Azul Payara Server
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Plans and prices
From Azul Payara Server's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Azul Payara Community | Free | Community-supported edition · Free community-supported edition |
| Azul Payara Micro & Server | Priced on request | Cloud-native containers · flexible clustering and scaling · high availability · monthly security updates · long-term 24/7 support · developer tooling and APIs · Per vCore; contact sales for details |
The facts
Each one read from Azul Payara Server's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Compatibility
- Azul Payara Server runs on any compatible JDK; Azul Core is optional and downloaded separately.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- It runs in data centers, containers, and public clouds, and is optimized for Docker and Kubernetes on AWS, Azure, and GCP.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Deployment limitation
- A Spring Boot executable fat JAR is not a direct deployable artifact for the Jakarta EE server and requires repackaging.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Developer tools
- The toolchain includes Maven and Gradle project scaffolding, upgrade tools, Arquillian containers, IDE plugins, and connectors for Kafka, Amazon SQS, Azure Service Bus, and MQTT.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Features
- Features include an admin console, telemetry and observability, Payara InSight monitoring, integrated SSL certificate management, and a diagnostics tool.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Extended Notification Service can send incidents to Slack, Datadog, New Relic, Microsoft Teams, email, JMX, JMS, and SNMP.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Lifecycle
- Azul Payara 5, 6, and 7 are supported concurrently, while Azul Payara 4 remains available under Lifetime Support.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Modernization
- Existing Jakarta EE applications can move to a namespace-matched Azul Payara version without rewriting code or migrating frameworks.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Product
- Azul Payara Server is a Jakarta EE 11 certified application server for mission-critical production workloads.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- Azul says it is a registered CVE Numbering Authority under CISA and DHS oversight and publishes monthly security patches backported across supported major versions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- The enterprise server offers Standard or Premium support levels with guaranteed SLAs.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- Azul describes use cases including migrations from WebLogic, WebSphere, or JBoss EAP, regulated workloads, high-availability transaction systems, and multi-tenant applications.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2014checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Malvern, Worcestershire, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
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