We have to support both MySQL and MSSQL so Hibernate has been mostly great for that. For really simple queries it's also nice to be able to write "findAllBySome

We have to support both MySQL and MSSQL so Hibernate has been mostly great for that. For really simple queries it's also nice to be able to write "findAllBySomethings_IdAndPropertyIsNull" etc instead of writing a SQL query. Been there, done that. Though I have to admit I do check what queries Hibernate produces to make sure it's not doing some funky stuff that's not really needed (as a result of a mistake of my own, mostly) Edit: It has come to my attention that it is ofcourse Spring Data that offers those named queries. Still see nothing wrong with hibernate since I still only have to write it once and I'll be relatively safe supporting both db systems.