--- title: Apache Xerces Reviews meta\_title: 'Apache Xerces Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 12 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Apache Xerces works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 12 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: NoSQL Databases url: https://www.g2.com/categories/nosql-databases --- # Apache Xerces Reviews & Product Details Xerces is Apache's collection of software libraries for parsing, validating, serializing and manipulating XML. The library implements a number of standard APIs for XML parsing, including DOM, SAX and SAX2. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Apache Xerces Community](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-xerces/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![IBM Db2](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "IBM Db2") IBM Db2 4.1/5(683) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) [ ![Progress MarkLogic](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Progress MarkLogic") Progress MarkLogic 4.3/5(66) ](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-marklogic/reviews) [ ![InterSystems IRIS](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "InterSystems IRIS") InterSystems IRIS 4.6/5(68) ](https://www.g2.com/products/intersystems-iris/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-xerces/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 12 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Sanjaya L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sanjaya L.") SL Sanjaya L. Consultant Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/30/2019 "Review from a past Xerces user and a developer who helped Xerces to improve their code" 3/5 What do you like best about Apache Xerces? Ability to select the parsing mechanism is possible with xerces. We can decide whether to use DOM or SAX Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Xerces? I don't have any dislikes with Xerces as a Xerces user . But one thing Xerces can improve is quickly fixing the issue and adding new features . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Xerces solving and how is that benefiting you? I used Xerces to parse the xml documents. It passes the xml documents quickly and and it is very reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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