My experience with Oracle Java SE.
December 03, 2025

My experience with Oracle Java SE.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Java SE

We are using Oracle Java SE to create some web applications, including some RESTful APIs using Spring Boot. Some of our legacy monolith applications are also using Oracle Java SE. These services are being deployed either using ECS directly on the virtual machines. Apart from this, there are some lambda functions as well, which are written in Java.

Pros

  • With oracle java SE we get timely support so we can focus on business use case developments instead of wasting time on troubleshooting the issues.
  • It supports both our legacy as well as modern applications.
  • It provides regular security updates.

Cons

  • Oracle java SE is more memory intensive as compared to some of the other programming languages. It would be great if it can be optimized for memory.
  • Licensing cost could be reduced to make it more affordable.
  • Java's GUI frameworks are not very capable.
  • We are facing fewer downtimes because of Oracle support. Our application availability is more than 99.9%.
  • As developers don't need to waste time on troubleshooting, productivity is better.
  • The licensing cost of Oracle SE is on the higher side, but overall, it is still beneficial.
Oracle Java SE provides the new features along with timely security patches. New features like Record patterns and pattern matching for switches are very useful. With every new release of Java, it is getting better. Sequenced collections are also an interesting feature added to Java. With all these new features, backward compatibility is also maintained.

Do you think Oracle Java SE delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Oracle Java SE's feature set?

Yes

Did Oracle Java SE live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Oracle Java SE go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Oracle Java SE again?

Yes

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If you are working on a mission-critical application where you do not want to waste time troubleshooting Java issues and focus more on development, you should definitely go with Oracle Java SE, but if licensing cost is more of your concern, then there are a few OpenJDK versions as well to choose from.

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