R2DBC vs JDBC: Choosing the Right Persistence for Reactive Spring Boot Projects
This article compares Spring Data JDBC and Spring Data R2DBC for Spring Boot 3.x/4.x projects, detailing setup, Maven dependencies, configuration, entity definitions, repository and service implementations, transaction handling, performance trade‑offs, and provides a hybrid approach that wraps JDBC calls in reactive Monos for WebFlux, helping developers decide which persistence layer best fits their reactive architecture.
