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Amazon Corretto vs. OpenJDK

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Amazon Corretto
Score 7.7 out of 10
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Amazon Corretto, from AWS, is presented as a no-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution of the Open Java Development Kit (OpenJDK). Corretto comes with long-term support that will include performance enhancements and security fixes. Amazon states they run Corretto internally on thousands of production services and Corretto is certified as compatible with the Java SE standard. With Corretto, users can develop and run Java applications on popular operating systems, including Linux,…N/A
OpenJDK
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
OpenJDK (Open Java Development Kit) is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) version 2 with a linking exception.N/A
Pricing
Amazon CorrettoOpenJDK
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Amazon CorrettoOpenJDK
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Amazon CorrettoOpenJDK
Considered Both Products
Amazon Corretto
Nava Nathalia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Nava Nathalia
.NET Engineer
Chose Amazon Corretto
Amazon Corretto is easy to use Open source JDK and very helpful to quickly get started at no cost with great support to build and improve application development on any operating system like Linux, Windows, and/or macOS. Highly available and reliable services backed by Amazon …
Tuhin Sadik | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tuhin Sadik
Software Engineer
Chose Amazon Corretto
Amazon Corretto is a free and secure open JDK multiplatform. It works across platforms and is compatible with Docker and most OSes. In addition to Windows and Mac OS, it also works with Linux and macOS. JAVA's built-in safety features aid our company - long-term support …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Amazon Corretto
One of the main benefits which Amazon Corretto provides is the production-ready SDK with the least to no cost at all and there also you have been provided with cross-platform support which for sure acts as the deal breaker over all the other platforms available in the market. …
OpenJDK
Tung Vu | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tung Vu
Senior Software Engineer
Chose OpenJDK
Obviously, OpenJDK has a more permissive license than Oracle's JDK. Still, Amazon Corretto comes with commercial support, & since it's backed by Amazon's infrastructure, downloading a new package to install on a new laptop/system is just a breeze.
John Anderson | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Anderson
Lead Application Engineer IV
Chose OpenJDK
We went directly with OpenJDK as it is already maintained in our RedHat package repos. We had already done our research and determined that OpenJDK was the best available opensource alternative to Oracle JDK. We did not feel a need to install and compare alternative software …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose OpenJDK
Mostly because OpenJDK is open source and is considered the reference implementation of the JDK.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose OpenJDK
One of the reasons for selecting OpenJDK is less costly compared to Oracle Java SLE and Oracle Java Platform, Micro Edition. In most cases OpenJDK performance is similar to the above-mentioned products. By using some features we can fix bugs in stage and production …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose OpenJDK
OpenJDK is technically very similar to OracleJDK and OpenJDK is widely popular (so is Oracle JDK) meaning sufficient documentation and support. Oracle JDK is better in terms of garbage collection and rendering along with being more stable. Oracle DK used to be free but is no …
Chose OpenJDK
As per above stacks we found that openstack provides free and best context software for industry level development. Cost per feature for Other software are considered to too high, whereas, OpenJDK provides almost every product and packages for free and comfortable for …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose OpenJDK
OpenJDK is comparable to Oracle Java SE in most cases and you get away with significantly lower costs. Oracle Java SE have some advantages in performance on some native platforms but in most cases the OpenJDK performance is similar or at least good enough.
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User Ratings
Amazon CorrettoOpenJDK
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.8
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User Testimonials
Amazon CorrettoOpenJDK
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon Corretto is convenient for individuals, businesses, and companies due to its centralized nature. It solves scalability issues and is compatible with most operating systems, simplifying JDK setup. The most attractive feature of this service is its low price. AWS's multiple resources in one place can help smaller or new companies start cheaply. Using JDK is more manageable with proper documentation. It's easy for me to integrate this AWS service with others. Apache Kafka, S3 and Cloudwatch are integrated.
Tuhin Sadik | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tuhin Sadik
Software Engineer
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Most API related and infrastructure related tech features implemented and fabricated with OpenJDK packages and Libraries. Extensive tech configurations are still developed with this product. we would to like to continue the usage this package for our upcoming projects as well. For Data Visualization I feel OpenJDK does have much resources for making data more insightful and helpful.
Bindu Bhargava Reddy Chintam | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pros
  • Security features of the latest Java Version 17.
  • Compatibility with other AWS cloud resources.
  • Very low bugs in production.
Sunny Hemnani | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sunny Hemnani
Senior Software Engineer
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  • OpenJDK is a robust opensource replacement for Oracle JDK
  • OpenJDK has support from RedHat (our approved Linux O/S)
  • OpenJDK is supported on both RedHat and Windows platforms
John Anderson | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Anderson
Lead Application Engineer IV
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Cons
  • Need for comprehensive documentation.
  • Memory management issues.
  • Improvement for patches delivery time.
Nava Nathalia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Nava Nathalia
.NET Engineer
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  • JVM performance can be improved
  • Concurrent task running needs to be improved .
  • Ability to access stack memory outside or JVM processes
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon Corretto is easy to use Open source JDK and very helpful to quickly get started at no cost with great support to build and improve application development on any operating system like Linux, Windows, and/or macOS. Highly available and reliable services backed by Amazon for the success of product development and good user experience.
Nava Nathalia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Nava Nathalia
.NET Engineer
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Obviously, OpenJDK has a more permissive license than Oracle's JDK. Still, Amazon Corretto comes with commercial support, & since it's backed by Amazon's infrastructure, downloading a new package to install on a new laptop/system is just a breeze.
Tung Vu | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tung Vu
Senior Software Engineer
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Return on Investment
  • Pushed our teams overall productivity with production ready SDK
  • It helped us to have cross platform support
  • Overall Cost Cutting
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • As per our business objectives we are 4 times benifitted with product
  • Faster for development and implementation
  • Reduced our cost by 30%
  • Annual profits of 24%
Bindu Bhargava Reddy Chintam | TrustRadius Reviewer
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