--- title: GWT - Google Web Toolkit Reviews meta\_title: 'GWT - Google Web Toolkit Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 15 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how GWT - Google Web Toolkit works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.4 review\_count: 15 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Web Frameworks url: https://www.g2.com/categories/web-frameworks --- # GWT - Google Web Toolkit Reviews & Product Details GWT is a development toolkit for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications. Its goal is to enable productive development of high-performance web applications without the developer having to be an expert in browser quirks, XMLHttpRequest, and JavaScript. GWT is used by many products at Google, including AdWords, AdSense, Flights, Hotel Finder, Offers, Wallet, Blogger. It’s open source, completely free, and used by thousands of developers around the world. * * * Seller [Google](https://www.g2.com/sellers/google) Discussions [GWT - Google Web Toolkit Community](https://www.g2.com/products/gwt-google-web-toolkit/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Material Design for Bootstrap](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Material Design for Bootstrap") Material Design for Bootstrap 4.6/5(25) ](https://www.g2.com/products/material-design-for-bootstrap/reviews) [ ![IHP](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "IHP") IHP 4.5/5(210) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ihp/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/gwt-google-web-toolkit/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 15 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Mohit K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mohit K.") MK Mohit K. Software Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/22/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Open source, helpful to optimize complex web apps and increase performance rate of productivity." 5/5 What do you like best about GWT - Google Web Toolkit? It is really helpful to optimize web based applications smartly and higher the rate of productivity. As it is completely free so anyone can easily use them. Any developer don't need to be too expert in js, http-requests, as it provides all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GWT - Google Web Toolkit? Um nothing for now. Because i was trying this from a few days ago and helps me too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GWT - Google Web Toolkit: It is really understandable technology, which helps to maintain all possible requirements of any web based application. It increases the performance and optimize your app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GWT - Google Web Toolkit solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps to maintain my j-scripts in web-app. As it support java, it helps me to create high performance AJAX applications and write frontend in java. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Naveen B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Naveen B.") NB Naveen B. Senior Software Engineering Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/25/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Very good experience with GWT to use it" 4.5/5 What do you like best about GWT - Google Web Toolkit? Very easy to use and integration with code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GWT - Google Web Toolkit? Very good feature for web application and technology support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GWT - Google Web Toolkit solving and how is that benefiting you? Yeah there are few manual things which need to be automatically like configuration of path in terms of java technology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Santosh R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Santosh R.") SR Santosh R. DEVELOPER Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/20/2019 "GWT best for building web application" 4.5/5 What do you like best about GWT - Google Web Toolkit? GWT Web Toolkit is an open-source set of tools that allows web developers to create and maintain complex JavaScript front-end applications in Java.GWT is used by many products at Google, including Google AdWords.GWT is an open source, completely free. You can create highly responsive web applications with heavy lifting on the client-side and reduced chattiness with the server-side. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GWT - Google Web Toolkit? GWT is not fun to work with. After all, it is Java and Java is not a fun language to work with. If you add the fact that entire layouts and custom controls should be created in java, you can easily make a grown programmer cry. It is hard to add some useful native Javascript features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GWT - Google Web Toolkit: GWT is an open source toolkit. Use it for a web application.GWT is building and optimizing complex browser-based applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GWT - Google Web Toolkit solving and how is that benefiting you? I used this framework to build a web application. I'm a Java programmer and I learned to use GWT in a few days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Airlines/Aviation](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Airlines/Aviation") CA Verified User in Airlines/Aviation Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/12/2019 "Awesome Web Dev framework" 5/5 What do you like best about GWT - Google Web Toolkit? Optimized and obfuscated JS. Java style client code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GWT - Google Web Toolkit? Lack of mobile support and bootstrap compatibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GWT - Google Web Toolkit: If you need a rich interactive website for use on Desktops, I highly recommend GWT. If it's used on Mobile Phones, think of other frameworks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GWT - Google Web Toolkit solving and how is that benefiting you? Meet rich GUI needs of Aviation Industry 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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