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SapMachine vs Amazon Corretto: catalog facts
SapMachine	Amazon Corretto
Best for: Developers and teams who want a free, vendor-supported Java runtime	Best for: Java developers and servers that need a supported, free JDK
Free Free to use in development and production, with no licensing fees or subscriptions.	Free Free, including long-term support.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Java SE certified and close to upstream OpenJDK Long-term support releases maintained by SAP All 3 strengths for SapMachine Java SE certified and close to upstream OpenJDK Long-term support releases maintained by SAP Covers macOS, Windows, Linux and AIX	Free long-term support from Amazon Certified Java SE compatible All 4 strengths for Amazon Corretto Free long-term support from Amazon Certified Java SE compatible Quarterly security and performance updates Several Java versions from 8 to 27
Few differences from other OpenJDK builds beyond the maintainer	A JDK only; IDEs and build tools are separate Direction is set by Amazon rather than a community foundation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-with-classpath-exception	License: GPL-2.0-with-classpath-exception
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for SapMachine sapmachine.io Catalog checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Amazon Corretto aws.amazon.com/corretto Catalog checked September 24, 2026

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