How much does the Smith Engine cost?

Smith engine is free and open source. You can use it in any combination you like to.

I would like to bundle smith with my own developed "commercial" product. Is that allowed?

Yes, feel free to use it.

What's the roadmap of Smith?

Well, our idea is to get as much feedback as possible from the ColdFusion® community. Based on that feedback we plan the next releases.

Do you support CFC's in the current version of Smith?

Yes, from the version 1.25 Smith fully supports ColdFusion® components.

Smith works fine, but there is a very important function missing that prevents us from using it. What do I have to do, that the missing feature is implemented as soon as possible?

Well first, send us your feedback. We will include that in our release planning. If you would like to have your issue priorized, we may ask you to participate on the development costs. Feel free to contact us if that is the case.

Do you offer any support program?

No, not yet. But we are planning to offer a support program.

I would like to use both JSPs and CF scripts in my application. Does Smith support this?

Yes, you may use JSPs or any other Java-driver scripting along with ColdFusion® scripts. For example, you can include JSP page from CF script using something like: <cfinclude template="mypage.jsp">.

How Smith's performances compare to original ColdFusion® sever's?

We did a lot of tests and our conclusion is that in most cases Smith is even faster. Initial purpose of Smith engine was to run the huge existing ColdFusion® application and the special care is devoted to performance issues.

Which databases does Smith support?

Smith supports any jdbc-available database. You just need to provide appropriate JDBC driver on the application classpath (usually in the lib directory) and to configure your datasource(s) in the Smith administration.