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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
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 Jakarta EE is 17.0%, down from 17.9% 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 (%)
Jakarta EE17.0%
Spring MVC6.6%
Other76.4%
Java Frameworks
 

Featured Reviews

Erick  Karanja - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Cellulant Kenya
A robust enterprise Java capabilities with complex configuration involved, making it a powerful choice for scalable applications while requiring a learning curve
When running applications in the cloud, scalability is highly dependent on how you configure it. Factors such as the number of instances you want to scale, and the threshold for scaling based on the quantity of messages or the amount of data, are all customizable based on your application's needs.
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

"Configuring, monitoring, and ensuring observability is a straightforward process."
"Eclipse is now on a good track and they have a very good interface."
"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."
"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 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."
"The best feature of Spring MVC is its auto-configuration capabilities."
"Spring gives you the opportunity to develop architecture in the simplest way possible."
"It provides the best documentation for technical support."
"The most valuable feature of Spring MVC is the configuration, such as WAF."
"The solution is stable and reliable, and developing web applications is quite easy there."
"Spring MVC is fast and reliable."
 

Cons

"Jakarta EE's configuration could be simpler, which would make it more useful as a developer experience."
"All the customization and plugins can make the interface too slow and heavy in some situations."
"It would be great if we could have a UI-based approach or easily include the specific dependencies we need."
"All the customization and all the plugins we can install make the interface too slow and heavy in some situations."
"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."
"The link with UI components could be improved."
"I saw some error messages coming up when they were getting problems actually viewing all the reports."
"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."
"Spring IDE needs some work and improvement. We have faced many issues when adding third-party Eclipse plugins."
"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."
"It could provide faster performance."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward. It's not very easy to accomplish a deployment."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate Jakarta EE's pricing seven out of ten."
"This is an open-source solution, so there are no license costs involved with using it."
"We are using the open-source version of the solution."
"The solution is free."
"Spring MVC is open source and free."
"It is an open-source solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
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
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

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Spring by Pivotal, Spring, Spring Framework
 

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