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GraalVM

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What is GraalVM?

GraalVM is a universal virtual machine for running applications written in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, R, JVM-based languages like Java, Scala, Groovy, Kotlin, Clojure, and LLVM-based languages such as C and C++. GraalVM removes the isolation between programming languages and enables interoperability…

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Recent Reviews

Fantastic Tool

9 out of 10
December 10, 2021
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GraalVM is a really powerful technology that is being used in certain departments of my organization. This allows us to pre-compile Java …
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Totally Worthy Tool

9 out of 10
October 18, 2021
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This is among the most robust and user-friendly applications that are being used in certain departments of our company. This is being used …
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Amazing GraalVM!

8 out of 10
April 25, 2021
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It's really good. We are using [it] throughout the entire department. It really helps us to connect and use it across multiple languages …
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What is GraalVM?

GraalVM is a universal virtual machine for running applications written in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, R, JVM-based languages like Java, Scala, Groovy, Kotlin, Clojure, and LLVM-based languages such as C and C++. GraalVM removes the isolation between programming languages and enables…

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GraalVM Native Image Dashboard tool demo

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Quick demo of GraalVM compilation of java to native

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Product Details

What is GraalVM?

GraalVM is a runtime for microservices that aims to provide significant improvements in application performance and efficiency. The vendor states its ahead-of-time (AOT) compiler allows microservices to startup instantaneously with significantly smaller memory footprint.

It is a universal virtual machine for running applications written in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, R, JVM-based languages like Java, Scala, Groovy, Kotlin, Clojure, and LLVM-based languages such as C and C++. It removes the isolation between programming languages and enables interoperability in a shared runtime. It can run either standalone or in the context of OpenJDK, Node.js or Oracle Database.

GraalVM Community is available for free for any use.

GraalVM Enterprise provides additional performance, security, and scalability relevant for running applications in production. Users can get a version of GraalVM Enterprise that is free for evaluation and developing new applications via the Oracle Technology Network (OTN), or a commercially licensed version for production use via the Oracle Store.

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GraalVM Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

GraalVM is a universal virtual machine for running applications written in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, R, JVM-based languages like Java, Scala, Groovy, Kotlin, Clojure, and LLVM-based languages such as C and C++. GraalVM removes the isolation between programming languages and enables interoperability in a shared runtime. It can run either standalone or in the context of OpenJDK, Node.js or Oracle Database. Oracle's GraalVM Enterprise is a multilingual virtual machine, which Oracle states delivers even higher efficiency, better isolation and greater agility for enterprises in cloud and hybrid environment.

Azure App Service and Firebase are common alternatives for GraalVM.

Reviewers rate GraalVM Performance highest, with a score of 9.2.

The most common users of GraalVM are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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December 10, 2021

Fantastic Tool

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
This is a perfect fit for projects where Java or other Java technologies are already being used. This minimizes the latency resulting in efficiency and effectiveness. This is very well recommended if you are working with coding and deployment. It's not suited for you if it doesn't support the language that you are using in your organization.
December 08, 2021

GraalVM, Most trusted, Straightforward, cost-effective,Enterprise Edition Java Applications.

Ava Jakobs | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ava Jakobs
System Administrator
Walmart Global Tech (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Its well fit for the environment where applications are written in programming languages supported by GraalVM. It's [a] very powerful and reliable, high-performer Java Virtual Machine that provides the Java Development kit i.e JDK that has the ability to compile the Java apps ahead of time. Maintenance of this tool is simple and it [increases] the efficiency of the product since it requires few resources.
November 24, 2021

Make your Applications Fast!

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Banking Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
This tool is particularly fit for those environments where your applications are written in programming languages supported by GraalVM. It's a wonderful tool [especially] for Java applications and reduces latency. As resource consumption is reduced, it makes everything much more efficient. Not recommended if your application's programming language is not supported by this.
November 03, 2021

Total Satisfactory Package

Ojas Elawadhi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ojas Elawadhi
Data Analyst
Paytm (Financial Services, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
This is very well suited for products where high performance and efficiency [are] needed preferably in real-time and consistent process requirements. As not all programming languages are supported so it's not suited for you at all if your language is not supported.
October 19, 2021

GraalVM - Reliable and Best Virtual Machine

Verified User
Consultant in Finance and Accounting
Accounting Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM is a powerful open-source tool that consumes less memory and is a perfect product for the development team who are familiar with the Java language. The maintenance of this product is simple and it increases the efficiency of the product since it requires very few resources. It really has a very fast compiler. GraalVM is however is not suitable when it comes to migrating legacy or older applications to implement GraalVM.
October 18, 2021

Totally Worthy Tool

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Banking Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
This is very well suited for someone looking for a high-performance environment. This supports a major variety of programming languages which helps to speed up the development time. Also, it helps to troubleshoot and resolve memory issues in addition to reducing the latency to make the process more efficient. This is not suited for the applications working on some programming language that is currently not supported by this.
October 05, 2021

Just migrate to GraalVM, the best performance on the market.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I can't think of a scenario that doesn't indicate the use of GraalVM. Using this tool brings you benefits such as less use of computational resources, without impacting the learning curve of the team, which can continue developing in frameworks they already use or migrate to more modern solutions.
July 23, 2021

Great performance, new opportunities, licensing struggles

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
  • Cloud-native applications, microservices, etc.
  • Possibly speeding up when used as a runtime for message brokers as Kafka, Pulsar, etc. (checking this at the moment...)
  • Developing native applications can be painful; better dev experience is a must here
  • The price model for EE isn't suitable for small companies
April 27, 2021

"One VM to rule them all" -- GraalVM works as promise...

