Eclipse MicroProfile vs Spring Boot comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Spring Boot and Eclipse MicroProfile are platforms for enterprise Java application development. Spring Boot seems to have the upper hand due to its extensive ecosystem and integration capabilities, whereas Eclipse MicroProfile provides advantages in microservices and cloud-native application design.

Features: Spring Boot offers a comprehensive framework that includes powerful configuration management, seamless integration with various libraries, and tools for rapid application development. Eclipse MicroProfile provides enterprise Java developers with specifications tailored for microservice architectures, focusing on cloud-native applications and optimized resource usage. Both platforms offer valuable features, but Excel targets microservices and cloud-native environments effectively.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Spring Boot provides a streamlined deployment experience supported by a robust network, ensuring ease of scaling and maintenance. Eclipse MicroProfile offers a simpler deployment model suitable for microservices but does not have the extensive support network that Spring Boot provides. However, Eclipse MicroProfile's tooling and documentation are gradually improving to focus on microservices deployment needs.

Pricing and ROI: Spring Boot is open-source, reducing setup costs, with potential additional expenses for extended support services. Its strong ROI is attributed to enhanced developer productivity. Eclipse MicroProfile, also open-source, emphasizes microservices for cost efficiency through optimized resource usage, which offers cost savings and effective ROI. While Spring Boot's costs may appear higher due to its comprehensive ecosystem, Eclipse MicroProfile's focus on microservices makes it a cost-effective choice in specific environments.

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Categories and Ranking

Eclipse MicroProfile

Ranking in Java Frameworks

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Spring Boot

Ranking in Java Frameworks

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Eclipse MicroProfile is 7.1%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring Boot is 38.1%, down from 42.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Java Frameworks Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Spring Boot	38.1%
Eclipse MicroProfile	7.1%
Other	54.8%

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Q&A Highlights

Netanya Carmi

Content Manager at PeerSpot

Nov 25, 2021

Which is better - Spring Boot or Eclipse MicroProfile?

Springboot is a Java-based solution that is very popular and easy to use. You can use it to build applications quickly and confidently. Springboot has a very large, helpful learning community, which means you can find help easily. This solution is multi-threaded; when the main thread is consumed, others are used concurrently. This is a key advantage, as it makes Springboot very useful when performing long, repetitive functions. Springboot saves time on development and increases overall efficiency. You have to have a lot of Spring system knowledge to use it successfully. We would like to see security simplified and for there to be better interaction options. Eclipse Microprofile is a collection of Java EE APIs and technologies that together form a core baseline microservice with the goal of delivering application portability across numerous runtimes. With Eclipse Microprofile, you can build quickly and have rapid development and iterations, which leads to a high-frequency release cadence. Eclipse Microprofile's ultimate goal is to supply the Java Community Process (JCP) with specification requests (JSR) with sensible approaches and implementations that developers and businesses want and can depend on. Eclipse Microprofile is keenly focused on bringing microservices to Java enterprise environments. It would be great if Eclipse could provide some guidelines on how best to use Eclipse Microprofile. There are so many options. it can be confusing for the complete novice. The interface could use some tweaking as sometimes it is a bit slow. Conclusion We like Eclipse Microprofile best and believe it suits our needs perfectly. Eclipse has proven to be very forward-thinking in all things Java and lead the way in making microservices easier to handle, even for an enterprise environment. Eclipse Microprofile has a very progressive business model and we like where they are going.

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Idris Oyibo Igagwu

Integration Developer at FHI 360

Scalable solution with an easy initial setup process

We use the solution for managing large programs, customer interactions, testing, and calculation purposes of our finance-based company The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to support dynamic developer profiles. We can easily create multiple accounts and rooms for different…

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Venkataraju Nandam

Solution Architect at SID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC

Has enabled me to implement flexible microservices and streamline deployment workflows for cloud and on-premises environments

I have not evaluated such scenarios because what we currently have allows us to use it effectively. We always face one challenge with Spring Boot applications when libraries are updated, libraries have changed, or class loaders or class-level implementation are modified based on Java or other libraries. At these times, we definitely face challenges, but this is something developers must handle by identifying the right library. Because it is open source, all external systems are actually external to Spring framework. The challenge could be addressed through auto-identification or auto-configuration based on versioning since version-to-version libraries are different. Based on versioning, that would be really helpful.

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Pros

"The solution is stable."

"We use the solution to create microservices."

"Provides a lightweight runtime."

"The setup is straightforward."

"Spring Boot could improve its integration with the major cloud providers. Connectivity with cloud solutions isn't easy compared to other frameworks like Django and Python."

"The solution reduces our development time."

"Spring Boot's main feature is that it's great for DevOps because you can write your own application. You don't need to install Apache Tomcat. You can create your project easily with a few clicks."

"Spring Boot is much easier when it comes to the configuration, setup, installation, and deployment of your applications, compared to any kind of MVC framework. It has everything within a single framework."

"Spring Boot provides an all-in-one solution for the libraries needed to create a Win app. It covers all the aspects, including validation, security, etc. It provides all those features out-of-the-box. You can do almost everything with Spring Boot."

"It's easy to set up the solution."

"It's great because it simplifies development. Together with MyBatis they make a beautiful pair for Java development."

