GraalVM - Reliable and Best Virtual Machine
October 19, 2021

GraalVM - Reliable and Best Virtual Machine

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with GraalVM

GraalVM is a powerful tool created by Oracle that was being used by the dev team in our organization. It is a high-performance Java Virtual Machine that also provides the Java Development Kit i.e JDK that has the ability to compile the Java applications ahead of time. Also, it helps in increasing the overall performance of the application since it consumes very fewer resources. The maintenance of the product is quite easy and it is quite flexible since it is written in Java.

Pros

  • Ability to compile the applications ahead of its time.
  • Need less resources.
  • Maintenance is easy.
  • Compiler is fast.
  • Efficiency increases.
  • Size of the applications is reduced.

Cons

  • Installation is complex.
  • Improper documentation.
  • Support for less number of languages.
  • Increased efficiency.
  • Overall performance of the product has improved.
  • Increased revenue.
  • Interoperability
GraalVM provides better performance for the Java Applications and also helps in reducing the boot time. The support provided by Oracle is great and the community has been able to help to resolve most of the issues. The user can write the code in multiple languages within a single application only. The chat support provided for the product is amazing and they have in-depth knowledge of the product and they are able to resolve the tickets within hours only.
GraalVM is at the top when it comes to executing Java applications in terms of speed. With its amazing fast ahead of its time compiler it helps in reducing the startup time of the applications. Also, the overall performance of the product is increased and reduces the latency as well. It supports multiple languages such as Groovy, Ruby, Javascript, R, Python, Scala, Java, Clojure, and many more.

Do you think GraalVM delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with GraalVM's feature set?

Yes

Did GraalVM live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of GraalVM go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy GraalVM again?

Yes

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.

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