Hibernate overcomes the shortcomings of other technologies like JDBC.
It overcomes the database dependency faced in the JDBC.
Changing of the databases cost a lot working on JDBC, hibernate overcomes this problem with flying colors.
Code portability is not an option while working on JDBC. This is easily handled by Hibernate.
Hibernate strengthens the object level relationship.
It overcomes the exception-handling part which is mandatory while working on JDBC.
It reduces the length of code with increased readability by overcoming the boilerplate problem.