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Spring Boot vs Spring MVC comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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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
43
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spring MVC
Ranking in Java Frameworks
5th
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 August 2026, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Spring Boot is 25.3%, down from 39.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring MVC is 8.4%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Java Frameworks Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Spring Boot25.3%
Spring MVC8.4%
Other66.3%
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

"If you wanted to build your own product or solution, Spring Boot offers many possibilities."
"Spring Boot is a very stable solution; I never had an issue with it."
"The most valuable feature of Spring Boot is the microservices and change information. Additionally, there are plenty of features."
"The Spring Cloud Gateway, Load Balancer are the valuable features. Apart from them, handling a sync call, then multiple service communication through field clients are also useful features."
"The solution's framework is stable."
"In my opinion, the best feature in Spring Boot is its inbuilt Tomcat server."
"The initial setup is very straightforward using the Spring Initializr, and you can configure any project in a matter of seconds, creating an executable JAR that will run automatically with a single command."
"This is a stable solution that is being used in the HR space."
"The solution is stable and reliable, and developing web applications is quite easy there."
"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."
"We have found Spring is easy to use and learn."
"We have found this to be a stable solution, and have not experienced any performance issues during our time using it."
"It provides the best documentation for technical support."
"I am today able to spin up a Java web service, especially with embedded Tomcat, within hours."
"Spring has a speedy development process with a lightweight framework."
"The solution can scale."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"Spring Boot could improve the interface, error handling, and integration performance."
"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."
"When the dependencies within those starter packages clash, mismatch or have a hazard, it is hard to solve the issue."
"This is a really good solution for me and I can't think of anything that can be improved."
"If you want to have multiple integrations, the setup phase will become complex."
"The solution has some vulnerabilities and fails our security audits, forcing us to keep fixing the solution."
"The link with UI components could be improved."
"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 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."
"I saw some error messages coming up when they were getting problems actually viewing all the reports."
"We would like the deployment of this solution to be easier as, at present, it is quite complicated."
"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."
"I have recently had problems with the changes that were made using Spring Security."
"Spring IDE​ needs some work and improvement. We have faced many issues when adding third-party Eclipse plugins."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
7%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
 

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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Spring by Pivotal, Spring, Spring Framework
 

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