Apache Ant vs. Gradle Build Tool
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Apache Ant | Gradle Build Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| Review count | 24 | 38 |
| Ease of use | 8.2 | 8.6 |
| Ease of setup | 8.6 | 8.3 |
| Quality of support | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Meets requirements | 8.7 | 8.8 |
| NPS | 20.833333 | 61.111111 |
| Small Business | 50.0% | 21.1% |
| Mid-Market | 25.0% | 18.4% |
| Enterprise | 25.0% | 60.5% |
| Total page views | 32 | 80 |
| Total LLM citations | 19 | 96 |
Apache Ant
Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool whose mission is to drive processes described in build files as targets and extension points dependent upon each other. The main known usage of Ant is the build of Java applications. Ant supplies a number of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble, test and run Java applications. Ant can also be used effectively to build non Java applications, for instance C or C++ applications. More generally, Ant can be used to pilot any type of process which can be described in terms of targets and tasks.
Gradle Build Tool
Gradle Build Tool is the most popular build tool for open source JVM projects on GitHub. It is downloaded on average more than 25 million times per month and has been counted in the Top 20 Most Popular Open Source Projects for IT by Techcrunch. Many popular projects have migrated from Maven to Gradle, with Spring Boot being a prominent example.