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As of May 2025, the mindshare of Spring Boot in the Java Frameworks category stands at 41.4%, down from 43.5% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
University
4%
Insurance Company
4%
Educational Organization
4%
Retailer
3%
Media Company
3%
Hospitality Company
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Healthcare Company
3%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Non Profit
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Construction Company
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Energy/Utilities Company
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Transportation Company
1%
Outsourcing Company
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Wholesaler/Distributor
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Recreational Facilities/Services Company
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Logistics Company
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Performing Arts
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Legal Firm
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RajuGottupalli - PeerSpot user
Chief architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Spring Boot
Jan 6, 2023
Product version discussed: 2.x
Minimizes a lot of coding, improves the time to market, and is easily deployable and configurable

Pros

"The API gateway and cloud configuration allows us to configure the properties outside of the service with respect to enrollment. "

Cons

"The services we develop are purely synchronous services, so there's a blocking and waiting state. This is a big problem in microservices. "
RakeshPatel2 - PeerSpot user
Software Engineer at HSBC
Verified user of Spring Boot
Jun 11, 2022
Product version discussed: 2.6.1
It's highly scalable, secure, and provides all the enhanced tools I need.

Pros

"Spring Boot provides an all-in-one solution for the libraries needed to create a Win app. It covers all the aspects, including validation, security, etc. It provides all those features out-of-the-box. You can do almost everything with Spring Boot. "
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SG
Principal Consultant at Capco
Verified user of Spring Boot
May 17, 2023
Easy connectivity, highly stable, and seamlessly integration

Pros

"Spring Boot's most valuable functionalities include inversion of control, dependency injection, and the ability to gather all services, models, and controllers together for easy connectivity to your REST API, as well as the ability to build a modular response and request system. It seamlessly integrates with various backends, such as SQL, events, and messaging systems, making it a user-friendly and efficient Java tool. Additionally, it functions as a reliable business transaction layer, providing excellent support for front-end and back-end visual tools."

Cons

"The current state of Spring Boot's cloud layer requires further development, especially for collecting Java functions for cloud platforms like GCP Cloudground. Having to write every single API request in a single class can be a cumbersome and time-consuming task that is not ideal for Java developers. Additionally, having all API calls in one class and making it the main class presents problems with package visibility. Therefore, there is much room for improvement in the Spring Cloud area."
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Senior Associate at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Spring Boot
Oct 24, 2022
Product version discussed: Spring Boot 2
Open source, java based framework with reactive programming valuable for microservices development

Pros

"The community surrounding Spring Boot is really good. If you face any issue with Spring Boot, you will get the answer from the community."

Cons

"Building a new product in Spring Boot can take a long time since the solution uses reflection. This is one area the solution could be improved. "
Max Ramos - PeerSpot user
Senior Java Developer at NTT Global Networks Incorporated
Verified user of Spring Boot
Jun 22, 2022
Product version discussed: 2.3
User friendly Java framework used to easily develop web applications at a fast pace

Pros

"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. "

Cons

"This is a really good solution for me and I can't think of anything that can be improved."
RM
CEO at Modal Technologies Corporation
Verified user of Spring Boot
Mar 14, 2020
Good security and integration, and the autowiring feature saves on development time

Pros

"I have found the starter solutions valuable, as well as integration with other products."

Cons

"Perhaps an even lighter-weight, leaner version could be made available, to compete with alternative solutions, such as NodeJS."
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Software Engineer 3 at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Spring Boot
Oct 20, 2022
Product version discussed: 2.7.0
Highly scalable, reduces configuration time, and helpful community support

Pros

"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."

Cons

"Spring Boot can improve the dependency tree that we use for libraries. It would be helpful if it was less complex."
Sameer AHAMED - PeerSpot user
Senior Software Engineer at Huawei Technologies India
Verified user of Spring Boot
Oct 1, 2022
Product version discussed: 4
Lightweight, easy to understand, and is cloud-native

Pros

"We like that it is an open-source tool. "

Cons

"We'd like them to develop more supporting testing."