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Cons

"Deployment of microservers in the Kubernetes environment is difficult."

"The tool needs to improve its messaging."

"Its performance speed could be improved while working on the browser."

"The performance could be better."

"Nothing really comes to mind in terms of areas of improvement."

"This solution could be improved if it offered greater integration and was more compatible with other solutions."

"Perhaps an even lighter-weight, leaner version could be made available, to compete with alternative solutions, such as NodeJS."

"It's difficult to explain to junior developers what it does under the hood."

"When the dependencies within those starter packages clash, mismatch or have a hazard, it is hard to solve the issue."

"If you want to create large microservices applications, you need to connect several applications and services to each other. It is very complicated, and Spring Boot does not have an integrated solution for it."

"We have specific algorithms for our Load Balancer or API gateway. So those things, if they could make it more precise, that would be beneficial. Sometimes when we are under pressure or any new person who looks into that stuff, we'll get confused or scared because of some difficulties in understanding Which algorithm needs to be used to implement a Load Balancer. When when we Yeah. Because when we say circuit breaker, we need to use it, and then the user gets a blank circuit breaker. This means we are saying the circuit breaker needs to be moved, and then that circuit breaker needs to be elaborated more. What type of algorithm should I do, and what exactly do I need to get done so that this circuit breaker can help me to resolve my issue? Because, you know, because if you go for the circuit breaker, it will ask to open the new tab, you know, since it will check. If the service is not responding, it will wait and go for another connection. So in similar words, if they can explain it a bit more, that will be helpful. Everyone could do their own Google stuff, and they will get it, but they need help understanding how this could help them to resolve the issue. It will be good if Spring Boot provides information about real-time use cases."

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"The solution is an open-source tool."

"It's an open-source solution."

"The solution is free."

"It's open-source software, so it's free. It's a community license."

"As Spring Boot is an open-source tool, it's free."

"This solution is free unless you apply for support."

"Spring Boot is an open source solution, it is free to use."

"I use the free version of Spring Boot."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

University

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

30%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	17

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Spring Boot or Eclipse MicroProfile?

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What do you like most about Spring Boot?

1. Open Source2. Excellent Community Support -- Widely used across different projects -- so your search for answers would be easy and almost certain.3. Extendable Stack with a wide array of availab...

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Which is better - Spring Boot or Jakarta EE?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether the Spring Boot or Jakarta EE application creation software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Spring Boot. Spring Boot offe...

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Compared 17% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Overview

Many innovative "microservice" Enterprise Java environments and frameworks already exist in the Java ecosystem. These projects are creating new features and capabilities to address microservice architectures -- leveraging both Java EE and non-Java EE technologies.

The goal of the Eclipse MicroProfile project is to iterate and innovate in short cycles to propose new common APIs and functionality, get community approval, release, and repeat. Eventually, the outputs of this project could be submitted to the Eclipse Jakarta EE, JCP, OpenJDK or any relevant standards body.

Eclipse Foundation

Spring Boot is a tool that makes developing web applications and microservices with the Java Spring Framework faster and easier, with minimal configuration and setup. By using Spring Boot, you avoid all the manual writing of boilerplate code, annotations, and complex XML configurations. Spring Boot integrates easily with other Spring products and can connect with multiple databases.

How Spring Boot improves Spring Framework

Java Spring Framework is a popular, open-source framework for creating standalone applications that run on the Java Virtual Machine.

Although the Spring Framework is powerful, it still takes significant time and knowledge to configure, set up, and deploy Spring applications. Spring Boot is designed to get developers up and running as quickly as possible, with minimal configuration of Spring Framework with three important capabilities.

Autoconfiguration: Spring Boot applications are initialized with pre-set dependencies and don't have to be configured manually. Spring Boot also automatically configures both the underlying Spring Framework and any third-party packages based on your settings and on best practices, preventing future errors. Spring Boot's autoconfiguration feature enables you to start developing Spring applications quickly and efficiently. With Spring Boot, you reduce development time and increase the overall efficiency of the development process.
Opinionated approach: Spring Boot uses its own judgment for adding and configuring starter packages for your application, depending on the requirements of your project. (These are defined by filling out a simple web-form during the initialization process.) Spring Boot chooses which dependencies to install and which default values to use according to the form’s values.
Standalone applications: Spring Boot allows developers to create applications that can run on their own without relying on an external web server, by embedding a web server inside the application. Spring Boot applications can be launched on any platform simply by hitting the Run command.

Reviews from Real Users

Spring Boot stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its flexible integration options and its autoconfiguration feature, which allows users to start developing applications in a minimal amount of time.

A system analyst and team lead at a tech services company writes, “Spring Boot has a very lightweight framework, and you can develop projects within a short time. It's open-source and customizable. It's easy to control, has a very interesting deployment policy, and a very interesting testing policy. It's sophisticated. For data analysis and data mining, you can use a custom API and integrate your application. That's an advanced feature. For data managing and other things, you can get that custom from a third-party API. That is also a free license.”

Randy M., A CEO at Modal Technologies Corporation, writes, “I have found the starter solutions valuable, as well as integration with other products. Spring Security facilitates the handling of standard security measures. The Spring Boot annotations make it easy to handle routing for microservices and to access request and response objects. Other annotations included with Spring Boot enable move away from XML configuration.”

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