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Jakarta EE vs Spring MVC comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Jakarta EE
Ranking in Java Frameworks
3rd
Average Rating
7.4
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 Jakarta EE is 15.1%, down from 27.4% 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 (%)
Jakarta EE15.1%
Spring MVC3.7%
Other81.2%
Java Frameworks
 

Featured Reviews

Erick  Karanja - PeerSpot reviewer
A robust enterprise Java capabilities with complex configuration involved, making it a powerful choice for scalable applications while requiring a learning curve
When running applications in the cloud, scalability is highly dependent on how you configure it. Factors such as the number of instances you want to scale, and the threshold for scaling based on the quantity of messages or the amount of data, are all customizable based on your application's needs.
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

"Jakarta EE's best features include REST services, configuration, and persistent facilities. It's also incredibly cloud friendly."
"The feature that allows a variation of work space based on the application being used."
"Configuring, monitoring, and ensuring observability is a straightforward process."
"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."
"We have found Spring is easy to use and learn."
"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 solution is open-source and free to use."
"The solution can scale."
"It provides the best documentation for technical support."
"The most valuable features of Spring MVC are the modules, such as Spring Admin. All the Spring solutions work well together and are simple to maintain, such as the load balancing on the client side."
"The most valuable feature of Spring MVC is the configuration, such as WAF."
 

Cons

"Jakarta EE's configuration could be simpler, which would make it more useful as a developer experience."
"All the customization and plugins can make the interface too slow and heavy in some situations."
"It would be great if we could have a UI-based approach or easily include the specific dependencies we need."
"Spring IDE​ needs some work and improvement. We have faced many issues when adding third-party Eclipse plugins."
"It could provide faster performance."
"It can be difficult for a basic user to understand the concepts in this solution, such as inversion of control."
"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."
"We would like the deployment of this solution to be easier as, at present, it is quite complicated."
"I have recently had problems with the changes that were made using Spring Security."
"The solution could be simplified quite a bit. It's unnecessarily complicated in some areas."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate Jakarta EE's pricing seven out of ten."
"The solution is free."
"It is an open-source solution."
"We are using the open-source version of the solution."
"This is an open-source solution, so there are no license costs involved with using it."
"Spring MVC is open source and free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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 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...
What do you like most about Jakarta EE?
Configuring, monitoring, and ensuring observability is a straightforward process.
What needs improvement with Jakarta EE?
Enhancements in configurations can be achieved by benchmarking against Spring Boot technology. It would be great if we could have a UI-based approach or easily include the specific dependencies we ...
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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