| License | Apache License 2.0 | Open Source with EULA |
| Release Frequency | Regular | Monthly |
| Production Support | Yes | Yes |
| Standards Support | Some Jakarta EE specifications | MicroProfile, Jakarta EE Web Profile |
| Supported IDEs | Eclipse / NetBeans / IntelliJ IDE / VSCode | Eclipse / NetBeans / IntelliJ IDE / VSCode |
| Project Creation | Maven and Gradle archetypes | Maven and Gradle archetypes |
| Clustering | Requires usage and integration of Spring Cloud toolset | Automatic clustering in many environments, including bare metal and Kubernetes |
| Configuration | Property files | Asadmin commands |
| Request Tracing | MicroMeter or Spring Cloud Sleuth | MicroProfile OpenTracing, Servlet, CDI |
| Tracing Tools | OpenZipkin | Jaeger, OpenZipkin |
| Notifiers | JMX | Log files, SMTP, SNMP, CDI, Slack, New Relic, Datadog, Custom notifiers |
| Supported JVMs | JDK 8, 11, and latest | Support and security updates for Java 7, 8, 11 and beyond; and ARM-based JVMs |
