PowerServer (PB Edition) VS. Other PowerServer Editions

PowerServer (PB Edition) indicates the PowerServer provided in the PowerBuilder Universal Edition; its Developer license supports deploying Web and mobile apps to the .NET-based PowerServer back-ends. Other PowerServer editions indicate the PowerServer (Developer/Workgroup/Enterprise Edition) which supports Web and mobile deployments on both the .NET and J2EE application servers. Notice the different components contained in these editions.

Component

PowerServer (PB Edition)

Other PowerServer Editions

Developer Edition

Standalone Production Edition

Clustered Production Edition

Developer Edition

Workgroup Edition

Enterprise Edition

PowerServer Web/Mobile

Available

Available (Mobile only)

Available (Mobile only)

Available

Available

Available

PowerServer Web Component

Available

Available

Available

Available

Available

Available

PowerServer Help

Available

Available

Available

Available

Available

Available

PowerServer Toolkit

PowerServer Toolkit is only available in the PowerBuilder Universal Edition. It can deploy PowerBuilder apps as mobile apps or Web apps to 2019, 2017 R3, 2017 R2, 2017, and 2016 PowerServer (formerly called Appeon Server) based on the .NET or J2EE application servers.


The PowerServer Web/Mobile server component from PowerServer (PB Edition) and the PowerServer Web/Mobile server component from other Appeon PowerServer Editions must be installed on different servers. If you install them on the same server, unpredictable issues may occur, and you should uninstall both, and then install them separately on different servers.

Also notice the different features supported in these editions.

Feature

PowerServer Toolkit

PowerServer (PB Edition)

Other PowerServer Editions

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Developer Edition

Standalone Production Edition

Clustered Production Edition

Developer Edition

Workgroup Edition

Enterprise Edition

Mobile apps

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Web apps

Supported

Supported

Not supported

Not supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

.NET application server

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

J2EE application server

Supported

Not supported

Not supported

Not supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Clustering (failover)

Supported

Not supported

Not supported

Supported

Not supported

Not supported

Supported

Offline mobile capability

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Supported

Free or paid

Free

Free

Free

Paid

Paid

Paid

Paid

Licensing model

-

Subscription

Subscription

Subscription

Perpetual

Perpetual

Perpetual

Supported OS

Windows

Windows

Windows

Windows

Win/Linux/Unix

Win/Linux/Unix

Win/Linux/Unix

User sessions

-

5 (in total)

Unlimited

Unlimited

5

Variable

Variable