Azul 2026 State of Java Survey & Report: 62% of Enterprises Now Leverage Java to Power AI Functionality, 41% Rely on High-Performance Java Platforms to Reduce Cloud Compute Costs

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• 31% of respondents say more than half of the Java applications they build now contain AI functionality

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• 63% of respondents say that dead and unused code affects their team's productivity, while only 6% report no impact at all

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• 56% of enterprises now deal with Java-related CVEs on a daily or weekly basis, a sharp rise from 41% in 2025

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• 41% of enterprises use a high-performance Java platform as one of the top five strategies to reduce public cloud costs

  80% confidence

• Top capabilities important for Java to remain competitive in AI-enabled development include long-term support for modern Java versions (35%), built-in security features (34%), observability insights (32%), support for large data access (30%), and integration with large language models (30%)

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• 81% have migrated, are migrating, or plan to migrate at least part of their Oracle Java to a non-Oracle OpenJDK distribution

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• Java continues to prove its durability and strategic importance as enterprises navigate one of the most transformative periods in modern computing

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• 97% of survey participants have taken actions to reduce their public cloud costs

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• 21% of survey respondents have already been subjected to an Oracle Java audit

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• 74% of organizations report more than 20% unused compute capacity in their public cloud environments

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• Among enterprises where at least 90% of applications run on Java, 81% use a high-performance Java platform to improve application performance (compared to 61% overall)

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• 30% of survey respondents said their teams waste more than half their time chasing false positives in security scans

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• Java remains at the center of innovation and operational excellence, with the community evolving quickly, embracing open technologies, accelerating cloud optimization and removing DevOps friction

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• 63% intend to migrate their entire Java estate from Oracle Java

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• 62% of organizations now use Java to code AI functionality, up from 50% last year

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• Cost remains the number one driver (37%) for migrating away from Oracle

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• 92% of respondents report being concerned about Oracle's pricing, while only 7% say they are not at all concerned

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