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Flyway vs Hibernate ORM

On the evidence we track, Hibernate ORM leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Flyway54
★Hibernate ORM67
Score
vioscaleAI score
Flyway54 / 100medium · 50%
Hibernate ORM67 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM✓
Model
Flywayfreemium
Hibernate ORMcommercial
Price level
Flywaylow
Hibernate ORMfree
Transparent
Flyway✗
Hibernate ORM✓
Integrations
Count
Flyway1
Hibernate ORM13
Security
Scorecard
Flyway4.8
Hibernate ORM7.2
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Flyway30,708
Hibernate ORM145,451
Github stars
Flyway10,142
Hibernate ORM6,472
Activity
Commits last 30d
Flyway5
Hibernate ORM100
Release
Cadence days
Flyway8
Hibernate ORM1
History
Flyway20 items
Hibernate ORM20 items
License
Spdx
FlywayApache-2.0
Hibernate ORMApache-2.0
Language
Primary
FlywayJava
Hibernate ORMJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Flyway7 items
Hibernate ORM5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for orm & database tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Type-safe queries
Flyway-
Hibernate ORM✓
Schema migrations
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM✓
Relations / joins API
Flyway-
Hibernate ORM✓
Languages
FlywayJava; Maven/Gradle plugins; integrations for multiple build frameworks
Hibernate ORMJava
Modelling
Schema-first modelling
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM-
Flexibility
Raw SQL escape hatch
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM✓
Portability
Multiple database backends
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM✓
Ops
Connection pooling
Flyway-
Hibernate ORM✓
DX
Data browser / studio
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Flyway

A database migration tool that applies version-controlled schema changes to database instances using SQL. Supports 60+ database platforms and has been maintained by Redgate since 2010.

Independently observed

Hibernate ORM

Leader

Hibernate enables Java applications to interact with relational databases through object-oriented abstractions with support for complex queries, temporal data handling, audit logging, and multi-tenant deployments, while preserving SQL expressivity and performance.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Flyway

freemiumFree tier

Free open-source Community edition; Enterprise edition available

  • CommunityFree
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Hibernate ORM

Leader
Open source

Free and open source under Apache License 2.0

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM–
Windows
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM–
Linux
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM–
CLI
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM✗
Self-hosted
Flyway✓
Hibernate ORM✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Spring Boot

Flyway

12 total - 11 not shared
  • Maven
  • Gradle
  • SBT
  • Ant
  • Grails
  • Play!
  • DropWizard
  • Grunt
  • Griffon
  • Ninja
  • SQL Fluff
Independently observed

Hibernate ORM

Leader
22 total - 21 not shared
  • Jakarta Persistence
  • Jakarta Data
  • Jakarta Query
  • Bean Validation
  • Jakarta Validation
  • Java EE
  • Jakarta EE
  • Vert.x
  • MongoDB Extension
  • Apache Lucene
  • Elasticsearch
  • OpenSearch
  • Quarkus
  • WildFly
  • Red Hat EAP
  • MongoDB
  • Hibernate Validator
  • Hibernate Search
  • Hibernate Reactive
  • Hibernate Data Repositories
  • Hibernate NoSQL
Independently observed
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