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Apache Spark vs Spring MVC comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Apache Spark
Ranking in Java Frameworks
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
69
Ranking in other categories
Hadoop (1st), Compute Service (6th)
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 Apache Spark is 11.7%, up from 8.5% 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 (%)
Apache Spark11.7%
Spring MVC9.6%
Other78.7%
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Featured Reviews

Devindra Weerasooriya - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Architect at Devtech
Provides a consistent framework for building data integration and access solutions with reliable performance
The in-memory computation feature is certainly helpful for my processing tasks. It is helpful because while using structures that could be held in memory rather than stored during the period of computation, I go for the in-memory option, though there are limitations related to holding it in memory that need to be addressed, but I have a preference for in-memory computation. The solution is beneficial in that it provides a base-level long-held understanding of the framework that is not variant day by day, which is very helpful in my prototyping activity as an architect trying to assess Apache Spark, Great Expectations, and Vault-based solutions versus those proposed by clients like TIBCO or Informatica.
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

"ETL and streaming capabilities."
"The memory processing engine is the solution's most valuable aspect. It processes everything extremely fast, and it's in the cluster itself. It acts as a memory engine and is very effective in processing data correctly."
"It is highly scalable, allowing you to efficiently work with extensive datasets that might be problematic to handle using traditional tools that are memory-constrained."
"The solution has been very stable."
"The most significant advantage of Spark 3.0 is its support for DataFrame UDF Pandas UDF features."
"After using Spark, we were able to accomplish this task within hours."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"It allows the loading and investigation of very lard data sets, has MLlib for machine learning, Spark streaming, and both the new and old dataframe API."
"The stability has been good over the past few years; we don't have any complaints, it doesn't crash or freeze, and I can't recall experiencing bugs, so it's reliable."
"We have found Spring is easy to use and learn."
"The best feature of Spring MVC is its auto-configuration capabilities."
"The solution is open-source and free to use."
"It provides the best documentation for technical support."
"The most valuable feature of Spring MVC is the configuration, such as WAF."
"I am today able to spin up a Java web service, especially with embedded Tomcat, within hours."
"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."
 

Cons

"Include more machine learning algorithms and the ability to handle streaming of data versus micro batch processing."
"Apache Spark is very difficult to use. It would require a data engineer. It is not available for every engineer today because they need to understand the different concepts of Spark, which is very, very difficult and it is not easy to learn."
"It should support more programming languages."
"Apache Spark lacks geospatial data."
"Needs to provide an internal schedule to schedule spark jobs with monitoring capability."
"Sometimes it is a nightmare on Linux trying to figure out what happened on the configuration and back-end."
"I would like to see integration with data science platforms to optimize the processing capability for these tasks."
"In data analysis, you need to take real-time data from different data sources. You need to process this in a subsecond, do the transformation in a subsecond, and all that."
"It can be difficult for a basic user to understand the concepts in this solution, such as inversion of control."
"It could provide faster performance."
"The solution could be simplified quite a bit. It's unnecessarily complicated in some areas."
"Spring MVC could improve the integration with DevOps and other applications."
"The link with UI components could be improved."
"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."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward. It's not very easy to accomplish a deployment."
"I saw some error messages coming up when they were getting problems actually viewing all the reports."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing costs can vary. For instance, when purchasing a virtual machine, you're asked if you want to take advantage of the hybrid benefit or if you prefer the license costs to be included upfront by the cloud service provider, such as Azure. If you choose the hybrid benefit, it indicates you already possess a license for the operating system and wish to avoid additional charges for that specific VM in Azure. This approach allows for a reduction in licensing costs, charging only for the service and associated resources."
"Apache Spark is an expensive solution."
"The solution is affordable and there are no additional licensing costs."
"Apache Spark is open-source. You have to pay only when you use any bundled product, such as Cloudera."
"The product is expensive, considering the setup."
"Apache Spark is not too cheap. You have to pay for hardware and Cloudera licenses. Of course, there is a solution with open source without Cloudera."
"Considering the product version used in my company, I feel that the tool is not costly since the product is available for free."
"It is an open-source solution, it is free of charge."
"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."
"The solution is free."
"It is an open-source solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise33
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apache Spark?
Apache Spark is open-source, so it doesn't incur any charges.
What needs improvement with Apache Spark?
I find that there really lacks the technical depth to do any recommendations for future updates of Apache Spark. I used it for two years for our prototype work and testing things, but because I had...
What is your primary use case for Apache Spark?
I attempted to use Apache Spark in one of our customer projects, but after the initial test, our customer moved to another technology and another database system. I do not have any final remarks on...
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