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Spring Boot vs Spring MVC comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Spring Boot
Ranking in Java Frameworks
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spring MVC
Ranking in Java Frameworks
7th
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 May 2026, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Spring Boot is 29.2%, down from 40.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring MVC is 6.6%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Java Frameworks Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Spring Boot29.2%
Spring MVC6.6%
Other64.2%
Java Frameworks
 

Featured Reviews

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.
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

"The API gateway and cloud configuration allows us to configure the properties outside of the service with respect to enrollment."
"I would highly recommend the solution."
"This solution is really user friendly. In terms of prototyping, it's really fast to build the applications we want to test to complete a proof of concept."
"It is a stable solution."
"It's very easy to get started. It's very quick. Most of the configurations are already available. So not much time is spent on setting up things. One can quickly set up and then get rolling."
"It's easy to set up the solution."
"The setup is straightforward."
"Spring Boot's configuration is easy, and it has an out-of-the-box deployment."
"Spring gives you the opportunity to develop architecture in the simplest way possible."
"When we shifted from our legacy frameworks to the Spring framework, we discovered that Spring definitely made our development easier."
"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."
"The solution can scale."
"The best feature of Spring MVC is its auto-configuration capabilities."
"Dependency Injection is one of the major features which makes our life easier using Spring."
"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 solution is open-source and free to use."
 

Cons

"Spring Boot can improve the dependency tree that we use for libraries. It would be helpful if it was less complex."
"Spring Boot could improve the interface, error handling, and integration performance."
"I have encountered performance and stability issues in the on-premises usage of Spring Boot."
"When we change versions, we run into issues."
"Spring Boot is okay right now, but my team is looking for some integration where you can make a call to the JMS messaging service and other types of third-party integrations. If the integration with Spring Boot is improved, that would make the tool better. What I'd like to see in the next release of Spring Boot is its integration or tie-up with messaging servers and third-party EFPs, as that would make it very good and more competitive versus other new solutions in the market."
"When the dependencies within those starter packages clash, mismatch or have a hazard, it is hard to solve the issue."
"Building a new product in Spring Boot can take a long time since the solution uses reflection."
"Perhaps an even lighter-weight, leaner version could be made available, to compete with alternative solutions, such as NodeJS."
"The solution could be simplified quite a bit. It's unnecessarily complicated in some areas."
"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 saw some error messages coming up when they were getting problems actually viewing all the reports."
"It can be difficult for a basic user to understand the concepts in this solution, such as inversion of control."
"The documentation for Spring MVC could improve."
"It could provide faster performance."
"The link with UI components could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Spring Boot is an open source solution, it is free to use."
"Spring Boot is open source."
"This is an open source solution."
"Spring Boot is open source. It's a free tool and free framework."
"Spring Boot is free; even the Spring Tools Suite for Eclipse is free."
"I am using a free version of Spring Boot."
"It's open-source software, so it's free. It's a community license."
"If you want support there is paid enterprise version with support available."
"It is an open-source solution."
"The solution is free."
"Spring MVC is open source and free."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

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