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Spring Boot vs Spring MVC comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Spring Boot
Ranking in Java Frameworks
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
44
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 June 2026, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Spring Boot is 28.0%, down from 40.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring MVC is 7.2%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Java Frameworks Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Spring Boot28.0%
Spring MVC7.2%
Other64.8%
Java Frameworks
 

Featured Reviews

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.
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

"My company relies on Spring Boot and uses it extensively as it's an open-source tool and so much has been added to it in terms of Java."
"We like that it is an open-source tool; the solution is very lightweight, simple to access, has a great design, and one of the best aspects is that it is cloud native."
"Overall, Spring Boot is one of the most impactful frameworks for Java backend development."
"We like that it is an open-source tool."
"We like that the product is open-source."
"Spring Boot favors convention over configuration so there are no big challenges when it comes to setting it up."
"The community surrounding Spring Boot is really good. If you face any issue with Spring Boot, you will get the answer from the community."
"Spring Boot has a very lightweight framework, and you can develop projects within a short time. It's open-source and customizable. It's easy to control, has a very interesting deployment policy, and a very interesting testing policy. It's sophisticated."
"The solution is open-source and free to use."
"I am today able to spin up a Java web service, especially with embedded Tomcat, within hours."
"It provides the best documentation for technical support."
"The interface is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"We have found this to be a stable solution, and have not experienced any performance issues during our time using it."
"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 is stable and reliable, and developing web applications is quite easy there."
 

Cons

"It's difficult to explain to junior developers what it does under the hood."
"Spring Boot is very mature and developer-friendly, though it abstracts a lot of complexity, which can make it difficult for a developer to fully understand what is happening in the background."
"In terms of the Spring Boot application, the application's startup time needs to be improved."
"We always face one challenge with Spring Boot applications when libraries are updated, libraries have changed, or class loaders or class-level implementation are modified based on Java or other libraries."
"We have specific algorithms for our Load Balancer or API gateway. So those things, if they could make it more precise, that would be beneficial. Sometimes when we are under pressure or any new person who looks into that stuff, we'll get confused or scared because of some difficulties in understanding Which algorithm needs to be used to implement a Load Balancer. When when we Yeah. Because when we say circuit breaker, we need to use it, and then the user gets a blank circuit breaker. This means we are saying the circuit breaker needs to be moved, and then that circuit breaker needs to be elaborated more. What type of algorithm should I do, and what exactly do I need to get done so that this circuit breaker can help me to resolve my issue? Because, you know, because if you go for the circuit breaker, it will ask to open the new tab, you know, since it will check. If the service is not responding, it will wait and go for another connection. So in similar words, if they can explain it a bit more, that will be helpful. Everyone could do their own Google stuff, and they will get it, but they need help understanding how this could help them to resolve the issue. It will be good if Spring Boot provides information about real-time use cases."
"The solution could improve its flexibility."
"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 services we develop are purely synchronous services, so there's a blocking and waiting state. This is a big problem in microservices."
"The documentation for Spring MVC could improve."
"The cost is quite high."
"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."
"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."
"It could provide faster performance."
"It can be difficult for a basic user to understand the concepts in this solution, such as inversion of control."
"Spring MVC could improve the integration with DevOps and other applications."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Spring Boot is open source. It's a free tool and free framework."
"Spring Boot is an open source solution, it is free to use."
"The solution is an open-source tool."
"I am using a free version of Spring Boot."
"This is an open-source product."
"If you want support there is paid enterprise version with support available."
"I use the free version of Spring Boot."
"This solution is free unless you apply for support."
"It is an open-source solution."
"This is an open-source solution, so there are no license costs involved with using it."
"The solution is free."
"Spring MVC is open source and free."
"We are using the open-source version of the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

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Spring by Pivotal, Spring, Spring Framework
 

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