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Eclipse MicroProfile vs Spring Boot comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Eclipse MicroProfile
Ranking in Java Frameworks
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
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 August 2026, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Eclipse MicroProfile is 7.4%, up from 7.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring Boot is 25.3%, down from 39.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Java Frameworks Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Spring Boot25.3%
Eclipse MicroProfile7.4%
Other67.3%
Java Frameworks
 

Q&A Highlights

NC
Content Manager at PeerSpot
Nov 25, 2021
 

Featured Reviews

FABIO LUIS VELLOSO DA SILVA - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner at SouJava
A scalable and easy to setup solution
We use the solution to create microservices.  The tool needs to improve its messaging.  I don't have much more data or experience with stability.  The solution is scalable.  The tool's setup is easy.  I would rate the product a nine out of ten. It is very important to know Java, and issues…
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 solution is stable."
"Provides a lightweight runtime."
"A great feature is the lightweight runtime."
"We use the solution to create microservices."
"The platform is easy for developers to download."
"The solution is easy to use; I primarily employ integrated templates such as the REST template."
"The solution's framework is stable."
"The setup is straightforward."
"Once you know how to use this solution, it's very easy, especially when building APIs."
"The most valuable features of Spring Boot include being able to check all the logs and doing health checks for applications. We can also do monitoring more quickly, and use Spring Boot for production support, so when production goes up or down, we can bring up the application very quickly through Spring Boot."
"Features that help with monitoring and tracking network calls between several micro services."
"From working with Spring Boot, I have seen many benefits."
 

Cons

"Its performance speed could be improved while working on the browser."
"The tool needs to improve its messaging."
"The most difficult part is deployment of the microservers in the Kubernetes environment and building the mechanisms for automated testing."
"This solution could be improved if there were more libraries available. We would also like more mobile platform functionality using low levels of code."
"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."
"Spring Boot is lacking visibility in terms of how that business process or business rule would look within your application. Because everything has been embedded within the code itself, it disables the visibility. the ability to maintain or even support a specific functionality in a user-friendly manner, where a developer can come up and just adjust that part of that process."
"It needs more applicable control for large-scale application development."
"I feel like communication has to be increased, for example, communicating between different services from the third party layers or with the legacy applications."
"The cross framework compatibility has some shortcomings. With JUnit Test Runner and Spring Boot, it's really tedious to make them both work to write the test cases."
"When we change versions, we run into issues."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"If you want support there is paid enterprise version with support available."
"I am using a free version of Spring Boot."
"It's open-source software, so it's free. It's a community license."
"This solution is free unless you apply for support."
"Spring Boot is an open source solution, it is free to use."
"Spring Boot is open source."
"It's an open-source solution."
"The solution is free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
University
13%
Insurance Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise19
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Spring Boot or Eclipse MicroProfile?
Springboot is a Java-based solution that is very popular and easy to use. You can use it to build applications quickly and confidently. Springboot has a very large, helpful learning community, whic...
What do you like most about Spring Boot?
1. Open Source2. Excellent Community Support -- Widely used across different projects -- so your search for answers would be easy and almost certain.3. Extendable Stack with a wide array of availab...
Which is better - Spring Boot or Jakarta EE?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether the Spring Boot or Jakarta EE application creation software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Spring Boot. Spring Boot offe...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Spring Boot?
Although I was not directly involved in the pricing, setup cost, and licensing aspects, the framework is very cost-effective while still providing enterprise-grade capabilities.
 

Overview

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