The best replacement for jpa is hibernate.

The best alternatives to jpa are rated as following:
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★★★★  jdo
★★★★  jdbc
★★  ejb
★★  jta
★★  ibatis
★  mara
★  orm
★  ejb3
★  ebean
★  hibernate annotations
★  dao
★  entity bean
★  toplink
  native hibernate
  hibernate spring
  hibernate annotation
  ptptn
  hibernate which is better
  hibernate java
  mybatis

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Speaking about jpa, one probably shouldn't forget about hibernate.

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★ entity
★ jta
★ multiple databases
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