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Azul Platform Core (Zulu) Overview

What is Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

Azul Platform Core is designed for the enterprise, with the certified builds, tight security, and cost efficiencies you need to run today’s business–critical, Java-based services. More Trust Built by Java leaders, Azul Platform Core provides 100% open source, fully tested and certified, Java SE standards-compliant, well-curated builds of OpenJDK. More Security Azul Platform Core delivers stabilized builds backed by an industry-leading support SLA, providing quarterly security-only updates for assured rapid deployment into production. More Value Azul Platform Core is a one-to-one replacement for Oracle Java SE at dramatically lower costs—delivering the most architectures, package types, and configuration options available.

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Azul is the only company 100% focused on Java, delivering the most trusted Java platform to the modern cloud enterprise. We provide the world’s best commercial support for OpenJDK to our customers by prioritizing their success, maintaining our unwavering commitment to innovation and excellence, and advancing Java through community leadership.


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2002
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Sunnyvale, CA
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Zoran S.
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Zoran S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Leading edge JVM"
Significant performance improvements and distribution that includes Java FX out of the box. Also, the user-friendly experience.
Ankur S.
AS
Ankur S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Easiest way to use OpenJDK"
The thing I like the most is that Azul makes it really easy to work with Java Apps. You know that the version of OpenJDK you are using is reliable ...
Steven W.
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Steven W.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Excellent support, great options"
The number of binaries available to use that not only support different platforms, but also different feature sets was a life saver on my last team...
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Bob P.
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

Azul Zulu provides a consistent OpenJDK build for the Java Community. Zulu is run against the Test Compatability Kit (TCK) and released on multiple OS distributions that allow it to be used for local testing to production. The release documentation is comprehensive, covering all cases from manual installation to drop-in container startups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

I do not currently have any dislikes for Azul Zulu. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have customers that use Java for application development that need a solid OpenJDK distribution for running business-critical applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JB
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What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

It is free as a beer for both personal and commercial use. It is 100% compatible with Oracle's Java, especially for Java 8 and it is the only one providing JFX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

There is nothing we dislike about Java from Azul. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is a perfect 100% compatible replacement of Java 8 from Oracle that is not longer free to use for commercial use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DG
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What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

Selecting the latest JDK matching my hardware and OS is straightforward. The installation has always been fast and flawless! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

I didn't run into any limitations or annoyances with the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm using the platform for my open-source work and it is great to have easy access to all the different release versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PF
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What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

Up to date with bug fixes, stability and innovation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

No licensing traps or vendor lock-in. Oh wait, that's a good thing. There's nothing that comes to mind to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's my main development environment. I'm time-constrained, I don't have time to waste on fixing problems with other people's software, I know that Azul will keep everything up to date and working smoothly without issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dyorgio N.
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What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

Zulu Platform offers what Oracle stops to deliver: A good JVM to run and develop our Java applications.

It's fast and robust, updated regularly with fixes and security patches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

They offer a paid subscription that is not so accessible for developers of the third world (Latino and African markets). Maybe an "associate" subscription with lower costs and fewer benefits could help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you?

They provide an OpenJDK distribution that is easy to use and deploy.

It is available to all operating systems and CPU architecture, with easy methods to download. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jelena .
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What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

High performance, stability, security, support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

So far, I haven't come across any downsides Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ease of distribution and integration with our product, provides better user experience for our customers and save our support time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

First of all, this was the only choice when Apple released the M1 chip.

I really like the fact that the platform is well-supported and does fulfil my expectations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

I am yet to find things I dislike.

It may be challenging to persuade your manager to authorise the switch Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you?

It just works when we need it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FM
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What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

I've been working with NetBeans since version 4.0 and I'm happy that I got the NetBeans 17 and Zulu JDK 17 installed in a bundle today - it works great! After that, I tested NetBeans with Zulu JDK 19 - just great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

I haven't noticed anything negative so far and I hope we can continue to count on a truly free Java JDK with this performance assurance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you?

For me, Zulu JDK is the future basis of my developer platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JC
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What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

I was able to run a Machine Learning Java backend (Neuralogic) on my Mac M1 (which was failing with Oracle JDK) without any further debugging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

It was unknown to me, probably because I am not using Java much. I found about it from a Stack Overflow answer, somehow hidden... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Running both on my Linux machine and my Mac M1 machine, without any hack. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Corneil d.
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Chief Architect
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What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

Zulu is available for more platform options than most other distributions.

In my experience I'm less likely to encounter regressions because of extensive testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)?

Their is not a single aspect of Zulu I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Availabe for most platforms and trusted validation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.