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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

"Anything which is to do with enterprise scale, as far as Java is concerned, Spring Boot has all the best practices factored in."
"Spring Boot is very valuable because it can accommodate any number of implementations that can be done by microservices, and it has many advantages when used on top of Java."
"It is stable."
"I am an employee in a company that heavily invests in this technology, and it pays off."
"Positive impacts have been observed since starting to use Spring Boot in the company because it is a framework that allows for easy creation of microservices."
"It is a stable solution."
"I have found the starter solutions valuable, as well as integration with other products."
"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."
"The solution is open-source and free to use."
"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."
"When we shifted from our legacy frameworks to the Spring framework, we discovered that Spring definitely made our development easier. One good example is that there is a lot of boiler plate code available that you don't have to write from scratch, making the development of web applications a much simpler process."
"We have found Spring is easy to use and learn."
"The solution is stable and reliable, and developing web applications is quite easy there."
"Spring has a speedy development process with a lightweight framework."
"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."
 

Cons

"Spring Boot's cost could be cheaper."
"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."
"Having to restart the application to reload properties."
"Spring Boot is based on convention over configuration. Therefore, sometimes it seems that everything happens magically."
"In terms of the Spring Boot application, the application's startup time needs to be improved."
"The tool's documentation could be improved, especially by tying it back to frequently asked questions and issues users have. A feedback loop in which the documentation targets the most commonly asked user questions would make using the solution easier. Essentially, I want a more user-centered approach to documentation rather than a purely technical focus."
"The current state of Spring Boot's cloud layer requires further development, especially for collecting Java functions for cloud platforms like GCP Cloudground. Having to write every single API request in a single class can be a cumbersome and time-consuming task that is not ideal for Java developers. Additionally, having all API calls in one class and making it the main class presents problems with package visibility. Therefore, there is much room for improvement in the Spring Cloud area."
"It needs to be simplified, more user-friendly."
"I saw some error messages coming up when they were getting problems actually viewing all the reports."
"The link with UI components could be improved."
"The cost is quite high."
"It can be difficult for a basic user to understand the concepts in this solution, such as inversion of control."
"The documentation for Spring MVC could improve."
"Spring MVC could improve the integration with DevOps and other applications."
"Adding more modules takes about 10 to 15 minutes each. It would be nice if they could reduce that part. The deployment time is a little high."
"It could provide faster performance."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I am using a free version of Spring Boot."
"Spring Boot is open source."
"As Spring Boot is an open-source tool, it's free."
"I use the free version of Spring Boot."
"Spring Boot is free; even the Spring Tools Suite for Eclipse is free."
"Spring Boot is an open source solution, it is free to use."
"This solution is free unless you apply for support."
"It's an open-source solution."
"It is an open-source solution."
"Spring MVC is open source and free."
"The solution is free."
"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."
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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
 

Questions from the Community

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