--- 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) ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") CE Verified User in Education Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/30/2019 "One of the most efficient XML parser I used so far" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Xerces? I found the library very fast and useful. It parsed a gigantic XML db quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Xerces? Some time it's difficult to resolve a problem because of lack of documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Xerces solving and how is that benefiting you? I parsed media wiki DB and huge XML Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 4/6/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite GS Gautam S. Software Architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/1/2019 "Good XML Parser " 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Xerces? Apache Xerces is a library which can be used for parsing of XML documents. It can be used for validating an XML document, writing an XML document or modifying an XML document dynamically. It is used in various J2EE server components which use XML for communication and transfer of data over the network. It has is supported and could be used in programming in various languages like Java, C++ and Perl. It supports both the SAX and DOM implementation of XML Parsing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Xerces? It is an implementation of XML Parsing - both SAX and DOM parser as an library under the apache library. As such there is nothing to dislike about the Xerces Library, it is one of the implementations among various other basic parsers present in the market. But if you are looking for better implementations of XML parsers you have other libraries like XPAth, JAXB, JAXP which can provide other functionalities than basic SAX and DOM parsers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Xerces: Recommended for someone who needs XML parser for validating, parsing and modifying XML files using the SAX and DOM parsers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Xerces solving and how is that benefiting you? I have used it in Web Application development for BioInformatics projects. The libraries are included in the build of the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated 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 Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/2/2019 "Meta-Data translation with XML" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Xerces? Firstly, it's been ages since I used Xerces. I remember to be very easy to use even though I was a very junior programmer at the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Xerces? The hardest part for me was that I had never seen XML before using Xerces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Xerces solving and how is that benefiting you? We used it to map OLAP metadata to Relational data in a patent pending tool. It allowed us to dynamically drill through from an OLAP based report into a detail report based on a relational data source. 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.) 5/24/2019 "Xerces? Why aren't you using JSON?" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Xerces? Great for legacy applications using XML. Covers a wide range of XML parsing needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Xerces? The system requires a lot of memory. It is not written very efficiently, leading to repeated parsing to complete tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Xerces: Research examples and issues before utilizing it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Xerces solving and how is that benefiting you? We had many legacy applications using XML, and Xerces standardized access and knowledge requirements for working on the source code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Internet](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Internet") UI Verified User in Internet Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/31/2019 "Great way to quickly start reading XML files on C++ " 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Xerces? This tool does the heavy lifting for parsing XML files for you. Get the XML, feed it an and you can start traversing the document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Xerces? It isn't trivial to learn to use it, but that is just part of the nature of using XML with different parsers. There can be a lot to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Xerces: If you need to parse XML, don't write your own, use this great free solution. It will save you time! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Xerces solving and how is that benefiting you? We were faced with creating our own XML parser to read documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/1/2019 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![abraham g.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "abraham g.") AG abraham g. personal trainer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/28/2018 "I find it excellent I learned a lot from apache xerces" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Xerces? it's good because it helps you manipulate and validate XML documents and their recommendations, you can also get them in many formats and it works in both linux and windows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Xerces? the only thing that seems a bit expensive to get it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Xerces: with Apache Xerces will help you read, analyze, validate and manipulate XML documents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Xerces solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps me to manipulate and read XML documents easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ## Questions about Apache Xerces? 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