I think it's a bit of misleading marketing. Sure, Micronaut (just like Quarkus and Helidon) is ready to be compiled with Graal out-of-the-box. But it doesn't ma

I think it's a bit of misleading marketing. Sure, Micronaut (just like Quarkus and Helidon) is ready to be compiled with Graal out-of-the-box. But it doesn't magically make any library you use work with Graal, and it also doesn't mean you cannot get code based on other frameworks like Vert.x or Spring Boot work with Graal (with varying degrees of extra effort). Also, from all the benchmarks I've seen, GraalVM is not a free lunch. Native images trade peak performance for faster startup times and lower memory usage. It's a worthwhile trade for some people, but not for everyone. And yes, I know there are features like Profile-guided Optimization that can theoretically bring Graal closer to JIT in terms of peak performance, but these requires a very expensive Enterprise license ($18 per core/month).