--- title: GeoServer Reviews meta\_title: 'GeoServer Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 25 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how GeoServer works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 25 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: CAD & PLM url: https://www.g2.com/categories/cad-plm --- # GeoServer Reviews & Product Details Designed for interoperability, GeoServer publishes data from any major spatial data source using open standards. GeoServer implements industry standard OGC protocols such as Web Feature Service (WFS), Web Map Service (WMS), and Web Coverage Service (WCS). Additional formats and publication options are available as extensions including Web Processing Service (WPS), and Web Map Tile Service (WMTS). * * * Seller [GeoServer](https://www.g2.com/sellers/geoserver) Discussions [GeoServer Community](https://www.g2.com/products/geoserver/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![QGIS](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "QGIS") QGIS 4.5/5(154) ](https://www.g2.com/products/qgis/reviews) [ ![ArcGIS Enterprise](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ArcGIS Enterprise") ArcGIS Enterprise 4.4/5(67) ](https://www.g2.com/products/arcgis-enterprise/reviews) [ ![Mapbox](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mapbox") Mapbox 4.3/5(41) ](https://www.g2.com/products/mapbox/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/geoserver/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 25 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Bipin K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Bipin K.") BK Bipin K. Software Engineer (GIS) Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/25/2021 "Share your geospatial data without any hiccup's" 4/5 What do you like best about GeoServer? 1. Open source 2. Support almost all geospatial data format 3. Support all primary operating system 4. Graphical user interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GeoServer? The major cons of geoserver is that it has lack of support from the backend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GeoServer solving and how is that benefiting you? I am sharing all geospatial data, i.e., vector/raster as Web map Services/ Web Feature Services. And I am rendering to the client-side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite RM Richard M. GIS CAD/Technicain Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/23/2020 "Great opensource solution" 4/5 What do you like best about GeoServer? -The fact that geoserver is open source and is based on OGC and has a clear laid out user documentation provided on their site. Being open source is a bonus when compared to ESRI solutions which can cost substantially more, this is a huge plus for a SME especially given current circumstances. -The source code for geosever is very accessible -Works very well with postGIS and handle Raster data with ease, I've found geosever capable of handling even our most storage hungry datasets Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GeoServer? -Installation / tweaking an install was perhaps not the easiest but nothing to fear. S -Can have issues when reprojecting into some co-ordinate reference systems. -Personally struggled to get geosever accessible over https -An obvious downside of geosever being free is the lack of support you would receive from the paid solutions ESRI provides. However there is a wealth of information, tutorials and help to be found for geosever. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GeoServer: There is a wealth of knowledge available our there, when I first started using geosever in another role I worked through the tutorials on their site and played around with uploading data from different streams. Don't be afraid to ask questions on GIS stack exchange if you don't know something. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GeoServer solving and how is that benefiting you? Has allowed the GIS team to take full control of spatial data. The team can administer all spatial data before limiting what end users can see. By creating WMS/WFS of raster and vector data for the ecologists within the organization the relevant information is provided to them without being scared by using spatial data on their own computers. This was previously done using QGIS on desktop with a direct connection to PostGIS which I quickly changed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ratheesh V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ratheesh V.") RV Ratheesh V. Sr. GIS Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/21/2020 "Opensource Mapserver" 5/5 What do you like best about GeoServer? create custom Map using Spatial Data & Data Export to different Spatial format Option, Custopn Map Styling CSS & SLD Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GeoServer? while am Migrating the created custom Map in one Geoserver to another most of the time it's crashing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GeoServer: if you looking for an Opensource Mapserver for 1) Custom Map & Layer Creation with you on Custom Style Using CSS & SLD. 2) Mainly Standalone Geoweb cache will help to improve the map perfomance. 3) CQL filters for data 4) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GeoServer solving and how is that benefiting you? Last 6 Yer am working in Geoserver for Smart City Projects & CAD Emergency Dial 100 Projects for Street Basemap & 3D Layers & custom Layers, its help a lot to Easy the Geospatial visualization of spatial data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated 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 Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/23/2020 "Modern GIS and Mapping delivered by a monumental community effort" 5/5 What do you like best about GeoServer? Scalability and Affordability. While the technology itself is great and on par with Enterprise Mapping Servers, the most impressive achievement which the others cannot achieve are the scalability and affordability factors that an open source solution such as Geoserver can deliver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GeoServer? The UI. While any UI is good for shell savvy users, it will still be good to have a more user friendly and modern looking UI. This will attract more high level developers and enterprise system architects and will convince them that this is a strong software in terms of capabilities. Also, the online resources and documentation for this software, its plugins and extensions, and the commonly used software pairings could be a bit more easily accessible in structured unified space. For now, setting things up and using the different capabilities sometimes requires visits to many sites and locations to achieve this goal Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GeoServer