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Oracle Application Development Framework vs Spring Boot comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Application Developm...
Ranking in Java Frameworks
8th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
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
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Oracle Application Development Framework is 7.1%, up from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring Boot is 24.3%, down from 38.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Java Frameworks Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Spring Boot24.3%
Oracle Application Development Framework7.1%
Other68.6%
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Featured Reviews

Asad Ur Rehman - PeerSpot reviewer
ERP Manager | Implementation Head at Tharsol
Eases the writing of code in Java with JavaBeans; easy to set up
My advice to anyone who intends to use ADF for the first time is that you must make sure that you have powerful enough hardware in order to run everything smoothly, especially when it comes to JDeveloper. If your hardware is adequate, you can get by without a problem in terms of speed, but be advised that it can use a lot of resources. However, even though ADF is a good product with great scalability that has really helped me out in hard times since 2014, I would ultimately recommend that new users look toward Oracle APEX instead of ADF. I would rate Oracle Application Development Framework a nine out of ten.
Venkataraju Nandam - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at SID GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC
Has enabled me to implement flexible microservices and streamline deployment workflows for cloud and on-premises environments
I have not evaluated such scenarios because what we currently have allows us to use it effectively. 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. At these times, we definitely face challenges, but this is something developers must handle by identifying the right library. Because it is open source, all external systems are actually external to Spring framework. The challenge could be addressed through auto-identification or auto-configuration based on versioning since version-to-version libraries are different. Based on versioning, that would be really helpful.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The power of Oracle ADF is in the business components."
"Oracle support is great, one of the best that I've seen."
"The single sign-on features applied to Oracle Cloud is a valuable feature. All parts of this application are compatible with single sign-on, where you have a security feature that is very good in Oracle Cloud."
"The best part of Oracle ADF is being able to easily write code in Java with JavaBean files."
"The single sign-on features applied to Oracle Cloud is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the business components."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of integration with other Oracle products."
"There are several valuable features. First is the fast deployment. Also the ease of use."
"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."
"In my opinion, the best feature in Spring Boot is its inbuilt Tomcat server."
"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."
"I have found the starter solutions valuable, as well as integration with other products."
"The most valuable features of Spring Boot include being able to check all the logs and doing health checks for applications. We can also do monitoring more quickly, and use Spring Boot for production support, so when production goes up or down, we can bring up the application very quickly through Spring Boot."
"If you wanted to build your own product or solution, Spring Boot offers many possibilities."
"Spring Boot has sped time to market and has also improved testability, hence also improving the quality of deployed solutions."
"The simplicity is excellent."
 

Cons

"The model layer could be improved for performance because once that part gets bloated, the performance is lacking. So, there is room for performance optimization."
"The UI is very slow and not up to market standard."
"Another downside with ADF is that, right now, no one is using it because everyone has moved to Oracle's APEX technology."
"That's where I have issues with it. It's said that it's scalable, but I have found that it's a bit lacking in that department."
"Oracle ADF needs more components and the layout can be improved."
"Oracle Application Development Framework is set to go out of support over the next three years but they should provide support for the solution for the longer term. Additionally, there needs to be more overall optimization and specifically in webpage rendering. The solution uses a lot of resources, and in order for them to move forward, they would have to create a smaller resource impact."
"You need to have Oracle ADF on-premises to build a big project. You need to have a dependable front-end application."
"I use JDeveloper along with ADF and, unfortunately, JDeveloper is a very slow tool. It takes a lot of time to accomplish things with it during both development and deployment. I hope that Oracle will improve JDeveloper to make it run faster."
"Spring Boot does not have the capability to process large amounts of data, such as thousands or even 10,000 to 50,000 records, faster."
"The database connectivity could be better in terms of dealing with multi-tenant systems."
"Spring Boot is based on convention over configuration. Therefore, sometimes it seems that everything happens magically."
"The configuration moving down from a command key is difficult. If you are doing configurations and adding items, it can become a little challenging."
"This solution could be improved if it offered greater integration and was more compatible with other solutions."
"Nothing really comes to mind in terms of areas of improvement."
"The cloud packaging is not very straightforward, I would say."
"Spring Boot is okay right now, but my team is looking for some integration where you can make a call to the JMS messaging service and other types of third-party integrations. If the integration with Spring Boot is improved, that would make the tool better. What I'd like to see in the next release of Spring Boot is its integration or tie-up with messaging servers and third-party EFPs, as that would make it very good and more competitive versus other new solutions in the market."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have yearly licensing costs."
"The solution has an annual licensing cost and there are only standard fees. If you want Oracle support this is charged extra on top of the licensing fees."
"The cost of this solution is approximately $47,000 USD per site."
"We use a lot of Oracle products and in total, we pay about £5 million ($6.1 million USD) per year."
"Oracle ADF is an expensive product. I don't know the actual figures, but our licensing costs for the year 2020, for example, were very high."
"This is an open source solution."
"Spring Boot is free; even the Spring Tools Suite for Eclipse is free."
"This solution is free unless you apply for support."
"Spring Boot is an open source solution, it is free to use."
"If you want support there is paid enterprise version with support available."
"As Spring Boot is an open-source tool, it's free."
"The solution is an open-source tool."
"It's an open-source solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
16%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise19
 

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