development and maintenance cost and complexity.

For more information on Oracle SOA Suite, visit Oracle.com

Oracle

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APD, Banco Azteca, Roche, Tata Sky, Frost Bank

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