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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

"Oracle support is great, one of the best that I've seen."
"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."
"This is a product that I recommend."
"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 most valuable feature of the Oracle Application Development Framework is the rapid development and the security it provides."
"There are several valuable features. First is the fast deployment. Also the ease of use."
"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."
"This solution is really user friendly. In terms of prototyping, it's really fast to build the applications we want to test to complete a proof of concept."
"Spring Boot could improve its integration with the major cloud providers. Connectivity with cloud solutions isn't easy compared to other frameworks like Django and Python."
"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 setup is straightforward."
"The platform is easy for developers to download."
"This is a pretty light solution. It's not too heavy."
"Features that help with monitoring and tracking network calls between several micro services."
 

Cons

"The performance of this solution needs to be improved because it is very slow."
"We have some problems with Oracle relative to third parties. Like in one project, there were some loopholes for hackers to penetrate through our main application."
"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 Application Development Framework has some minor drawbacks, especially in rendering with pages and bugs in business components. It's not a typical framework, it's a very heavy framework."
"Lacks tailoring to geographic regional differences and consistent integration with third parties."
"The technical support should be improved; it's not as good as you get from other solutions and we don't get responses in a timely fashion, so we end up doing workarounds to solve issues."
"The UI is very slow and not up to market standard."
"The application needs to be more lightweight and the performance improved."
"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 performance could be better."
"This solution could be improved if there were more libraries available. We would also like more mobile platform functionality using low levels of code."
"Building a new product in Spring Boot can take a long time since the solution uses reflection. This is one area the solution could be improved."
"In terms of the Spring Boot application, the application's startup time needs to be improved."
"Spring Boot is lacking visibility in terms of how that business process or business rule would look within your application."
"This solution could be improved if it offered greater integration and was more compatible with other solutions."
"We'd like them to develop more supporting testing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"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."
"The cost of this solution is approximately $47,000 USD per site."
"We have yearly licensing costs."
"As Spring Boot is an open-source tool, it's free."
"This is an open source solution."
"Spring Boot is an open source solution, it is free to use."
"Spring Boot is open source. It's a free tool and free framework."
"The solution is an open-source tool."
"It's an open-source solution."
"I use the free version of Spring Boot."
"Spring Boot is free; even the Spring Tools Suite for Eclipse is free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
15%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
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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Also Known As

Oracle ADF
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