What are the best Java ORMs (including JPA implementations (Java Persistence API))?

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What are the best Java ORMs (including JPA implementations (Java Persistence API))?

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Best Java ORMs (including JPA implementations (Java Persistence API))	Price	Last Updated
-- JDBI	-	Jul 13, 2018
-- Hibernate ORM	-	Jan 19, 2019
-- Ebean	0	Oct 29, 2020

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JDBI

Top Pro

Very lightweight and easy to use

Its dependency tree is very small, which helps to avoid dependency conflicts with other packages. The documentation is easy to understand, is very easy to find and it is very concise. See More

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JDBI is very easy to use tool, that help you manage and optimize your persistent layer. See More

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Very lightweight but not lots of boiler-plate

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Takes advantage of Lambda expressions

Fluent api takes advantage of lambda expressions and functional programming included in Java 8. See More

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Easy to use

Just need to add a dependency and create an instance of Jdbi, the fluent api makes it really easy to inspect methods. See More

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Flexible

Is very flexible, you can create your own queries and your own mappers optimized for your database. See More

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Hibernate ORM

Top Pro

Actively maintained

Hibernate was very innovative from the beginning but is still very actively developed, improving significantly every release. See More

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Terrible implementation

The implementation is very buggy, and when you report bugs they get closed by overzealous staff members that refuse to admit that their software could possible contain bugs. See More

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Open source

Fully open source, managed by the tought leaders in the Java community, decision making is open yet sponsored and legally backed by Red Hat. See More

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Advanced extension points

Hibernate ORM sports several advanced extensions such as Hibernate Search providing Lucene and Elasticsearch full-text search, Hibernate Spatial for GIS extensions, Envers for versioning and temporal queries, Hibernate OGM to use NoSQL as your primary datastore, advanced caching integrations and various connection pools. See More

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High performance

ORMs are typically not easy to scale yet the Hibernate team has been very sensitive to this topic, constantly optimising the code further and adding various advanced features to avoid paying a high cost for the convenience. See More

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Leader

There are countless great books and articles, it's taught at universities, and easy to find both skilled labour and advanced consultants . See More

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What are the best Java ORMs (including JPA implementations (Java Persistence API))?

3 Options Considered

JDBI

My Recommendation for JDBI

My Recommendation for JDBI

Very lightweight and easy to use

Very lightweight but not lots of boiler-plate

Takes advantage of Lambda expressions

Easy to use

Flexible

Hibernate ORM

My Recommendation for Hibernate ORM

My Recommendation for Hibernate ORM

Actively maintained

Terrible implementation

Open source

Advanced extension points

High performance

Leader

Ebean

My Recommendation for Ebean

My Recommendation for Ebean

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Spring Data JPA

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My Recommendation for Spring Data JPA

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