“Azul provides a well-supported, reliable and secure Java JDK and runtime that we use in many of SAS Institute’s products and solutions. The satisfaction of thousands of SAS customers demonstrates the quality of the Azul Platform.”
The comparison table below summarizes how Azul Platform Core offers significant advantages over free builds of OpenJDK.
Azul Platform Core provides a secure, stable, and affordable option for enterprises seeking to ensure operational stability, enhance security and compliance, achieve cost efficiencies, and guarantee their IP is free from contaminating software for their critical Java infrastructure.
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Improved Security & Compliance |
• Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) — updates whose only recent changes are security related — are delivered on a firm SLA. • Only Azul and Oracle offer CPUs — this is a key benefit of commercial support. • CPUs provide protection from high-risk exposure that occurs when instability in a full update prevents the application of new security patches (this occurs in roughly 20% of quarterly releases). • Azul’s track record for timely delivery of CPUs goes back to 2014. • To date, Azul’s CPUs have never experienced a regression. • Azul backports security fixes for all Azul supported versions, including Java 6 and 7. |
• Full updates also known as Patch Set Updates (PSUs) are available on a best-effort basis. • PSUs regularly require additional, out-of-cycle bug fixes to address issues introduced by new builds. These issues can interrupt business operations. For example, Hadoop clusters and Solr/Lucerne were unable to run after the 8u262 update. |
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Industry-standard for commercial support |
The industry’s best OpenJDK support including: • Deep-root cause analysis• Application triage • Expert consulting on moving to new Java releases. • Security briefings with CTO Gil Tene, Deputy CTO Simon Ritter and VP Pratik Patel • CSAT score of 100% for 20+ rolling quarters A globally distributed team of expert Java engineers: • Average industry experience >20 years • 24x7x365 support • Guaranteed response within 1 hour for new incidents by email or website • Support for Eclipse Temurin |
No such offerings |
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Variety of supported platforms & configurations |
• Azul supports major flavors of Linux, Windows, macOS, Solaris, QNX, etc. • Azul supports Arm 32/64, x86/64, MIPS 32, PPC 32/64, SPARC architectures. • Azul supports Zulu builds of the JDK and JRE as well as JDK FX and JRE FX. |
• Free OpenJDK distributions have a limited selection of JDK configurations. |
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Java version support |
6 versions of Java, including: • Java 6 until December 2027 |
• OpenJDK doesn’t provide updates for Java 6 and Java 7. |
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IP protection |
Patent and Non-Contamination Indemnification |
No such offering |
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Other offerings |
Azul Platform Prime is for business-critical applications and systems. It helps performance engineers and cloud architects in three ways: • Reducing cloud waste with infrastructure and cloud cost optimization• Increasing application performance and latency improvement • Improving DevOps productivity and efficiency Azul Platform Prime includes Azul Zing, an enhanced build of OpenJDK for superior performance and consistency – that is typically measured by: • Lowering app CPU usage• Reducing time-outs and errors • Increasing throughput while meeting SLAs. • Improving carrying capacity • Reducing warm-up time
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No such offerings |
Talk with the Azul migration team.
Platform Core is your best and most affordable option.
Platform Core is your best and most affordable option.
Platform Core is your best and most affordable option.
Free is ok.
Free is ok.
Free is ok.
“Azul provides a well-supported, reliable and secure Java JDK and runtime that we use in many of SAS Institute’s products and solutions. The satisfaction of thousands of SAS customers demonstrates the quality of the Azul Platform.”
“Having a product that I don’t have to adjust and change and modify and work with and turn a bunch of switches and dials, has been great, and the support has been excellent. The best that I’ve ever dealt with.”
