--- title: Azul Platform Core (Zulu) Reviews meta\_title: 'Azul Platform Core (Zulu) Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 58 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Azul Platform Core (Zulu) works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.9 review\_count: 58 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Application Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development --- # Azul Platform Core (Zulu) Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Azul Platform Core (Zulu) but has limited features. Are you part of the Azul Platform Core (Zulu) team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Azul Platform Core is designed for the enterprise, with the certified builds, tight security, and cost efficiencies you need to run today’s business–critical, Java-based services. More Trust Built by Java leaders, Azul Platform Core provides 100% open source, fully tested and certified, Java SE standards-compliant, well-curated builds of OpenJDK. More Security Azul Platform Core delivers stabilized builds backed by an industry-leading support SLA, providing quarterly security-only updates for assured rapid deployment into production. More Value Azul Platform Core is a one-to-one replacement for Oracle Java SE at dramatically lower costs—delivering the most architectures, package types, and configuration options available. * * * Seller [Azul Systems](https://www.g2.com/sellers/azul-systems) Discussions [Azul Platform Core (Zulu) Community](https://www.g2.com/products/azul-platform-core-zulu/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Jeff Kneis Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Amazon Corretto](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Amazon Corretto") Amazon Corretto 4.5/5(130) ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-corretto/reviews) [ ![Oracle Java Downloads](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Oracle Java Downloads") Oracle Java Downloads 4.4/5(48) ](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-java-downloads/reviews) [ ![Microsoft Build of OpenJDK](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Microsoft Build of OpenJDK") Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 4.2/5(16) ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-build-of-openjdk/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/azul-platform-core-zulu/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 58 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Carl M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Carl M.") CM Carl M. Principal Cloud Architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/21/2023 "Azul Platform Core - Zulu" 5/5 What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? The notion that a company would focus on supporting and making available a version of OpenJDK is, in my opinion, a very good thing for the Java community. Doing so really well, even better and in my experience, Azul does just that. I have had success installing and using multiple versions of Zulu on Linux, macOS, and Windows. I have reached out to Azul technical support and have had very positive interactions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? There is not a particular dislike that comes to mind, but additional efforts on something comparable to the GraalVM native-image process would be interesting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you? Ensuring both free and paid-supported, quality versions of the OpenJDK are available to the Java community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic JI Jonatan I. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/15/2023 "Great OpenJDK build with TCK" 5/5 What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? Support timelie is above and beyond: Well after the end of life of Java 7, the ownership of a few webservices were transferred to me that were still using it and failed on higher versions. Before upgrading them I was able to run them on a supported Java distribution, Zulu was the only one that time that was free and supported Java 7. Great if you need a small OpenJDK Docker image: Zulu's docker image is really small, check it out on DockerHub. Fisrt for M1: As far as I remember, Zulu was the only free OpenJDK distribution that supported the M1 Mac at the beginning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? There isn't really anything that came to my mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you? I need an OpenJDK for work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic GD Guy D. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/22/2023 "Good platform with reliable and consistent results." 5/5 What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? We started using the Azul JDK from 11, and have enjoyed both the ease of use and consistency it offers in terms of packaging and licensing of the product. There are no hoops to jump through, and you get a robust, performant JDK. We treat JFX as something provided by the environment, like Azul's JDK/JFX packaging. Having been developing in Java for many years, we have legacy products that depend on JDK7 and 8, which are also available from Azul and are as easy to get to as the most recent JDK. Azul's approach gives us confidence moving forward with our development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? We have not found any downside to the Azul Platform as yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you? Azul delivers a stable JDK environment, giving us confidence moving forward with Java, the JDK and JFX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic JJ Josh J. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/11/2023 "Reliability with Excellent Performance" 5/5 What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? Azul Zulu is very easy to start using, and it performs very well. I can rely upon Azul Zulu to stay on top of security with regularly scheduled distributions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? I cannot think of anything that I do not like about Azul Zulu. I have been using it for years, and I would certainly recommend it to colleagues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you? Azul Zulu provides a reliable JDK that is easy to use and maintain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Steven W.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Steven W.") SW Steven W. Senior Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/24/2023 "Excellent support, great options" 5/5 What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? The number of binaries available to use that not only support different platforms, but also different feature sets was a life saver on my last team. There were just no alternatives from other vendors to solve our problem. We also received excellent support from Azul to the extent that they provided us with a custom build to test with. Absolutly fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? I can think of no downsides at all. We received everything we needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you? We had very specific distribution needs for the JDK, both in terms of the right to distribute, the platforms that needed to be supported, and the feature sets required to be shipped. Zulu solved all of these for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/26/2024 Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Carl D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Carl D.") CD Carl D. Lead Software Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/22/2023 "Zulu is a TCK battle-tested OpenJDK build for FREE!!" 5/5 What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? Azul provides all of the major LTS (long-term support) JDK build versions that are TCK-tested free of charge with the option of paid support. By choosing Azul’s excellent support offering companies can automatically get the security-patched Java versions from 6 to the latest (19 +). I use Azul Platform Core on servers & desktops with great peace of mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? There isn't anything I dislike except maybe some product name confusion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you? Reduces the support costs by being free or a fraction of the cost of paid support by competing vendors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic RV Robert v. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/21/2023 "No matter the platform and version, Azul has us covered!" 5/5 What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? It is excellent that we can download versions for Linux/Windows 64bit and also for aarch64 Linux, and they just work. The fact that the installers are well thought out solidify my reason for using Azul Platform Core. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? There is nothing that we dislike to miss. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you? Azul Platform Core is helping us deliver JVM applications to servers and Raspberry Pis. Thanks to a simple installer for the relevant platforms installing the JVM is a trivial task. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") UF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/20/2023 "As reliable as they come" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? Fastest to get security patches out the door. Stable. Proven reliable, reputable team behind it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? There is nothing to dislike about Zulu that applies specifically to Zulu and not to any other JDK. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you? We need a reliable JDK that incorporates all patches reliable and quickly without breaking the core product. Zulu is exactly that. We just follow the newest releases and we can be confident that we are as secure and stable as can be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![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 Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/28/2023 "An easy drop-in replacement" 5/5 What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? It's an simple, drop-in replacement to Oracle's JDK. In fact, I've found it's just a bit easier to install locally, much easier to deploy remotely, and Just Works. I'd recommend it to anyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? I have no complaints at all. I haven't used it at huge scale, so YMMV, but it's worked perfectly for me every time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you? I need a JDK in dev, and a JVM that works for production. I've been annoyed and sometimes blocked by Oracle's installation and licencing model, and found Azul's OpenJDK solves all my problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/5/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Jose R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jose R.") JR Jose R. Specialist Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/14/2023 "I have been using Azul Zulu JDKs for a long time now, even before the Oracle JDK licensing mess." 5/5 What do you like best about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? For use on Windows machines, the Zulu JDKs are solid, up-to-date and free of the Oracle licensing mess. For Linux machines (we use mostly Debian on LXC containers) it makes it very easy to pick a major JDK version, irrespective of the OS version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azul Platform Core (Zulu)? The ppa repository is unreachable for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azul Platform Core (Zulu) solving and how is that benefiting you? It works very well for us as JDK/JRE for developing and running our own or open source Java applications, in desktops and servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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