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Oracle Application Development Framework vs Spring MVC comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Application Developm...
Ranking in Java Frameworks
7th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spring MVC
Ranking in Java Frameworks
5th
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 November 2026, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Oracle Application Development Framework is 7.4%, up from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring MVC is 9.6%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Java Frameworks Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Spring MVC9.6%
Oracle Application Development Framework7.4%
Other83.0%
Java Frameworks
 

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.
Arkabrata  Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Java developer at Marlabs Inc.
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

"This is a product that I recommend."
"It's database-centric, and it's seemingly easy to use the model–view–controller pattern that's built-in."
"The power of Oracle ADF is in the business components."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the business components."
"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."
"There are several valuable features. First is the fast deployment. Also the ease of use."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of integration with other Oracle products."
"Oracle support is great, one of the best that I've seen."
"It provides the best documentation for technical support."
"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."
"The solution can scale."
"The solution is open-source and free to use."
"We have found this to be a stable solution, and have not experienced any performance issues during our time using it."
"The most valuable feature is simplicity."
"We appreciate that this product is really easy to integrate with third-party UI services."
 

Cons

"That's where I have issues with it. It's said that it's scalable, but I have found that it's a bit lacking in that department."
"The application needs to be more lightweight and the performance improved."
"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."
"Oracle Application Development Framework has some minor drawbacks, especially in rendering with pages and bugs in business components. It's not a typical framework, it's a very heavy framework."
"We have some problems with Oracle relative to third parties. Like in one project, there were some loopholes for hackers to penetrate through our main application."
"Lacks tailoring to geographic regional differences and consistent integration with third parties."
"The performance of this solution needs to be improved because it is very slow."
"Another downside with ADF is that, right now, no one is using it because everyone has moved to Oracle's APEX technology."
"Spring MVC could improve the integration with DevOps and other applications."
"Adding more modules takes about 10 to 15 minutes each. It would be nice if they could reduce that part. The deployment time is a little high."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward. It's not very easy to accomplish a deployment."
"The cost is quite high."
"Spring IDE​ needs some work and improvement. We have faced many issues when adding third-party Eclipse plugins."
"I have recently had problems with the changes that were made using Spring Security."
"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."
"It could provide faster performance."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have yearly licensing costs."
"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."
"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 cost of this solution is approximately $47,000 USD per site."
"We use a lot of Oracle products and in total, we pay about £5 million ($6.1 million USD) per year."
"We are using the open-source version of the solution."
"It is an open-source solution."
"The solution is free."
"Spring MVC is open source and free."
"This is an open-source solution, so there are no license costs involved with using it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
19%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

Also Known As

Oracle ADF
Spring by Pivotal, Spring, Spring Framework
 

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Sample Customers

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