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At a Glance
Play
Play
Star Rating
(13)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.8% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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spring.io
spring.io
Star Rating
(316)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about spring.io
AI Generated Summary
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  • Users report that spring.io excels in application deployment with a score of 9.3, highlighting its seamless integration with cloud services, while Play's deployment capabilities are rated lower, indicating potential challenges in scaling applications effectively.
  • Reviewers mention that spring.io offers superior development tools, scoring 9.0, which includes robust support for microservices architecture, whereas Play's development tools are perceived as less comprehensive, leading to a steeper learning curve for new developers.
  • G2 users note that spring.io's testing features are highly rated at 9.3, with users appreciating its built-in testing framework that simplifies unit and integration testing, while Play's testing capabilities are rated lower, suggesting that users may face difficulties in ensuring code quality.
  • Users on G2 highlight spring.io's database management capabilities, scoring 9.3, particularly praising its support for various databases and ease of integration, while Play's database management features are seen as less flexible, which could limit user options.
  • Reviewers say that spring.io's ease of setup is rated at 8.9, with many users appreciating the extensive documentation and community support, whereas Play's setup process, rated at 8.3, is often described as more complex and less intuitive.
  • Users report that spring.io's quality of support is rated at 8.4, with many citing responsive customer service and helpful resources, while Play's support, rated at 7.4, is viewed as lacking in timely assistance, which can be a drawback for users needing immediate help.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Play
No pricing available
spring.io
No pricing available
Free Trial
Play
No trial information available
spring.io
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
7.8
13
9.1
248
Ease of Use
7.4
13
8.5
247
Ease of Setup
8.3
6
8.9
79
Ease of Admin
6.7
6
8.4
72
Quality of Support
7.4
9
8.4
217
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.0
5
8.6
60
Product Direction (% positive)
7.3
13
9.1
243
Features by Category
Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
Not enough data
9.0
5
Development
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Database
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Infrastructure
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Play
Play
spring.io
spring.io
Play and spring.io are categorized as Java Web Frameworks
Unique Categories
Play
Play has no unique categories
spring.io
spring.io is categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Play
Play
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
53.8%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
15.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
30.8%
spring.io
spring.io
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
22.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
34.8%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
42.9%
Reviewers' Industry
Play
Play
Internet
38.5%
Program Development
15.4%
Computer Software
15.4%
Think Tanks
7.7%
Newspapers
7.7%
Other
15.4%
spring.io
spring.io
Computer Software
26.1%
Information Technology and Services
22.3%
Financial Services
8.0%
Banking
4.2%
Telecommunications
3.1%
Other
36.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
Play
Play
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Think Tanks
GT
Verified User in Think Tanks

You can transcend skill sets by using Play! as an intermediary between having your development team learn a more modern JVM language (Scala) and Java. The framework's power can still very easily be seen using Java methods, and in-fact I personally prefer to...

Most Helpful Critical Review
松 .
Verified User in Internet

Really too small There is more agreement Few Chinese resources

spring.io
spring.io
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Juan F.
JF
Juan F.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

It really helps me focus on my business features instead of worrying about configuration, boilerplate code and thinks like those. It can be integrated with almost any technology I usually use: relational database, mongoDB, redis, JMS, etc... Moreover...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Matej S.
MS
Matej S.
Verified User in Banking

It seems that jHipster is WAAAAY more powerful with more combinations and frameworks than Spring Roo. Frontend is old way of doing web. Spring Roo is still using MVC pattern. While in jHipster you can use Angular, React,Vue. You can setup as...

Alternatives
Play
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spring.io
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Spark
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Discussions
Play
Play Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
Play has no discussions with answers
spring.io
spring.io Discussions
What is Spring Boot used for?
2 comments
Rahul J.
RJ
To develop Java applications. Mostly Web applications and REST APIs.Read more
What is the best resource for beginners to learn Spring?
1 comment
Saksham C.
SC
LinkedIn Learning.Read more
Why do we use Spring Framework?
1 comment
Saksham C.
SC
it is an open-source loosely coupled java framework that reduces the complexity of developing enterprise-level applications. Read more