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Oracle Application Development Framework vs Spring Boot comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Application Developm...
Ranking in Java Frameworks
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
9
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
43
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Oracle Application Development Framework is 7.0%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring Boot is 24.6%, down from 39.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Java Frameworks Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Spring Boot24.6%
Oracle Application Development Framework7.0%
Other68.4%
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Featured Reviews

Asad Ur Rehman - PeerSpot reviewer
ERP Manager | Implementation Head at Tharsol
Eases the writing of code in Java with JavaBeans; easy to set up
My advice to anyone who intends to use ADF for the first time is that you must make sure that you have powerful enough hardware in order to run everything smoothly, especially when it comes to JDeveloper. If your hardware is adequate, you can get by without a problem in terms of speed, but be advised that it can use a lot of resources. However, even though ADF is a good product with great scalability that has really helped me out in hard times since 2014, I would ultimately recommend that new users look toward Oracle APEX instead of ADF. I would rate Oracle Application Development Framework a nine out of ten.
reviewer2759913 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Software Developer at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
Has improved application monitoring and supports modular development with built-in configuration features
Spring Boot has many valuable features. First, it requires less coding and less configuration. The configurations are already in-built. The security features in Spring Boot are in-built, so we don't need to use any external third-party applications for security. In Spring Boot, the robust configuration capabilities help in adapting to diverse deployment scenarios because there is a minimum configuration required for developing any applications. The auto-configuration feature is available in Spring Boot. When we start any application, there is a property file where we mention the keys, securities, DB connections, and all other configurations. When we start any application, it loads the application properties first, which include the credentials and security files. I am using Spring Boot starter projects. I assess Spring Boot's auto-configuration feature as highly efficient in managing application setup. The application.properties file allows us to specify the server settings, such as the port we want to start the server on. For example, the default is 8080, but we can configure it to 8081. Additionally, we can store connection details such as the driver class, data source URL, username, and password in the application.properties file.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the ease of integration with other Oracle products."
"It's database-centric, and it's seemingly easy to use the model–view–controller pattern that's built-in."
"There are several valuable features. First is the fast deployment. Also the ease of use."
"The solution enables us to create objects that allow us to develop pages and applications very rapidly."
"The single sign-on features applied to Oracle Cloud is a valuable feature. All parts of this application are compatible with single sign-on, where you have a security feature that is very good in Oracle Cloud."
"This is a product that I recommend."
"The best part of Oracle ADF is being able to easily write code in Java with JavaBean files."
"The power of Oracle ADF is in the business components."
"Spring Boot has sped time to market and has also improved testability, hence also improving the quality of deployed solutions."
"Spring Boot's configuration is easy, and it has an out-of-the-box deployment."
"The most valuable feature of Spring Boot is it reduces the configuration needed. The configuration is handled by the solution. For example, if you're going to develop a web service, we needed to have a Tomcat web server and had to deploy the services and do tests. However, with Spring Boot, the default server comes with Spring Boot which reduces the task of doing all the configuration."
"Spring Boot favors convention over configuration so there are no big challenges when it comes to setting it up."
"In my opinion, the best feature in Spring Boot is its inbuilt Tomcat server."
"It gives you confidence in a readily available platform."
"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."
"The cloud version is very scalable."
 

Cons

"Oracle Application Development Framework is set to go out of support over the next three years but they should provide support for the solution for the longer term. Additionally, there needs to be more overall optimization and specifically in webpage rendering. The solution uses a lot of resources, and in order for them to move forward, they would have to create a smaller resource impact."
"You need to have Oracle ADF on-premises to build a big project. You need to have a dependable front-end application."
"The UI is very slow and not up to market standard."
"Oracle ADF needs more components and the layout can be improved."
"Lacks tailoring to geographic regional differences and consistent integration with third parties."
"The technical support should be improved; it's not as good as you get from other solutions and we don't get responses in a timely fashion, so we end up doing workarounds to solve issues."
"The model layer could be improved for performance because once that part gets bloated, the performance is lacking. So, there is room for performance optimization."
"I use JDeveloper along with ADF and, unfortunately, JDeveloper is a very slow tool. It takes a lot of time to accomplish things with it during both development and deployment. I hope that Oracle will improve JDeveloper to make it run faster."
"There are tons of improvements that we can do in Spring Boot."
"We'd like to have fewer updates."
"The solution could improve its flexibility."
"The performance could be better."
"If you want to have multiple integrations, the setup phase will become complex."
"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."
"This solution could be improved if it offered greater integration and was more compatible with other solutions."
"When the dependencies within those starter packages clash, mismatch or have a hazard, it is hard to solve the issue."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use a lot of Oracle products and in total, we pay about £5 million ($6.1 million USD) per year."
"Oracle ADF is an expensive product. I don't know the actual figures, but our licensing costs for the year 2020, for example, were very high."
"The solution has an annual licensing cost and there are only standard fees. If you want Oracle support this is charged extra on top of the licensing fees."
"The cost of this solution is approximately $47,000 USD per site."
"We have yearly licensing costs."
"I use the free version of Spring Boot."
"As Spring Boot is an open-source tool, it's free."
"This is an open source solution."
"Spring Boot is an open source solution, it is free to use."
"It's an open-source solution."
"Spring Boot is open source."
"Spring Boot is free; even the Spring Tools Suite for Eclipse is free."
"The solution is free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
15%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise19
 

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Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) of Egypt, Red Samurai, ChB Jelly House
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