Difference between tomcat and resin?

Question

I like to know what are the differences between Tomcat container and Resin container

Solution 1

Tomcat is a stand alone web server supporting the J2EE web technologies (eg. Servlets, JSP) and Resin is a full blown J2EE Application server which includes a web server plus the rest of the J2EE family of technologies (eg. EJB). Tomcat is always free to use for any purpose. Resin is free only for open source or hobby use. Commercial use of Resin is not free. One interesting feature of Resin is the ability to run PHP applications under the JVM through Quercus.

Solution 2

Have a look here and here

Resin's high-performance application server features load balancing for increased reliability. Resin encourages separation of content from style with its fast XML and XSL support.
Resin is available in two versions, Professional and Open Source. Professional has features commonly needed in a production environment while the Open Source version is said to be suitable for hobbyists and low traffic websites.

Apache Tomcat is an open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies.

Comments

[hennings]

Currently, and since Resin 3, the Resin Open Source edition is licensed under GPL.

[Natan Cox]

Note: it is not really full blown J2EE. Resin supports the Java EE 6 web profile. So its more like a Tomcat with Spring light.