VMware, Inc.

Spring Boot

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

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What is Spring Boot?

Spring Boot makes it easy to create stand-alone, production-grade Spring based Applications that you can "just run". From configuration to security, web apps to big data—whatever the infrastructure needs of your application may be, there is a Spring Project to help you build it. Start small and use just what you need—Spring is modular by design.

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Awards & Recognition

Spring Boot won the following awards in the Low-Code Development Tools category

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5 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

Spring Boot Ratings

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88 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

5
Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+87 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Spring Boot?

5% Negative

5% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Includes Product Enhancements

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Exception and Error Handling

Import and Export Capabilities

Data and Entity Mapping

Application Security

Backend Coding and Scripting

Cloud Deployment

Cross-Platform Deployment

End to End Lifecycle Management

Vendor Community and Marketplace

Audit Trail

Collaboration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Spring Boot Reviews

Mukeshkumar J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Nov 2024

Efficient simple and powerful framework

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Spring Boot from other similar products?

simplicity and productivity—it eliminates boilerplate with auto-configuration and embedded servers, while seamlessly integrating with the larger Spring ecosystem, making it ideal for building robust, production-ready Java applications quickly.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Spring Boot is its auto-configuration—it takes care of so much setup for me, so I can dive straight into building features without worrying about complex configurations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I dislike the occasional difficulty in debugging—its abstraction layers can feel like a black box, making it tricky to pinpoint issues in complex configurations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you’re considering Spring Boot, I’d recommend taking the time to understand its auto-configuration and how it interacts with the larger Spring ecosystem—it’s powerful but can be overwhelming without a solid grasp of its fundamentals.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Ali U.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Oct 2024

Cross comparability and memory efficient!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Spring Boot from other similar products?

Ease of database implementation, cross platform support, better security and easy to setup projects

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to setup

What do you dislike most about this product?

Dependency injection doesn't work well in the initial setup

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Learn about java servlets and their programming first

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Raghwendra S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Sep 2024

Full fledged api development framework

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Spring Boot from other similar products?

It has wide community support and a whole plethora for different services for every need

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Spring Web can allow you to instantly develop api very fast will crud

What do you dislike most about this product?

there is lot of boilerplate code needed to write api

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

for stack based on java spring boot is the go to api framework which is highly performant in both rest and reactive api

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Spring Boot Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

5 Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Exception and Error Handling Automated process of responding to unwanted or unexpected events when the application runs.

Import and Export Capabilities Import and convert legacy or applications built using other development tools into the tool and export development artifacts to other tools and archives.

Data and Entity Mapping Ability to break down an application by form and entities, and see how their relationships will affect one another when specific actions are executed.

Application Security Capability to build and enforce security mechanisms to ensure application confidentiality, privacy, integrity and availability.

Backend Coding and Scripting The ability to write, modify and configure the source code or scripts of the application.

Cloud Deployment Solution offers the capability to deploy applications in the platform to the cloud.

Cross-Platform Deployment Ability to build applications that are functional and accessible on multiple user devices and platforms (e.g. mobile phones, tablets, websites).

End to End Lifecycle Management Solution provides workflows, versioning, recovery and rollback and other tooling and capabilities for managing the entire software lifecycle.

Vendor Community and Marketplace A public or private forum or store where developers can buy or share out-of-the-box templates, widgets, plug-ins, application functions, and integrations.

Audit Trail View all previous activity including any recent edits and user access.

Collaboration View all previous activities including any recent edits and user access.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Spring Boot Reviews

Mukeshkumar J.

Efficient simple and powerful framework

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ali U.

Cross comparability and memory efficient!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Raghwendra S.

Full fledged api development framework

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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