--- title: ColdFusion Builder Reviews meta\_title: 'ColdFusion Builder Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 36 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how ColdFusion Builder works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.6 review\_count: 36 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Mobile Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-development --- # ColdFusion Builder Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by ColdFusion Builder but has limited features. Are you part of the ColdFusion Builder team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! ColdFusion Builder offers you a single platform to rapidly build and deploy scalable, high-performing web and mobile enterprise applications. * * * Seller [Adobe](https://www.g2.com/sellers/adobe) Discussions [ColdFusion Builder Community](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-coldfusion-builder/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Kishore Balakrishnan (Senior Product Marketing Manager at Adobe) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-coldfusion-builder/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![OutSystems](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "OutSystems") OutSystems 4.5/5(1,801) ](https://www.g2.com/products/outsystems/reviews) [ ![Claris FileMaker](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Claris FileMaker") Claris FileMaker 4.5/5(578) ](https://www.g2.com/products/claris-filemaker/reviews) [ ![Salesforce Headless 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Salesforce Headless 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform)") Salesforce Headless 360 Platform (formerly Salesforce Platform) 4.5/5(3,995) ](https://www.g2.com/products/agentforce-360-platform-formerly-salesforce-platform/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-coldfusion-builder/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 36 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Calvin H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Calvin H.") CH Calvin H. Consultant Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/10/2026 "Cold Fusion Review" 3/5 What do you like best about ColdFusion Builder? Easy to follow detailed instructions to build e-commerce platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about ColdFusion Builder? Can be very complex to run in a fast paced environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering ColdFusion Builder: My recommendation is to do a trial run of Cold Fusion before you make your final decision to purchase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is ColdFusion Builder solving and how is that benefiting you? Ability to get up to speed immediately in solving use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ![Anthony K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anthony K.") AK Anthony K. Senior Web Developer/Proposal Support Construction Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/25/2016 "Coldfusion is a simplified approach to web solutions with severe limitations." 3/5 What do you like best about ColdFusion Builder? It's very easy to take an idea from inception to execution and has drastically fewer prerequisites and barriers to entry compared to an average web stack. Simply using IIS and SQL Server, a small company can quickly and relatively simply meet most of their administrative side web needs and perhaps even implement client facing sites if the requirements are not very vigorous. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about ColdFusion Builder? Coldfusion is old. There are many alternatives that do what it does and do it better. In a legacy environment at a small non technical firm it can often still make sense. That is why I don't say that it is completely obsolete. But it is limited. Time and again I find myself working around what it can't do or altogether having to abandon ambitious features that could only be implemented in a more robust environment. I would never recommend it to a company that is just beginning development of a modern website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering ColdFusion Builder: Find a more robust product. The days of ColdFusion are over and you will thank me that you avoided it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is ColdFusion Builder solving and how is that benefiting you? I am implementing standard web features on a legacy site that lacks them. I'm also adding additional reports and CRUD(create, read, update, delete) pages with very little in the way of business intelligence. Our goal is to move beyond the basic needs into a sphere where we could provide usable advantages in a proactive way but that will be phase 2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Public Relations and Communications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Public Relations and Communications") UP Verified User in Public Relations and Communications Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/30/2016 "There are Better ColdFusion Editors (Review of ColdFusion Builder not ColdFusion Application Server)" 2.5/5 What do you like best about ColdFusion Builder? The ColdFusion syntax auto-complete is the most robust of any editor I've used. The inline error linting is also fairly accurate and helpful; more than I've experienced with other editors for CFML. Version 3 was much easier to install and set up than the previous versions. It's built for ColdFusion developers, so if that's strictly what you're working on, it offers more features than you're gonna find elsewhere and doesn't require the customization that other editors do to support ColdFusion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about ColdFusion Builder? It's an IDE. I prefer a code editor. That's really what it comes down to. It's ugly, bloated (the download is massive), and limited in use outside of strictly ColdFusion projects. It lacks the speed, customization, versatility, and many of the fantastic little features that make editors like Sublime Text 3, Atom (and even for a period of time Brackets), so popular. The PhoneGap integration seems super out of place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering ColdFusion Builder: 1) Realize that most of the reviews here (as of 9/30/2016) are for ColdFusion Application Server, and not ColdFusion Builder. 