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Jakarta EE vs Spring MVC comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Jakarta EE
Ranking in Java Frameworks
3rd
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spring MVC
Ranking in Java Frameworks
8th
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 February 2026, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Jakarta EE is 17.6%, down from 22.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring MVC is 5.1%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Java Frameworks Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Jakarta EE17.6%
Spring MVC5.1%
Other77.3%
Java Frameworks
 

Featured Reviews

Mortaza Ghahramani - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Java Software Engineer at eDreams ODIGEO
Cloud-friendly but has problems with configuration
I primarily use Jakarta EE as a business enterprise product Jakarta EE's best features include REST services, configuration, and persistent facilities. It's also incredibly cloud friendly. Jakarta EE's configuration could be simpler, which would make it more useful as a developer experience.…
reviewer2151066 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Straightforward setup, highly stable, and useful online support
We are using Spring MVC based on our business problem statements One of the most valuble features for our business is the bootstrap which allows our developers to save time when developing code. Additionally, it has a built-in library that is useful. The most valuable features of Spring MVC are…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The feature that allows a variation of work space based on the application being used."
"Jakarta EE's best features include REST services, configuration, and persistent facilities. It's also incredibly cloud friendly."
"Configuring, monitoring, and ensuring observability is a straightforward process."
"The most valuable feature of Spring MVC is the configuration, such as WAF."
"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 most valuable feature is simplicity."
"The solution can scale."
"Dependency Injection is one of the major features which makes our life easier using Spring. It is well documented and has active communities, which provide us enormous help."
"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 best feature of Spring MVC is its auto-configuration capabilities."
"The interface is the solution's most valuable aspect."
 

Cons

"Jakarta EE's configuration could be simpler, which would make it more useful as a developer experience."
"It would be great if we could have a UI-based approach or easily include the specific dependencies we need."
"All the customization and plugins can make the interface too slow and heavy in some situations."
"The documentation for Spring MVC could improve."
"Spring IDE​ needs some work and improvement. We have faced many issues when adding third-party Eclipse plugins."
"It could provide faster performance."
"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."
"Spring MVC could improve the integration with DevOps and other applications."
"The solution could be simplified quite a bit. It's unnecessarily complicated in some areas."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
"We would like the deployment of this solution to be easier as, at present, it is quite complicated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate Jakarta EE's pricing seven out of ten."
"It is an open-source solution."
"Spring MVC is open source and free."
"We are using the open-source version of the solution."
"The solution is 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
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

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Spring by Pivotal, Spring, Spring Framework
 

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