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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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Product Demos

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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August 13, 2020

GraalVM Review

Verified User
Team Lead in Research & Development
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM has improved and optimized the startup time of our applications to a great extent (sped up by 32% compared to our previous recorded time). This indeed has a major impact on our deliverable and client satisfaction. Also, we have observed a reduction in runtime memory utilization during the startup of our applications.
August 11, 2020

GraalVM: The future ready universal VM

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Banking Company, 11-50 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Due to its low memory footprint, GraalVM is extremely well suited where the amount of application code being executed is large and complex, loads a lot of control files, and has a lot of hot code. As it supports many languages, creating software with multiple languages is a big advantage and provides flexibility for developers.
July 31, 2020

GraalVM: First choice of all Java developers in the near future

Verified User
Team Lead in Research & Development
Retail Company, 11-50 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM has been very well incorporated and implemented in our project. Performance issues in the application have always been the top discussions in our monthly meeting calls, due to introducing and adding new changes, logics, and customizations in the business process as per the client's requirement.
July 17, 2020

GraalVM - Ultimate VM for Java Applications

Verified User
Team Lead in Research & Development
Retail Company, 11-50 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM is well suited for JVM-based applications as it provides two independent execution modes:
1. Applications running in a regular just-in-time (JIT) compilation mode adding higher performance gains resulting from quality optimized algorithms.
2. Applications compiled ahead-of-time (AOT) into a native executable. It has the capability to run as a standalone application with instant startup having minimal memory footprint and minimal CPU utilization.
June 28, 2020

GraalVM Review

Verified User
Director in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Microservices development and Serverless application development is an area GraalVM helps well--Especially for smaller binary footprint and faster start-up time. Another appropriate area is running docker containers on an orchestration platform such as K8S or ECS. It's also good for scenarios where alternate JVM languages need to be mixed and used and to run heavy memory usage javascript applications.
June 28, 2020

GraalVM Review

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Ashutosh Khantwal
Sr Software Developer
Wipro Limited (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It can run spring applications, compiled with OPEN JDK or other JVMs. There's also spring framework support of GraalVM. Although it is at its initial stage, we can be hopeful that spring framework support does work and helps to improve using JAVA. This is a current limitation of GraalVM, but it can be overcome as per official information.
June 28, 2020

GraalVM offers the best features for JVM and JDK support

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Lokesh Yadav
Technology Analyst
Infosys (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It is best suited for products and services where high performance is needed in real-time with no time lags.
With Oracle changing the JVM distribution license recently, GraalVM serves the purpose of managing the VM platform pretty efficiently. It is well suited for consistent process requirements. Since most of the companies depend heavily on Java for programming, GraalVM provides the best support for building Java applications and can be used for all products.
We can also mix programming languages in the same project, thus it removes the dependency of using a single programming language. This feature is provided by GraalVM and is known as "PolyGlot" apps.
June 18, 2020

GraalVM as a strategy to consolidate and reduce license exposure

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It depends on your problem statement and use case. In our case, we were trying to consolidate and reduce license exposure after Oracle changed the license agreements for Java. This way standardizing solved the problem we were facing, but on your side, you need to evaluate and consider and run your complete vendor evaluation and security concerns.
June 14, 2020

GraalVM is a strong contender for future JVM replacement

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for polyglot apps and those needing high performance. If there is a specific legacy application that requires a specific JDK version, I would not recommend it immediately until further research and testing are performed.
June 10, 2020

Excellent enabler for our native apps

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Retail Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
GraalVM is an excellent tool in our case, where we were looking for a fast and scalable code for our native apps that support 10-thousand-plus sales and support teams in the branch, showrooms, field, and online. We rewrote the code using GraalVM to ensure that the end customer has a real-time offer on their purchase when we make a cross sale and up sale.
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