solving and how is that benefiting you? Geoserver is capable of delivering me a strong technology for WMS and general GIS management through web application development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ashutosh A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ashutosh A.") AA Ashutosh A. Lead Consultant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/21/2020 "Best opensource tool to host your maps" 4.5/5 What do you like best about GeoServer? GeoServer provides a wide range of integration with database, file system etc. You can upload shapefile or connect with any spatial database and you should be good to go. It provides faster way of map integration with your existing product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GeoServer? Caching is the essential part of any web based technology and GeoServer have in conventional manner. May be team can provide some more suggestions friendly and automated way of providing same to user. Now a days developers are your business and they look towards fascination and ease of doing. One most important part of error dashboard. It is behind with today's tool like ELK etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GeoServer solving and how is that benefiting you? Obviously hosting maps for free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Stefan S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Stefan S.") SS Stefan S. Entrepreneur Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/26/2020 "Unavoidable part of any GIS application" 5/5 What do you like best about GeoServer? Free and open source tool that implements OGC standards and offers numerous functionalities as well as expensive commercial software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GeoServer? Be prepared to face bugs and dive into the code to fix them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GeoServer: Sometimes to complete your aim you need to modify and develope some functionalities. That is the price of using free software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GeoServer solving and how is that benefiting you? WMS and WMTS are commonly used services in GIS. Simple way to visualize any spatial data is to show it on map. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Environmental Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Environmental Services") AE Verified User in Environmental Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/26/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "I Highly recommend GeoServer" 5/5 What do you like best about GeoServer? It is the best open source map server software currently available, easy to learn and achieve fast results. Community plugins add a lot of functionality, on top of a robust main software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GeoServer? The only disadvantage I suffered from is the styling options which are only code based and not friendly for non-coders. The css styling plugin does make the style process somewhat easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GeoServer: As stated above, this is the best open source software for serving either vector or raster data. It is very easy to set up on windows and linux and you can get to serving your data within minutes of installing it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GeoServer solving and how is that benefiting you? Serving GeoSpatial data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sharjeel M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sharjeel M.") SM Sharjeel M. Remote sensing & GIS -Data Analyst Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/21/2020 "User friendly from other servers" 4.5/5 What do you like best about GeoServer? Since it is an open source and it will help for students and researcher to update their skills in Geospatial technology. To connect different databases to retrieve information that can be displayed in a more friendly way inside a map was never easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GeoServer? I didn't find any technical glitches, may be its a open source there may be some security issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GeoServer: I recommend for students and researcher to use and explore the concepts of Geoservers instead of ARCGIS server etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GeoServer solving and how is that benefiting you? I was trying to share data for data driven decisions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Md. Al-Imran D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Md. Al-Imran D.") MD Md. Al-Imran D. Design Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/1/2020 "geoserver is the best open source web gis server" 5/5 What do you like best about GeoServer? It is simple, OGC standard. It supports directly import of esri shape file. Cross platform support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GeoServer? Adding custom style to any map is difficult. This application is only based on JAVA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GeoServer: It has everything that you need in GIS based organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GeoServer solving and how is that benefiting you? My MSc Thesis is based on wed gis. There I want to build a SDI based on geoserver. Because it is easy, cost savings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Nazim Uddin A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nazim Uddin A.") NA Nazim Uddin A. GIS Specialist Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/21/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Geoserver is a very professional server where we can easily make queries of lat long data." 4.5/5 What do you like best about GeoServer? It is user friendly. Geoserver is a good summary rather than raw coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GeoServer? Very few people are award about Geoserver. If it is possible to open a branch office at Bangladesh. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GeoServer: Every GIS expert should use Geoserver rather than raw coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GeoServer solving and how is that benefiting you? I completed some land use data with Geoserver. At now I am working to build an app for COVID-19 where I will use Geoserver for locate the victims location. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about GeoServer? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about GeoServer ](https://www.g2.com/products/geoserver/discussions/new) GU Guest User What is GeoServer used for? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/geoserver-what-is-geoserver-used-for) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/geoserver/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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