--- title: Eclipse AspectJ Reviews meta\_title: 'Eclipse AspectJ Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 24 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Eclipse AspectJ works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.2 review\_count: 24 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Web Frameworks url: https://www.g2.com/categories/web-frameworks --- # Eclipse AspectJ Reviews & Product Details aspectj is a seamless aspect-oriented extension to the Javatm programming language * * * Seller [Eclipse Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/eclipse-foundation) Discussions [Eclipse AspectJ Community](https://www.g2.com/products/eclipse-aspectj/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![spring.io](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "spring.io") spring.io 4.5/5(320) ](https://www.g2.com/products/spring-io/reviews) [ ![JHipster](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "JHipster") JHipster 4.4/5(97) ](https://www.g2.com/products/jhipster/reviews) [ ![Grails](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Grails") Grails 3.6/5(33) ](https://www.g2.com/products/grails/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/eclipse-aspectj/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 24 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Kushagra R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kushagra R.") KR Kushagra R. Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/27/2023 "Aspect oriented framework for Java best at scalablity" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Eclipse AspectJ? We used it extensively in development and testing of our project. This is good for doing aspect oriented Java projects. Our project was using Aspect logics like cross cutting abstraction etc. However eclipse AspectJ had all the features required to manage complex things easily. I also liked the comprehensiveness of the documentation and the community support is also good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Eclipse AspectJ? No negative points found but Initial configuration in eclipse and debugging can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Eclipse AspectJ solving and how is that benefiting you? Ability to handle Aspect programming concepts like cross cutting Also configurable logging levels and hot patching helped in our project a lot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Prashant S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Prashant S.") PS Prashant S. Frontend Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/28/2023 "Best AOP platform for Beginners" 5/5 What do you like best about Eclipse AspectJ? Different inter-type declarations in AspectJ enable programmers to change the classes and their members, as well as the relationships between them, in a program's static structure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Eclipse AspectJ? Since it uses proxy based AOP so only method level advising is supported and field level interception not supported Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Eclipse AspectJ solving and how is that benefiting you? The new constructors added by AspectJ to Java are very helpful like pointcuts, advice etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kristof J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kristof J.") KJ Kristof J. Principal Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/25/2021 "The most mature aspect-oriented framework for the JVM" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Eclipse AspectJ? In the past years I've tried many aspect-oriented tools and AspectJ was by far the most featureful, most mature solution. Performance is also flawless, we never had a single performance related issue due to AspectJ use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Eclipse AspectJ? The learning curve is quite steep, if you are new to AOP. There are many new concepts to grasp, and it's not trivial which kind of problems you should target with AspectJ, and for which you better pick another approach. Luckily there are books and detailed docs to help to get started. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Eclipse AspectJ: For simpler setup and somewhat better approachability, you can check out Spring AOP too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Eclipse AspectJ solving and how is that benefiting you? We applied AspectJ successfully for tracing, collecting auditlogs and also for policy enforcement. The latter is a least-known feature of AspectJ but one of the most useful ones: it can help enforcing common approaches, strategies and policies within the team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Saurabh S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Saurabh S.") SS Saurabh S. Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/13/2021 "Great for managing cross cutting concerns especially Logging" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Eclipse AspectJ? We have a standard logging rules. We used to rely on the developers to follow those while implementing the services. We realised that is not the best approach. We implement our own library using Aspect J which devs can add as a dependency. Now we have standard implementation across all our services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Eclipse AspectJ? It was a bit difficult to understand in the beginning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Eclipse AspectJ solving and how is that benefiting you? Cross cutting concerns - logging. It acts a standard implementation. We don’t have to rely on the devs for implementation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Shubham A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shubham A.") SA Shubham A. Engineering Leadership Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/28/2021 "Eclipse AspectJ review" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Eclipse AspectJ? What i like is the fact that a programming model is built into the tool itself.Generally its not easy to write aspect oriented code, but with eclipse aspectJ it becomes part of the team culture. Also, love the community built around it, right from tutorials to forums. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Eclipse AspectJ? Steep learning curve. Also, debuggability becomes difficult,. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Eclipse AspectJ solving and how is that benefiting you? Logging across cross cutting concerns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/25/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") IB Verified User in Banking Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/15/2021 "One of the most powerful tools I ever used" 5/5 What do you like best about Eclipse AspectJ? The incredible versatility of the this tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Eclipse AspectJ? Lack of more advanced examples. However I was able to manage on my own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Eclipse AspectJ solving and how is that benefiting you? Mainly opening up legacy systems for testing. Intercepting external calls and mocking them was really easy with AspectJ. Hot-patching a jar was something else I appreciated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Krishna C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Krishna C.") KC Krishna C. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/10/2020 "AspectJ - A time saver when your project is swarmed with cross-cutting concerns" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Eclipse AspectJ? We're a spring projects enthusiasts, we chose AspectJ over Spring AOP because AspectJ is a speed demon during runtime, nearly 10x faster than Spring AOP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Eclipse AspectJ? Build time over head as AspectJ requires a compiler of it's own Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Eclipse AspectJ solving and how is that benefiting you? We used AspectJ to solve cross-cutting concerns like logging, exception handling and resource cleaning, after we introduced AspectJ into our project the project appears more readable and clutter-free Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") CF Verified User in Financial Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/13/2020 "Seemless experience" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Eclipse AspectJ? It has a seemless experience working on Eclipse for AspectJ projects. Building the projects take a little time as this creates the woven files but it all depends on to the project size. Doing code and compiling the things easy and easily can navigate to different cutpoints. Overall a good experience working on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Eclipse AspectJ? Project build time should be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Eclipse AspectJ solving and how is that benefiting you? Authentication in between of txns Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![aparna n.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "aparna n.") AN aparna n. Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/26/2020 "Coding master" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Eclipse AspectJ? Ease of coding, compilation and debugging Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Eclipse AspectJ? Proper console output doesn't come sometimes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Eclipse AspectJ: Ease of development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Eclipse AspectJ solving and how is that benefiting you? Building of files is easy. Coding and ease of compilation. Debugging by giving breakpoint is easy to develop a application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/8/2019 "good java" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Eclipse AspectJ? Eclipse used to write java programs.It is used to auto compilation,auto correcting error and auto code modification.Eclipse used for web based applications.It is used in many companies to write java programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Eclipse AspectJ? Because of auto code modification we did not remember the syntax of the exact java programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Eclipse AspectJ: Eclipse is user friendly and open source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Eclipse AspectJ solving and how is that benefiting you? we develop the eclipse for different programming languages like python,php. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/eclipse-aspectj/pricing) ## Work at Eclipse Foundation? Claim this profile to respond to reviews, update product info, and reach in-market buyers. 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