Comparison

Quarkus vs Spring Boot

No clear leader: Spring Boot (63.3) and Quarkus (59.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Quarkus59
Spring Boot63
Score
Vioscale score
Quarkus59 / 100high · 76%
Spring Boot63 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tier
Quarkus
Spring Boot
Model
Quarkuscommercial
Spring Bootcommercial
Price level
Quarkusfree
Spring Boot
Integrations
Count
Quarkus7
Spring Boot
Reliability
Status page
Quarkus
Spring Boot
Adoption
Dependent repos
Quarkus4,936
Spring Boot54,477
Github stars
Quarkus15,847
Spring Boot81,366
Activity
Commits last 30d
Quarkus100
Spring Boot100
Release
Cadence days
Quarkus5
Spring Boot
History
Quarkus20 items
Spring Boot20 items
License
Spdx
QuarkusApache-2.0
Spring BootApache-2.0
Language
Primary
QuarkusJava
Spring BootJava

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for web frameworks. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Rendering model
Quarkus-
Spring Boot-
File-based routing
Quarkus-
Spring Boot-
Language
QuarkusJava
Spring BootJava
Rendering
Server components
Quarkus-
Spring Boot
Streaming SSR
Quarkus-
Spring Boot-
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes
Quarkus
Spring Boot
DX
First-class TypeScript
Quarkus-
Spring Boot-
Fast refresh / HMR
Quarkus
Spring Boot-
Deployment
Edge runtime support
Quarkus-
Spring Boot-

What each one is

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

Quarkus

Quarkus is an open-source framework that enables Java developers to build cloud-native applications optimized for containers and Kubernetes. It provides rapid startup, minimal memory consumption, and accelerated development cycles through live code reloading, while supporting both imperative and reactive programming paradigms.

Independently observed

Spring Boot

A framework for creating stand-alone, production-grade Spring applications with minimal configuration. Features embedded web servers (Tomcat, Jetty, Undertow), opinionated starter dependencies, automatic configuration, and production-ready features such as metrics and health checks.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Quarkus

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Spring Boot

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
CLI
Quarkus
Spring Boot
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Quarkus
Spring Boot
Self-hosted
Quarkus
Spring Boot
On-premise
Quarkus
Spring Boot

Integrations

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

Quarkus

7 total
  • Eclipse Vert.x
  • Hibernate
  • Apache Camel
  • JAX-RS
  • RESTEasy
  • Netty
  • Eclipse MicroProfile
Independently observed

Spring Boot

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.