Tomcat vs Pivotal tc Server

Question

Could anyone advise as to the pros and cons of using Pivotal tc Server as opposed to just vanilla Tomcat for a Spring-MVC Java web application? Could find very little about Pivo

Answer 1

To me it seems a high price for just getting a servlet container. Specifically, it (the tc server) seems to try to mimmic a production quality application server (servlet engine) with the added features. For development it seems overkill. You could just as well use Tomcat stand-alone or Glassfish or Jetty.

I would choose the tc server if my target was some cloud implementation of Cloud Foundary that was ultimately my target production deployment environment.

Finally, I just noticed that the tc server is a commercial offering. So, the licensing implications should the features become integral to your delivery, might have a cost that your project would not bear: https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/SpringSource-tc-Server-Spring-Edition-license/2156278.aspx