Azul Zulu vs Oracle Hotspot comparison

Azul Systems and Oracle are both solutions in the Application Infrastructure category. Azul Systems is ranked #11, while Oracle is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.0. Azul Systems holds a 3.7% mindshare in AIS, compared to Oracle’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Azul Systems users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Azul Zulu

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100% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Azul Zulu and Oracle Hotspot based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Azul Zulu

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

11th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

AI Customer Experience Personalization (21st), AI Content Creation (58th)

Oracle Hotspot

Ranking in Application Infrastructure

18th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Application Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Azul Zulu is 3.7%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Hotspot is 1.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Azul Zulu	3.7%
Oracle Hotspot	1.2%
Other	95.1%

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BasilJiji

System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Standardized our Java estate and have reduced licensing costs while maintaining strong support

Azul Zulu's ability to allow us to standardize our Java estate on a single and well-supported platform stands out as one of its best features. This standardization simplifies our compliance audits and ensures all our applications receive timely security updates.Azul Zulu positively impacts our organization by providing a platform that allows us to standardize Java on a well-supported platform. Without the high cost associated with other proprietary vendors, Azul Zulu provides an excellent platform for running our applications.

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SRIRAM GOPALASWAMY

Senior Director - Digital marketing at Enphase Energy

A scalable and user-friendly product that is useful for tracking leads for inbound marketing

I use the solution for inbound marketing to track leads The product is quite user-friendly. It doesn't ask me too many questions. There are some bugs in the solution that lead to breakdowns. The solution must increase the number of third-party integrations. I have been using the solution for…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"We achieved specific outcomes from using Azul Zulu by reducing our Java licensing and support costs by approximately 70% when compared to our previous Oracle contract."

"The product is quite user-friendly."

Cons

"Improvements for Azul Zulu could include more automated tools for unused code visibility integrated directly into the standard portal to help further optimize our cloud footprints."

"There are some bugs in the solution that lead to breakdowns."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is expensive when compared to other solutions."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

28%

Retailer

20%

Computer Software Company

11%

Real Estate/Law Firm

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What do you like most about Oracle Hotspot?

The product is quite user-friendly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Hotspot?

The product is expensive when compared to other solutions.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Hotspot?

There are some bugs in the solution that lead to breakdowns. The solution must increase the number of third-party integrations.

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Overview

Zulu is a 100% open source certified build of OpenJDK, running on Linux, Windows, and OS X. Zulu complies with the Java SE standard for Java SE 8, 7, and 6. Free to download and use, Zulu is available on Azure, AWS, Canonical’s Charm Store and the Docker hub. Zulu Enterprise subscriptions deliver 24 x 7 x 365 access to Azul’s Support team.

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The Java HotSpot Virtual Machine is a core component of the Java SE platform. It implements the Java Virtual Machine Specification, and is delivered as a shared library in the Java Runtime Environment. As the Java bytecode execution engine, it provides Java runtime facilities, such as thread and object synchronization, on a variety of operating systems and architectures. It includes dynamic compilers that adaptively compile Java bytecodes into optimized machine instructions and efficiently manages the Java heap using garbage collectors, optimized for both low pause time and throughput. It provides data and information to profiling, monitoring and debugging tools and applications.

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