2) Take a look at code editors, such as Sublime Text 3 and Atom. There are CFML packages that provide some pretty great features. (for example, https://github.com/jcberquist/sublimetext-cfml) Also, keep in mind that the newest version of Dreamweaver appears to be bringing back ColdFusion syntax support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is ColdFusion Builder solving and how is that benefiting you? I need a tool to make ColdFusion development as fast and easy as possible. I originally developed in Dreamweaver, but it dropped support for ColdFusion syntax auto-complete (and crashed so frequently). I tried CF Builder, which does retain much of the experience from Dreamweaver. However, I've found that Sublime Text 3, with the CFML package, ultimately offers a better development experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Aung Thu Rha H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aung Thu Rha H.") AH Aung Thu Rha H. Senior Security Engineer Computer & Network Security Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/28/2016 "Mark-up language that makes web development easy" 3/5 What do you like best about ColdFusion Builder? Tag based development is the key component that makes developer to learn ColdFusion easier with a small learning curve. Adobe ColdFusion Builder provides all the language specific features required for the developers. Also, every new version releases come up with the supports of latest web technology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about ColdFusion Builder? Lack of solid frameworks is the first thing that let me down. Also, license is expensive and also IDEs. It's still buggy and have to download update patches to solve the issue. Also, market demand for CFML developers is lower than PHP or Python. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering ColdFusion Builder: It's more like ColdFusion is not gonna be your language of choice but it is worth to learn and work if the organization is ColdFusion based. The salary of CFML developer is also quite good too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is ColdFusion Builder solving and how is that benefiting you? The previous company is running various web applications with ColdFusion including online learning platform and logistics system. These project meets the deadline and the requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jake B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jake B.") JB Jake B. Senior Software Developer Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/15/2015 "Development of business web applicatoins in the health care sector." 3/5 What do you like best about ColdFusion Builder? It is a well-structured tag-based scripting language. Applications are scope with event handlers at application, session and request level. It is easy to write database queries without the need to concatenate strings, although using query parameters can inhibit this a little. Strong integration with the Java makes Coldfusion fully-compatible with Java libraries. It is relatively easy to write a SOAP server and client for testing or implementing web services. cfscript allows you to breakaway from writing tag-based code, although the syntax for some constructs is unusual. The XML functions have proved handy to interpret and process raw data extracted from databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about ColdFusion Builder? The reliance on a Java Virtual Machine can make Coldfusion a bit clunky for small web apps. Code need to be interpreted by the application server which itself runs inside a JVM. It's better suited for large enterprise applications. Integration with IIS and .NET services can be cumbersome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is ColdFusion Builder solving and how is that benefiting you? Staff Intranet. Self-assessment applications for primary and secondary health care environments. Health awareness questionaires. Business web applications, eg time tracking, project workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Restaurants](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Restaurants") CR Verified User in Restaurants Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/7/2016 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Long time CFML dev" 3/5 What do you like best about ColdFusion Builder? ColdFusion's ability to connect to databases and query them is definitely one of its greatest features to this day. Features aside, it's always been a fairly simple language and environment to jump right into and start churning away. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about ColdFusion Builder? When considering its caretaker, Adobe, it lacks some necessary language development to meet what exists in other langs of the modern dev world. Bugs that are stalling and/or sensible additions/fixes drag for sometimes years (YEARS!!!). Save a few awesome individuals, much of the Adobe team in near completely silent to the community or comes off as quite disconnected from the very language and platform they are building. These things harm ColdFusion as a product. Not just a language platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering ColdFusion Builder: Look into Lucee, a free, open source alternative to Adobe's platform. Just all around better experience with the product, features, bug resolutions and community involvement. It has its own headaches like anything you'll encounter in the dev world but it's a solid product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is ColdFusion Builder solving and how is that benefiting you? I mainly develop solutions for small businesses. In general, ColdFusion has always sufficed to get the job done. The number one benefit over the years has without a doubt been the ability to scaffold out a working product quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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