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VMware, Inc.

Spring Boot

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.5 /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

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

Spring Boot Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 1
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

Down 5
Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 92%
Negotiation and Contract:: 87%
Conflict Resolution:: 91%
Strategy & Innovation:: 86%
Service Experience:: 88%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 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

4% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Feature Ratings

Average 78

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

Collaboration

Application Inventory and Dashboard

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Spring Boot Reviews

Sandeep S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Spring Boot from other similar products?

Auto-Configuration: Reduces setup with smart defaults. Embedded Servers: No need for external server setup. Spring Integration: Leverages the powerful Spring ecosystem. Community & Documentation: Extensive support and resources.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Auto-configuration—it simplifies setup and lets me focus on development rather than boilerplate configuration.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Debugging auto-configuration issues can be complex when defaults don’t align with specific needs.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

- Learn the basics of the Spring Framework first. - Use Spring Boot's guides and documentation. - Start small with simple projects to explore features. - Leverage auto-configuration but understand how to customize it. - Monitor dependencies to avoid unnecessary bloat.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Ali U.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

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

Prerna G.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

Spring boot rocks and loved by java developers

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Spring Boot from other similar products?

its widely adopted and tested in the mission critical applications, also community and help available enabled a great productivity

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

its really easy to build micro-service and its Out of the box integration with lot of open source databases and systems to make service in a very short time duration.

What do you dislike most about this product?

none I can think of

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are considering developing micro-services in Java than look no further and start using the spring boot

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

Down 5 Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

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+88 Net Emotional Footprint

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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 The solution provides workflows, versioning, recovery and rollback, and other support capabilities to ensure the applications' continuous operations.

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.

Collaboration Allows multiple users to comment on, mark-up, annotate, or edit artifacts. Provides team sites, workspaces or other landing areas that enhance productivity.

Application Inventory and Dashboard A list of applications built and deployed by the solution. Out-of-the-box and customizable KPIs and metrics measure the system performance, value and usage.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Spring Boot Reviews

Sandeep S.

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ali U.

Cross comparability and memory efficient!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Prerna G.

Spring boot rocks and loved by java developers

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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