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SapMachine vs GraalVM: catalog facts
SapMachine	GraalVM
Best for: Developers and teams who want a free, vendor-supported Java runtime	Best for: Java developers building fast-starting services and small container images
Free Free to use in development and production, with no licensing fees or subscriptions.	Free Free to download; the source code is published in the oracle/graal repository.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
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	Native Image builds fast-starting, low-memory executables First-class support in Spring Boot, Micronaut, Helidon and Quarkus All 4 strengths for GraalVM Native Image builds fast-starting, low-memory executables First-class support in Spring Boot, Micronaut, Helidon and Quarkus Works as a drop-in JDK with existing Java tools Truffle framework for running other languages
Few differences from other OpenJDK builds beyond the maintainer	Native Image compilation is slower than a normal Java build Native executables include only reachable code, so reflection-heavy code needs configuration
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 GraalVM graalvm.org Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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