Liferay Digital Experience Platform Reviews

• Portlet development technology promotes re-usability of code (one portlet can be used in many portals).
• Very powerful product for Intranet solutions.
• Multi-instance capability.
• Document management and its permission system is very powerful.

It helps develop intranet solutions with code re-usability; once you develop a portlet, you can use it for any number of different solutions.

Its marketplace provides many out-of-the-box functionalities.

Architecture is so good that you can fit many organizational structures into Liferay.

• Documentation
• Mobility
• Theme development is tough for UI guys. A UI guy needs to learn to work with Liferay.

I have been using Liferay 6.2 for the last two years and Liferay Digital Experience Platform for the last three to four months.

As for now, Liferay DXP was just released, so there are many issues. Things don't work as mentioned in the documentation. It will get stable in the next releases. Liferay 6.2 was quite a stable version.

We haven’t had any scalability issues.

I rate technical support 8/10.

I was not previously using any other solutions.

Initial setup is not very complex, but you need to follow the exact steps they suggest and it’s not that easy.

No advice as of now.

Check your requirements and license costs. If you are going with a licensed version, try to map your functionalities with Liferay. Then decide whether you need Liferay or not.

I like most of out-of-the-box features, especially the control panel features.

There is no need to develop from scratch. The framework is ready for development. It provides multi-tenancy and is easy to integrate with other applications.

The front-end technologies need improvement.

I have used Liferay for eight years.

We did not encounter many problems with stability.

We did not need to make any changes to support our work for a long time.

I would give technical support a rating of 3.5-4/5.

We traditionally build applications from scratch. This makes basic setup, such as user management, organization, roles, and permissions easier. It is easy to extend or customize out-of-the-box features.

It is easy to set up for any environment. Instructions are available over the internet.

I did not get a chance to work with sales.

We did not really evaluate other options.

Liferay, Version 7, gives OSGI implementation. This is the future of Java technologies. Liferay enables you to stay with latest technologies with each version release.

The community and collaboration features such as forums, library, wikis, event and ideas.

Our organisation is set up to support other organisations working in Public Sector Improvement. The product has helped our members and communities to freely connect, share knowledge, develop initiatives and share expertise in a secure environment. This has enabled organisations to save both time and money, generated and incubated ideas to drive improvement, and helped members discover knowledge to help in their job and connect with people and experts.

Liferay does currently lack a good integrated analytics package, automation, and filtering.

I've been using it for years.

We had no material issues during deployment.

We did, at different stages, have performance issues, but this was resolved by moving to the recommend infrastructure.

It's been able to scale for our needs.

8/10

9/10

We previously used an IBM WebSphere product. We moved to an open source product to support the concept being promoted in the UK Government and expected scalability without scaled cost.

A bit of both. Learning what a new platform can and can’t do can take a while especially if you are moving from an established platform that was bespoke built to a portal based platform. Showcasing the benefits of moving to the members and migrations was tough to start with but has proved to be beneficial.

We implemented it through a vendor team, PFI Knowledge Solutions Limited (PFIKS). They are the only UK platinum partner of Liferay and have a great level of expertise - 8/10, even though it is a relatively small organisation

Check out the community (free) version first. Go with Enterprise Edition for the great Liferay support.

A number of alternative products were evaluated, including staying with the original IBM platform. We selected Liferay due to its flexibility and scalability.

Take your time, Liferay can do so many different things and can be very complex. So be clear on what you are building.

The most valuable features is Java based platform and JSR portlet for development.

It has provided one place for integration.

There are a lot of possibilities for improvement in several areas.

I have been using Liferay since 2007

Yes, a wide range of issues.

Yes, in most of our big projects.

Yes, both horizontal and vertical.

Customer service is very high.

Technical support depends on the subscription, but it is good.

No previous solution used.

The platform is independent of the environment and first setup is very easy. Just click.

We used a vendor team who I met and they have great expertise.

Big benefit is in relation to cost. There are a lot of out of box things and on the other side is has got elastic platform for further improvements.

Just the subscription, which is one year for us.

Yes, we also looked at SharePoint and WebSphere.

High cost.

• Check in: lets you update a document that you have edited. Its version number will be increased and the previous version document will be saved for reference.
• Check out: lets you check out a document for editing. This prevents anyone else from accessing the file while someone is working on the checked out document.
• Document library (repository): Liferay provides a document management system (CMS). It not only keeps the document but also manages the document with proper versioning and permissions for accessing the document.
• Multiple-file upload: allows uploading multiple file at one time to the document library.
• Workflow: allows using Keleo for workflow, which manages a module’s flow within specific roles of the hierarchy.
• Document conversion tool (file format conversion): allows document conversion for common extensions such as Word to PDF and vice versa, with OpenOffice.
• Multiple sites in one Liferay portal: One can create multiple sites with a single Liferay installation.
• User-role management: Liferay manages its own users and roles with its control panel that consists of a rich UI that is very user friendly.
• LDAP Support: Helps with single sign on in Liferay.

It reduces development time as well as requires less maintenance.

I would like to see it require fewer configurations from the properties file, and provide more GUI options to configure changes.

I’d also like to maybe see virus scanning for file uploads.

I have not encountered any stability issues.

I have not encountered any scalability issues.

I have never taken technical support from the vendor.

I did not previously use a different solution.

The initial step is way too easy.

Before choosing this product, I also evaluated BackBase.

Use this product wisely.

The Liferay team has made this product to the mark. As of now, the technology is up-to-date and fulfills all essential requirements.

It has a built-in WCMS (web content management system) and provides the ability to develop complex portlet-based web applications. That's valuable because it is Java/Java EE-based and open source.

The documentation could be better.

I have used Liferay for three years.

I did not encounter any issues with stability.

I did not encounter any issues with scalability.

Setup was easy and straightforward.

Hire developers with a high level of expertise with Liferay Portal.

• Scalable
• Easily integrates with other ecosystems
• Fast
• User-friendly
• Speedy development

As it is open source, it has lots of features and it is constantly updating. Therefore, bugs also keep coming. More quality improvement is required.

I have used this product for the last seven years.

I did not encounter any stability issues.

I did not encounter any scalability issues.

Technical support was good.

We previously deployed WebLogic, but we moved to Liferay because it offered a range of out-of-box features. It was also faster than WebLogic.

The setup was easy.

Pricing is less expensive and structured in comparison to other paid portals.

As mentioned earlier, we used WebLogic.

It’s fast, easy, scalable, and stable with a competitive price. Go for it.