--- title: Apache CXF Reviews meta\_title: 'Apache CXF Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 13 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Apache CXF works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.9 review\_count: 13 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Web Frameworks url: https://www.g2.com/categories/web-frameworks --- # Apache CXF Reviews & Product Details Apache CXF is an open source services framework. CXF helps you build and develop services using frontend programming APIs, like JAX-WS and JAX-RS. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Apache CXF Community](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-cxf/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![IHP](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "IHP") IHP 4.5/5(210) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ihp/reviews) [ ![Ruby on Rails](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ruby on Rails") Ruby on Rails 4.5/5(83) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ruby-on-rails/reviews) [ ![ASP.NET](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ASP.NET") ASP.NET 4.3/5(59) ](https://www.g2.com/products/asp-net/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-cxf/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 13 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) FR Foster R. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/11/2020 "Good service" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache CXF? Good performance, easy to use. Never had an issue with the service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache CXF? Though it's easy to use, it's not simple to find errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache CXF solving and how is that benefiting you? I build services using frontend programming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Andrew M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Andrew M.") AM Andrew M. Software Engineer Internet Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/16/2018 "Good, pluggable and highly customisable for jax-rs web services" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache CXF? It's quite easy to implement rpc communication between services with CXF. Apache CXF also provides you plugins for circuit breaker (like hystrix), service discovery, retry polices etc. So you can built that type of client/server which you want. CXF also have support of spring bean container for the server side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache CXF? Official plugins support particular set of technologies. Some cutting edge framework have community plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache CXF: Try Apache CXF if you really need highly customisable jax-rs (or soap) server and client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache CXF solving and how is that benefiting you? It simple to create common factory of client (with a prepared set of plugins) and share it between you services so you can manage changes from server and client side in the same pice of code. CXF helps as create new microservices with the speed of light. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Services") UI Verified User in Information Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/31/2019 "Nod bad library" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache CXF? Apache CXF is an open source services framework. CXF helps you build and develop services using frontend programming APIs, like JAX-WS and JAX-RS. These services can speak a variety of protocols such as SOAP, XML/HTTP, RESTful HTTP, or CORBA and work over a variety of transports such as HTTP, JMS or JBI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache CXF? I think the JAX-WS and JAX-RS it's not so good implement like the others Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache CXF solving and how is that benefiting you? Only test Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/1/2019 "Good for SOAP based Web Services" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache CXF? The support for SOAP is very extensive including the parsing libraries and security policies it provide. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache CXF? There is very less support for REST API. Also the support for documentation annotation is not there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache CXF solving and how is that benefiting you? Open Source library with great community so cost is zero if we use it. Again very good for legacy based applications where SOAP is used more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/29/2019 "Web Service Framework" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache CXF? It is simple and can be easily used to create SOAP web services. Better performance is also there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache CXF? Configuration takes time and it's is complex. Learning curve for a beginner is high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache CXF: It is a good platform but the learning should be done properly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache CXF solving and how is that benefiting you? Web services development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Paul Giancarlo D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Paul Giancarlo D.") PD Paul Giancarlo D. Programmer Analyst Equifax Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/15/2018 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Build in past" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache CXF? I think the best for CXF its configuration. I mean you have to use xml files. But its really clean for front-end. Performance its really good too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache CXF? Find errors. I worked with spring and CXF. Works like a charm. But if you have an error, is hard find it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache CXF: Try to define right the WSDL contract at the beginning, could be hard with the tags. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache CXF solving and how is that benefiting you? Build some SOAP services with java and spring. Contrats WSDL Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") II Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/22/2019 "Great web service framework" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache CXF? It's simplicity to create SOAP web services using java language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache CXF? the configuration of web services using CXF is complex if it is not used by an IDE that integrates Apache CXF like Eclipse IDE Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache CXF solving and how is that benefiting you? business logic based on components that are XML-based and independent from the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/28/2019 "Robust open source FW for Services" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache CXF? Robust framework Uses front end language Flexible and open to many protocols Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache CXF? I have been liking this till date and nothing that which I don’t like about Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache CXF solving and how is that benefiting you? Increase productivity Solve front end programming challenges Open to many protocols No cost involved in usuage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") CI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/26/2018 "Apace CXF API" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache CXF? Ease to develop or Consume WS, for conversion Of WSDL to classes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache CXF? not a lot about it. as we did only WS call with CXF. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache CXF solving and how is that benefiting you? Exposing the data to different applications. used as BUS service 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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