Azul’s annual State of Java survey continues to find a huge proportion of organisations thinking about alternatives to Oracle Java.
The vendor of Azul Platform Prime found that nearly nine in ten enterprises polled for its 2025 State of Java survey are thinking of leaving Oracle Java. That’s up from just seven in ten in 2023.
Costs and concerns continue to soar for users. Scott Sellers, co-founder and CEO at Azul. said: “Our report shows organisations seeking ways to optimise their Java deployments.”
This was primarily about driving operational efficiency and cost predictability, he added.
At the same time, Java continues to be a backbone for business-critical applications in the enterprise, Sellers said.
“We’re seeing important trends, from the growing interest in Oracle Java alternatives to cloud optimisation strategies, improvements in devops productivity, and innovation with AI.”
Azul claims to be the only company 100% focused on Java.
Why organisations seek alternatives to Oracle Java
Given that some 2000 Java professionals were contacted with just one percent reporting that they did not use Java, working with alternatives to Oracle Java may prove crucial for organisations.
Oracle Java in recent years has suffered from pricing and licensing challenges. Meanwhile, channel partners are focusing on strategies to address cloud costs.
That’s in addition to factors affecting devops productivity and AI development, Azul reported.
“Nearly 70% of respondents indicate that more than half of their applications are built with Java or run on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM),” the vendor said.
Other key findings from the 2025 report include that four in ten companies may prefer open-source solutions.
At this time, more than seven in ten organisations said Java workloads comprise at least half of their cloud compute costs, Azul said.
“Some 71% of companies have more than 20% unused cloud compute capacity they’re paying for.”
Dimensional Research produced Azul’s survey and report.
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