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Spring Boot vs Spring MVC comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Spring Boot
Ranking in Java Frameworks
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
38
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
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Java Frameworks category, the mindshare of Spring Boot is 39.2%, down from 42.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spring MVC is 3.7%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Java Frameworks Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Spring Boot39.2%
Spring MVC3.7%
Other57.099999999999994%
Java Frameworks
 

Featured Reviews

RajuGottupalli - PeerSpot reviewer
Minimizes a lot of coding, improves the time to market, and is easily deployable and configurable
Spring Boot is a bounded framework. The services we develop are purely synchronous services, so there's a blocking and waiting state. This is a big problem in microservices. To avoid this problem, we have to make the service a reactive session. It has to be reactive to a particular load, particular condition, or based on the number of requests hitting the particular service. All these factors make the service a reactor. There's another module in which Spring Boot provides spring reflex. This module enables the reactiveness of the service, meaning that it eliminates the blocking and waiting state. For example, if you're sending a get operation or a post operation, there won't be any waiting for it to actually hit that particular network to get the data from another service. It continuously flows the request, and there is a zero waiting pack. Vert.x is another good framework where there are similar features or similar benefits with having a reactive session. Spring Boot is a license resource, so it's a framework where we can customize our solution or a particular requirement to build a good solution using Spring Boot. But it's an opinionated framework, meaning that it's completely bounded. You have only one direction to find a solution, whereas Vert.x is an unopinionated framework. Unopinionated is a kind of a toolkit where you can have more optimization and a more flexible solution, which is suitable to your requirements. In Spring Boot, the opportunities are limited. With Vert.x and other programming tools, we have multiple options to explore the solution in a different way and achieve a nonfunctional requirement of thousands transactions in a second. Spring Boot might not support this kind of non-functional requirement. Vert.X is a very good solution to solve critical NFRs for a particular application.
Arkabrata  Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
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

"It is a very scalable solution."
"It's great because it simplifies development. Together with MyBatis they make a beautiful pair for Java development."
"It is stable."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...The initial setup was not complex and was a simple process."
"This is a stable solution that is being used in the HR space."
"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."
"The setup is straightforward."
"Spring Boot's main feature is that it's great for DevOps because you can write your own application. You don't need to install Apache Tomcat. You can create your project easily with a few clicks."
"The solution is open-source and free to use."
"Spring MVC is fast and reliable."
"We have found Spring is easy to use and learn."
"It provides the best documentation for technical support."
"The most valuable feature is simplicity."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Spring MVC is the configuration, such as WAF."
"The interface is the solution's most valuable aspect."
 

Cons

"When we change versions, we run into issues."
"The product could be improved by supporting and integrating Hadoop."
"The services we develop are purely synchronous services, so there's a blocking and waiting state. This is a big problem in microservices."
"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."
"The solution has some vulnerabilities and fails our security audits, forcing us to keep fixing the solution."
"They should include tutorial videos for learning new features."
"Perhaps an even lighter-weight, leaner version could be made available, to compete with alternative solutions, such as NodeJS."
"We'd like them to develop more supporting testing."
"I saw some error messages coming up when they were getting problems actually viewing all the reports."
"Spring IDE​ needs some work and improvement. We have faced many issues when adding third-party Eclipse plugins."
"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."
"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."
"We would like the deployment of this solution to be easier as, at present, it is quite complicated."
"It can be difficult for a basic user to understand the concepts in this solution, such as inversion of control."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward."
"It could provide faster performance."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you want support there is paid enterprise version with support available."
"It's an open-source solution."
"Spring Boot is free; even the Spring Tools Suite for Eclipse is free."
"I use the free version of Spring Boot."
"I am using a free version of Spring Boot."
"This solution is free unless you apply for support."
"The solution is free."
"Spring Boot is open source."
"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."
"Spring MVC is open source and free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
30%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
24%
Computer Software Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Spring Boot?
1. Open Source2. Excellent Community Support -- Widely used across different projects -- so your search for answers would be easy and almost certain.3. Extendable Stack with a wide array of availab...
Which is better - Spring Boot or Eclipse MicroProfile?
Springboot is a Java-based solution that is very popular and easy to use. You can use it to build applications quickly and confidently. Springboot has a very large, helpful learning community, whic...
Which is better - Spring Boot or Jakarta EE?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether the Spring Boot or Jakarta EE application creation software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Spring Boot. Spring Boot offe...
What do you like most about Spring MVC?
The best feature of Spring MVC is its auto-configuration capabilities.
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.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Spring by Pivotal, Spring, Spring Framework
 

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