--- title: Apache Ant Reviews meta\_title: 'Apache Ant Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 24 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Apache Ant works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.8 review\_count: 24 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: CI/CD Tools url: https://www.g2.com/categories/ci-cd-tools --- # Apache Ant Reviews & Product Details Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool whose mission is to drive processes described in build files as targets and extension points dependent upon each other. The main known usage of Ant is the build of Java applications. Ant supplies a number of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble, test and run Java applications. Ant can also be used effectively to build non Java applications, for instance C or C++ applications. More generally, Ant can be used to pilot any type of process which can be described in terms of targets and tasks. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Apache Ant Community](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-ant/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-ant/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform") Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 4.6/5(377) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-ansible-automation-platform/reviews) [ ![Jenkins](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jenkins") Jenkins 4.4/5(573) ](https://www.g2.com/products/jenkins/reviews) [ ![CircleCI](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "CircleCI") CircleCI 4.4/5(511) ](https://www.g2.com/products/circleci/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-ant/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 24 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Apache Ant Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Apache Tomcat ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-tomcat/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") CC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/30/2026 "Apache Ant Makes the Build Process Transparent and Fully Under Your Control" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ant? What I like most about Apache Ant is that it treats the build process like a transparent machine rather than a magic button. Every step—compile, test, package, deploy—is spelt out in XML, so you can actually see how the software is assembled. That may sound old-fashioned compared to newer tools, but it gives a rare sense of control. When something breaks, you’re not left guessing what hidden plugin caused it; you can trace the exact target and task responsible. In a world full of automated abstractions, Apache Ant feels like opening the back panel and understanding the gears. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ant? What I dislike about Apache Ant is that it can become too manual for modern development needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ant solving and how is that benefiting you? Apache Ant addresses repetitive, error-prone manual build work by turning it into a repeatable, automated workflow. Rather than having developers compile code, copy files, package releases, and deploy applications by hand every time, Ant lets the whole process run in a consistent way. For me, the main advantages are consistency and time savings. Each build goes through the same sequence of steps, which cuts down on human error and makes releases more dependable. It’s also useful in team environments, since everyone can follow the same build process instead of relying on individual setups or undocumented commands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![SrinivasaRao J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SrinivasaRao J.") SJ SrinivasaRao J. UI Developer and SEO Analyst Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/8/2016 "Good open source build automation tool" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ant? You can write complex build process. You can easily invoke the targets using simple commands. Very easy to install and take less time. You can write your own ant targets if you know xml. Easy to ad support for legacy builds. open source software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ant? It doesn't have dependency management. Writing own ant targets are tricky sometimes. scripts are not reusable, in maven we can create our own plugins. We need to manually write build scripting. Everybody is moving to maven so we can't reply on this completely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Ant: You can choose ant if you don't need dependency management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ant solving and how is that benefiting you? We use this software to build our product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Chaitanya Kumar C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Chaitanya Kumar C.") CC Chaitanya Kumar C. Software Engineer E-Learning Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/21/2015 "Great Build Tool" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ant? It's platform independent and installation is very easy. It's very easy to,learn and implement. It also allows integration of apache ivy for dependency management. We can have complete control over build process. It makes it very easy to define tasks that we can then execute with a few commands through the terminal. You can write very complex build process using this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ant? It's XML configuration is complex. Also the xml file size can grow very big as project grows. But it's no longer the standard, and many projects are converted to maven. We need to manually copy the jar files lib as it doen't manage dependencies. It's very painful for the developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Ant: It's very good build tool. If you want to have a complete control over build process then you can blindly pick this over maven. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ant solving and how is that benefiting you? I am using this tool to build my portlets code. Also some of the software I use have ant is it's build tool so I need to run ant tasks to build. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Dharma r.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dharma r.") DR Dharma r. DevOps Engineer/Linux Admin Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/21/2015 "Great open source Build Tool" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Ant? 1. Simple to use 2. Easy to add support for legacy builds. 3. High Performance 4. To be able to compile large files in a relatively short time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ant? 1. Its no longer the standard, and many projects which are mavenized are much easier to use via maven than downloading the jar and getting it into your lib. then doing wire up via ant. 2. every build requires more setup and configuration, and generally on every machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Ant: You can definitely choose this tool, if you have complex build process as it is like xml programming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ant solving and how is that benefiting you? 1. I am using this tool for building my java projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") CC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/22/2015 "Ant Review" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Ant? Ease of use. Easy and fast project build Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Ant? sometimes configuring libraries is a pain while working with eclipse. Some jars conflict with the project libraries Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Ant solving and how is that benefiting you? I have developed numerous java projects using ANT. When you have to build the project for different environments, ANT is pretty handy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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