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# Hibernate Reviews
**Vendor:** Hibernate  
**Category:** [Java Web Frameworks](https://www.g2.com/categories/java-web-frameworks)  
**Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 29
## About Hibernate
Hibernate an open source Java persistence framework project.




## Hibernate Reviews
  ### 1. Not backwards compatible

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Internet | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 09, 2019

**What do you like best about Hibernate?**

Hibernate has been very reliable and does what it claims to do.  The documentation is also pretty thorough overall.

**What do you dislike about Hibernate?**

It's extremely painful upgrading from even minor versions.  We had been stuck on Hibernate 4 for years because the upgrade to version 5 would have broken most of the queries.  Sometimes classes are not even found any longer.

**Recommendations to others considering Hibernate:**

Be careful adopting this software as the upgrade path is messy.  Consider writing straight SQL or using Spring alternatives instead.

**What problems is Hibernate solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Hibernate as an ORM saves some time by allowing programmatic querying against repositories.  It also offers validation and caching.  All of these services work well.


## Hibernate Discussions
  - [What is one thing in hibernate which is considered the highlight when compared to other ORM networks](https://www.g2.com/discussions/36150-what-is-one-thing-in-hibernate-which-is-considered-the-highlight-when-compared-to-other-orm-networks) - 1 upvote

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## Hibernate Integrations
  - [Java runtime with Tomcat8 (Amazon Linux)](https://www.g2.com/products/java-runtime-with-tomcat8-amazon-linux/reviews)
  - [OpenJDK 8 (Java 8) on Ubuntu 18](https://www.g2.com/products/openjdk-8-java-8-on-ubuntu-18/reviews)


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