• Both frameworks offer a complete solution for developing java enterprise application .
• From a point of the view their functionalities are very similar .
• They share a number of components and technologies .

However all of these similarities there are quite bit of fundamental differences between them ,listed as the following :

JavaEE

• Standard community driven .
• Slower development cycle .
• Slower adaption of newer patterns .
• More standalone components with defined integrations .
• Independent implementations of component specifications .
• Decentralized ecosystem with many vendors .

Spring

• Non-standard open source solution .
• Quick adoption of new patterns .
• Quick adoption of new patterns .
• Centralized ecosystem .
• Everything is built on top of the IoC container .
• A lot of standard and experimental functionalities which may overlap .
• Bigger flexibility .

Resources :

• packtpub.com