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Eclipse MicroProfile vs Spring MVC comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Eclipse MicroProfile
Ranking in Java Frameworks
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spring MVC
Ranking in Java Frameworks
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Eclipse MicroProfile is 7.0%, down from 7.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring MVC is 3.7%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Java Frameworks Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Spring MVC3.7%
Eclipse MicroProfile7.0%
Other89.3%
Java Frameworks
 

Featured Reviews

Idris Oyibo Igagwu - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Arkabrata  Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
A scalable tool with great auto-configuration capabilities
The best feature of Spring MVC is its auto-configuration capabilities. A user need not configure anything in the product as it offers configuration files to set profiling and guide users with what they need to connect for development, staging, or production. The auto-configuration is one of the best components of the solution.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use the solution to create microservices."
"The solution is stable."
"Provides a lightweight runtime."
"The solution can scale."
"The best feature of Spring MVC is its auto-configuration capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of Spring MVC is the configuration, such as WAF."
"The solution is open-source and free to use."
"Spring gives you the opportunity to develop architecture in the simplest way possible. It comes with everything you would want in terms of security. If you want to access the database, you have the ability to do that."
"Spring MVC is fast and reliable."
"Dependency Injection is one of the major features which makes our life easier using Spring. It is well documented and has active communities, which provide us enormous help."
"The interface is the solution's most valuable aspect."
 

Cons

"Its performance speed could be improved while working on the browser."
"The tool needs to improve its messaging."
"Deployment of microservers in the Kubernetes environment is difficult."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
"It could provide faster performance."
"The newer versions of Spring MVC have released a lot of features that we are not using right now because, in many cases, we are limited to running older versions. As such, it would be nice if Spring were to improve support for upgrading to newer versions, especially for legacy applications."
"Spring MVC could improve the integration with DevOps and other applications."
"The solution could be simplified quite a bit. It's unnecessarily complicated in some areas."
"The documentation for Spring MVC could improve."
"I expect the solution to offer and include a lot of packages so that it can be configured more easily or the speed level increases, thereby helping it overcome its shortcomings."
"Spring IDE​ needs some work and improvement. We have faced many issues when adding third-party Eclipse plugins."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is an open-source solution."
"Spring MVC is open source and free."
"This is an open-source solution, so there are no license costs involved with using it."
"The solution is free."
"We are using the open-source version of the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
University
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

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, whic...
What do you like most about Spring MVC?
The best feature of Spring MVC is its auto-configuration capabilities.
What needs improvement with Spring MVC?
In the future, I expect the solution to offer and include a lot of packages so that it can be configured more easily or the speed level increases, thereby helping it overcome its shortcomings.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Spring by Pivotal, Spring, Spring Framework
 

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Sample Customers

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EMC, Aridhia, CoreLogic, CenturyLink, Humana, Purdue University, Tampon Run, ArtsPool, Charity Water, Center for ReSource Conservation, Manos Teatrales
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