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Feng Li
Once to be architect and senior software engineer
Indie developer (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM is well suited for developers who are not familiar with C++ that mainly used by OpenJDK, but really [want] to demystify the internal[s] of JVM and [customize] it for personal usage, as GraalVM is meta-circular and its Java code is much more understandable when [compared] with that of OpenJDK.
April 25, 2021

Amazing GraalVM!

Verified User
Account Manager in Corporate
Accounting Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Good for Java development, compiling applications with native binaries, and helps increase our application throughput and reduce latency!! We use it on day to day basis as it seamlessly uses multiple languages and libraries. I like their advanced optimizing compiler that generates fast lean code which makes our team efficient with its speed.
April 15, 2021

GraalVM--a better runtime than JAVA SE

Sharique Khan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sharique Khan
Software Engineering Manager - Edge and Cloud Native Productline
Varian Medical Systems (Hospital & Health Care, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Specifically on mission-critical applications, as the startup time is an order of magnitude less than traditional Java JVM-based applications, GraalVM is a great choice. Also, for a polyglot team, you need a JVM solution to support engineers skilled and comfortable in multiple programming languages. Moreover, it makes profiling easy at the JVM level to troubleshoot memory issues.
April 12, 2021

Reliable and worthy tool.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
If you want to have a cool VM, don't spend too much memory and mainly being multilanguage go ahead.
Be aware there are some points that can be improved like a couple of languages are not accepted so far.
Like used to, it's easy to use and you can find a lot of information regarding the tool so if you need to do something fast, it's a good choice.
April 11, 2021

Great virtual machine

Abdul Wahab Khan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Abdul Wahab Khan
Project Manager
Softronic Systems (Pvt) Limited (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I recommend GraalVM to my colleagues and other developers as the best virtual machine not only for Java but also for various programming languages to speed up development time and develop applications with enhanced performance and efficiency. It also reduces the size of an application and its cold-start time.
April 09, 2021

GraalVM is a straightforward environment for your Java applications

Ramindu Deshapriya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ramindu Deshapriya
Lead Consultant - Technology
Virtusa (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM is very well suited for containerizing and running Java applications, thanks to its JIT compilation mechanisms and native Java support. If you have a modern Java application using a framework such as Spring Boot, GraalVM is a good solution to standardize your environment while making use of the optimizations provided for Java applications so that you can reduce metrics such as start up time and response time. However, if you are planning to port a legacy Java application to run on GraalVM, it may be quite difficult to find appropriate binaries for the libraries you are using.
February 19, 2021

GraalVM has the potential to shake up Java container deployments

John Hanley | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Hanley
Enterprise Architect
HANLEY (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
In my opinion, GraalVM is an amazing technology for deploying containers. There are many benefits of integrating GraalVM into our development and deployment processes:
  1. Reduced application size.
  2. Faster cold start, which improves HTTP request/response-based software.
  3. Native compiles dramatically simplifies building and deploying Java-based containers.
  4. Native compiles often significantly improves application performance.
February 10, 2021

GraalVM is the future

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Graal is excellent for micro-service deployments—the savings just add up each time you build a new service! It slots into a build and can build a native binary image nicely, that runs just as easily as a JAR file. The only case I can imagine it not being useful is if you really need to use dynamic class loading at runtime, but these are rare cases in most applications.
November 17, 2020

GraalVM makes easy to develop iOS and Android apps

Muni Raghunath Kalivi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Muni Raghunath Kalivi
Sr. Technical Lead
Emtec Inc. (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM is more like an open-source SDK--we can create applications across the platforms like desktop, mobile and cloud applications. It's easy to build and deliver the applications for native images of iOS and Android, and GraalVM easily talks to different technologies like Java, Python, Ruby, and different databases. GraalVM is well suited for development with Gradle and Maven build tools. Any open-source or enterprise application can be developed using it.
November 10, 2020

An awesome Polyglot JVM.

Verified User
Contributor in Information Technology
Computer Games Company, 1-10 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I will recommend GraalVM to anyone who wants a blazing fast modern JVM with seamless language interoperability. It's AOT methods also speed ups programs to a degree, which means it also is good just as a drop in replacement for the default JVM. However I cannot recommend GraalVM to those who want to use the latest Java features as GraalVM doesn't have them.
October 30, 2020

GraalVM Review

Verified User
Contributor in Engineering
Computer Games Company, 1-10 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM is well suited for situations where one will want seamless language interop and a codebase with different languages. It is not appropriate for a project that is not entirely based on Java before, and also just a single language.

Other scenarios would be to take advantage of GraalVMs AOT features where performance is needed.
August 21, 2020

Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition - Powerful VM for Polyglot Applications

Verified User
Consultant in Product Management
Retail Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM is very stable and has been very beneficial in terms of Project Delivery due to its advanced Virtual Machine providing JIT (just-in-time) compiler and AOT (ahead-of-time) compiler. So, I will definitely recommend it to others to try at least once in order to scale up the performance of polyglot applications.
August 19, 2020

An Analyst's Review of GraalVM

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM is good for when you have multiple programming languages that you need to support. It also does quite a good job in performance and optimization. It is good at empowering developers. I could caution that not all programming languages are supported so you may need to check the documentation first before adopting it.
August 17, 2020

GraalVM: Advanced VM supporting multiple languages

Verified User
Analyst in Product Management
Banking Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I highly recommend GraalVM to my colleagues and friends in the IT industry who want to explore and experience an advanced Virtual Machine that can accommodate applications written in multiple languages with faster execution speed, in terms of minimal utilization of memory, as well as achieving reduced performance issues of the applications.
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