Java is the world's most prolific programming language and development platform. Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription offers the most complete support and advanced management features available today. Protect your enterprise investment with security updates and world-class support from the stewards of Java. Now the subscription includes entitlement to Java SE Subscription Enterprise Performance Pack and Java Management Service, an Oracle Cloud service that monitors and manages all your Java deployments.
The new release of Java delivers capabilities to improve the Java language, expand its AI capabilities, and help developers accelerate productivity. Enhancements to the platform’s performance, security, and stability help organizations drive business growth.
Our success comes from your success. Java SE Universal Subscription offers more than flexibility over your Java adoption and tooling. Our Customer Success Managers (CSMs) bring technical expertise and help address your needs with workshops, training, and other support.
According to a recent VDC Research study, Java is the #1 language for cloud native development. Java remains the trusted foundation for enterprises and the go-to language for developers building the next generation of innovative solutions.
Java 25 was released on September 16, 2025. Watch the on-demand webcast that includes technical presentations, conversations, community updates, and a peek into the future of Java.
Modernize, safeguard, and accelerate your Java investment with the enterprise solution for organizations that prioritize stability, security, and support without compromising their ability to innovate.
Discover, monitor, and manage your Java environment with this powerful new OracleCloud service, wherever your Java is running—on-premises or in the cloud. Knowwhich Java versions are installed and which versions are being used—all in asingle pane of glass.
The Enterprise Performance Pack makes the significant memory management and performance improvements brought to Java from the releases between JDK 8 and JDK 17 available to JDK 8 users. The drop-in replacement for JDK 8 is available at no additional cost to subscription customers and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) users.
Protect your investment with Java SE licensing and support for desktop, server andcloud deployments.
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Instead of spending time and money upgrading every six months, customers can reduce overall costs by managing their Java estate with a Java SE Subscription. Recent survey results from Java SE Subscription customers have shown cost savings of approximately 30% over a four-year period. The Java SE Subscription has been replaced by the Java SE Universal Subscription. The Java SE Universal Subscription provides all the benefits of the legacy product but includes broad internal usage rights and triage support for your entire Java portfolio, including third-party libraries and runtimes. Note: the following reports contain information that may still be applicable.
As shorter development cycles become the norm, having the most recent Java releases can help get new application features and updates to market faster. Java SE Universal Subscription manages Java SE desktop, server and cloud deployments with timely updates and upgrades across the enterprise, supporting multiple versions of Java—including the free version.
Take advantage of 24/7/365 Java support, from the stewards of Java. Our support teammembers have more than 15 years of Java experience, and work alongside thedevelopers who write most of the code. Supporting only Java, they prioritizecustomer bug fix requests and help customers tune their Java deployments for maximumperformance.
Oracle supports millions of members of one of the largest, global Java communitiesand ecosystems. By encouraging, funding, and amplifying community participation, theJava platform stays modern and vibrant.
Create the next generation of rich, scalable, and secure enterprise applications with new releases of the Java platform every six months. Learn about the many new features of the latest long-term support (LTS) release: Java 25.
End of support for GraalVM in Java SE Products.
Travel technology provider, Sabre keeps the world moving with the help of Oracle Java SESubscription. Sabre connects travel suppliers with buyers on a very large scale. In movingapplications off the mainframe and deploying with Java, Sabre was able to take advantage ofthe rich libraries and frameworks Java provides and focus its efforts on core competencies.
The Java SE Subscription has been replaced by the Java SE Universal Subscription. Many of the legacy productreviews may still be helpful in your evaluation.
“Java SE Subscription gives you the tools to better understandsystem resource utilization and the effects of application runtimeoptimizations. Specifically, it also provides information aboutapplication performance, allows you to configure applicationsettings, and performs runtime optimizations”– Carvajal Tecnología y Servicios
“It's nice to have a consistent library of any version of the JDKwhenever we need it. I believe that the real advantage to theOracle Java SE Subscription is that it is regularly kept up todate and it is easy to get notifications of the patch notesbetween versions and be alerted to any major security issues inolder versions. This helps build a business case for why upgradesare worth maintaining in our development system.”– Information technology and services company
“For the software department, the subscription fits the needs ofour business operations especially well by providing Java MissionControl to monitor and manage our applications.”- Serimmune Inc. (Biotechnology)
“Java is ubiquitous in the programming world. With such awidespread network of developers and support content, it is anobvious choice for core product development.”
“The Oracle Java SE Subscription is used heavily across ourorganization to support our Java client support needs. It providestimely updates and solves several issues, such as simplifiedbilling and support for cloud deployments. Access toaround-the-clock support is also very useful to internationalorganizations since that allows for support relative to anyoffice's time zone.”- Midsize automotive company
Sharat Chander | Senior Director, Java Product Management and Developer Relations
Learn about the Java 25 release and ongoing Java innovations that address modern application development.
The enterprise-wide, term-based Java SE Universal Subscription model includes cloud deployment, server, and desktop licensing and support. Simple, per-employee pricing eliminates issues of precisely accounting for JDK instances in bare metal, virtualized, and containerized servers across desktops, on-premises, and in clouds.
Oracle Java SE Advanced, Java SE Advanced Desktop, Java SE Suite, Java SE Subscription, and Java SE Desktop Subscription products have transitioned to Java SE Universal Subscription to provide more flexibility. Customers who have Java SE Advanced, Java SE Advanced Desktop, Java SE Suite, Java SE Subscription, Java SE Desktop Subscription, and/or use Oracle Java SE with an Oracle product will continue to receive support and updates as usual. New or existing customers who want commercial Java SE licenses and support can now choose Java SE Universal Subscription.
Hear from the experts behind Java SE in live and on-demand webcasts.
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