Open Liberty vs Spring MVC comparison

IBM and VMware are both solutions in the Java Frameworks category. IBM is ranked #5 with an average rating of 10.0, while VMware is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.8. IBM holds a 10.6% mindshare in JF, compared to VMware’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of VMware users who would recommend it.

Open Liberty

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100% willing to recommend

Spring MVC

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

Open Liberty

Ranking in Java Frameworks

5th

Average Rating

10.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Spring MVC

Ranking in Java Frameworks

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Open Liberty is 10.6%, up from 5.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring MVC is 3.3%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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FABIO LUIS VELLOSO DA SILVA

Founder at SouJava

Scalable solution with efficient monitoring features

We use the solution to develop microservices for financial organizations The solution has the best monitoring features. The solution's feature for distributed transaction management could be better. Also, its login feature needs improvement as well. The solution is much more stable compared to…

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Arkabrata Ghosh

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.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a stable solution compared to other vendors."

"Spring MVC's extensive documentation is the most valuable feature."

"The best feature of Spring MVC is its auto-configuration capabilities."

"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."

"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."

"The solution is open-source and free to use."

"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 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."

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Cons

"Its support documentation could have detailed information on database integration."

"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."

"I have recently had problems with the changes that were made using Spring Security."

"The solution could be simplified quite a bit. It's unnecessarily complicated in some areas."

"We would like the deployment of this solution to be easier as, at present, it is quite complicated."

"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."

"Spring MVC could improve the integration with DevOps and other applications."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is less costly than one of its competitors."

"This is an open-source solution, so there are no license costs involved with using it."

"Spring MVC is open source and free."

"We are using the open-source version of the solution."

"The solution is free."

"It is an affordable solution."

"It is an open-source solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

52%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

23%

Computer Software Company

21%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

Which solution do you prefer: Spring Boot or Open Liberty?

Sometimes, Open Liberty is preferred over Spring Boot because Open Liberty is lightweight, scalable, and secure. It is also a good choice for microservices because it supports a wide range of deplo...

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What do you like most about Open Liberty?

It is a stable solution compared to other vendors.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Open Liberty?

The solution is expensive but worth the investment as it has integration capabilities to manage the overall components. However, it is less costly compared to Spring Boot.

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What do you like most about Spring MVC?

The best feature of Spring MVC is its auto-configuration capabilities.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Spring MVC?

The solution is free.

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What needs improvement with Spring MVC?

In the future, 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.

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Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Spring by Pivotal, Spring, Spring Framework

Overview

Open Liberty is built on a foundation of Java EE and Eclipse Microprofile and lets you run only the features your app needs.
In addition to support for the open source Open Liberty runtime, Open Liberty Support also includes support for Java EE, Eclipse Microprofile, and Eclipse OpenJ9 JVM when used with Open Liberty.
Support for Open Liberty gives you 24x7x364 access to IBM’s world-class support and the development team that created Open Liberty.
Open Liberty is the most flexible server runtime available to Java developers. Work at lightspeed in a lightweight environment and build cloud-native Java apps and microservices.

IBM

Spring MVC is a Java web framework built on the Servlet API and has been included in the Spring Framework from the very beginning. It handles web applications that use server-rendered HTML user interface, REST APIs, and much more. The documentation includes Spring MVC, View Technologies, CORS Support, and WebSocket Support.

For baseline information and compatibility with Servlet container and Java EE version ranges please visit the Spring Framework Wiki.

VMware

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EMC, Aridhia, CoreLogic, CenturyLink, Humana, Purdue University, Tampon Run, ArtsPool, Charity Water, Center for ReSource Conservation, Manos Teatrales

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