--- title: IBM WebSphere Reviews meta\_title: 'IBM WebSphere Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 159 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how IBM WebSphere works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 159 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # IBM WebSphere Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by IBM WebSphere but has limited features. Are you part of the IBM WebSphere team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! IBM WebSphere Liberty and Application Server (WAS) are part of JSphere Suite for Java, a portfolio of products including application runtimes, modernization tooling, and developer productivity IDE extensions that enable you to rapidly modernize enterprise Java applications and create new cloud-native applications, with support for on-premise and major public cloud deployments; in virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes. IBM WebSphere Liberty is a next-generation, enterprise-grade application runtime that accelerates the delivery of cloud-native applications, allowing your team to rapidly deliver differentiating innovation. Whether you're running microservices in a serverless environment or a traditional always on application, Liberty requires less infrastructure, memory, and compute resources, providing the flexibility your organization needs to deploy on any cloud in a trusted, secure and open environment. Liberty empowers your development and platform engineering teams to continuously deliver code that meets and exceeds your customers' expectations. Adopt Liberty today and experience up to a 99% reduction in time to deploy code. Traditional WebSphere runtimes, include IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core, IBM WebSphere Network Deployment (WAS-ND), Reviews for any of these components can be done here. * * * Seller [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm) Discussions [IBM WebSphere Community](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-websphere/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Lori Brown Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 6 months ### Return on Investment 21 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-websphere/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Apache Tomcat](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Apache Tomcat") Apache Tomcat 4.5/5(129) ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-tomcat/reviews) [ ![Red Hat Enterprise Linux](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat Enterprise Linux") Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6/5(977) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/reviews) [ ![Ubuntu](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ubuntu") Ubuntu 4.5/5(2,399) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ubuntu/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-websphere/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 159 real user reviews. Implementation Time 6 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Pavani D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pavani D.") PD Pavani D. System Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/10/2023 "Recently one of the project was transmitted from IBM to Tcs ..so in that we are having IBm wmB" 5/5 What do you like best about IBM WebSphere? It is very helpfull while using in our project ..easy to complete the tasks and understand IBM WMB is used for devloping and for testing the code . Using since a year Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere? Every thing was good.i like this eveything Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM WebSphere solving and how is that benefiting you? Benifiting through time saving and easy to explain Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Verified User in Government Administration](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Government Administration") AG Verified User in Government Administration Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/22/2022 "lightweight but robust solution to meet enterprise needs" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM WebSphere? Liberty provides a lightweight solution to support Java applications, and I love its fast rollout of an application/production and the fewer efforts for support and maintenance. Application Server still provides a powerful and robust solution to meet enterprise needs. The security and transaction management features are still much appreciated for complicated business requirements. I love the convenience of configuring data sources, and creating different types of application servers and applications in the Application Server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere? The lack of a convenient way to test the data source connection in the Liberty. For the Application Server, I dislike the complexity of the file structure and the confusion of configuration files at different levels (e.g. Node level and Server level) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM WebSphere solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps run a bundle of our Java applications to meet business requirements. We benefit from the fast rollout of the application extension in Liberty to satisfy the constantly changing of non-critical business. We also benefit from the robust and yet complicated solutions to the core applications in the Application Server to meet critical business needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite JA Junaid A. Frontend Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/29/2022 "Secure and efficient application server for enterprise applications" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM WebSphere? IBM WebSphere Application Server is a highly flexible solution for running and testing enterprise applications with Java server runtime environments. The best aspect of the solution is the flexibility for deploying and managing applications regardless of location and machines, which is excellent for testing and analyzing deployed applications in multi-cloud environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere? Cloud deployment doesn't take much time for IBM WebSphere Application Server and is easy to manage, but the container deployment of the server images at the premise is hard to understand and a bit tricky process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM WebSphere solving and how is that benefiting you? We use IBM WebSphere for building, deploying and running our enterprise applications with the Java runtime environment. It is very helpful to test the application during the development process, as it provides the best predictive scenario for the applications that will run after production. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AC Abhishek C. Weblogic Administrator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/23/2022 "REVIEW FOR IBM WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER." 5/5 What do you like best about IBM WebSphere? Best Application server for Java based application. it is used for deploying Jar War file on server level. We can set heap size and adjust accordingly with the help of Application devlopment team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere? Very costly application server in market as compared to other applications Server.As there is no any dislike due to it's stabilitym Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM WebSphere solving and how is that benefiting you? With the help of IBM WAS server we can deploy the JAR file and we can secure our application with cluster feature. With the help of its http server we can make the complexity in Our environmentm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Hospitality](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospitality") AH Verified User in Hospitality Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/3/2022 "My bad experiences with WebSphere" 1/5 What do you like best about IBM WebSphere? The product itself is great when it works. If there are no issues, it will be a good tool for running and testing your Java EE environments. The idea is solid, and the product is helpful in the short term. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere? As I mentioned above, WebSphere is great when it works well. The problem is that it rarely does. I have had a host of issues with this product that have driven me up the walls. I am sure you have seen the comments online if you've looked this product up about how complex it is. It is very convoluted, and complex is a light term. I am also not sure if others have experienced what I would call 'bugs' but others on my team call defects with the product. It mostly happens during upgrades and it is a headache that i am sure many people would prefer to be without. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM WebSphere solving and how is that benefiting you? It isn't honestly solving any problems as it was causing them instead. We have since moved away from WebSphere with great pain since the cost of it was so high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sarah M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sarah M.") SM Sarah M. Technical Support Specialist Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/1/2022 "Optimize application performance and efficiency" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM WebSphere? IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition (Application Server & Liberty) is an excellent solution for optimizing applications and getting the best efficiency. It can minimize the IT budgets as we have the liberty to use WebSphere infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere? Once we set them up correctly, automation processes are extraordinary, but the initial setup for application integrations and updating workflows is a little tricky. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM WebSphere solving and how is that benefiting you? I have used IBM WebSphere hybrid Edition (Application Server & Liberty) as the cloud-native application development solution, and the experience has been fantastic. The most significant benefit of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition is the cost-saving for application infrastructure, as it has the market's most advanced IT optimization solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Surendra S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Surendra S.") SS Surendra S. Project Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/29/2022 "IBM WebSphere all-in-one solution with richness of cloud and vital modernization tools" 4/5 What do you like best about IBM WebSphere? Multi support like cloud, on premises, and hybrid cloud with the use of vital modernization tools makes it all-in-one solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere? So far nothing to dislike about this. But would vote dislike over complex setup and slow performance when restarting the complex applications. Connection issues after restarting the WebSphere Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM WebSphere solving and how is that benefiting you? Modernization using best industry tools. HPC (High performance computing) and confidential computing using common platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ashutosh D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ashutosh D.") AD Ashutosh D. Technical Lead Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/22/2022 "It was a good product 10 years back." 3.5/5 What do you like best about IBM WebSphere? Thare was a good facility for the configuration for a enterprice application, we can easily configure the security apis, database connection using this tool. It has great era almost for two decades in the web application market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere? Nowdays so mnay free web servers like tomcat are available in free of cost also the support is also available with frequent new functionalities. here this product is lacking behind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM WebSphere solving and how is that benefiting you? Very big learning curve, messy to configure, the interface is not so good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Neil Patterson of IBM WebSphere [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/ibm-websphere-review-7031912/official_response/edit) Thanks for the review. It appears you are familiar with WebSphere Application Server but have yet to explore the latest Liberty software, which is part of WebSphere Hybrid Edition. Please check out openliberty.io, the open source, upstream cloud-native runtime, which supports the latest cloud-native development features, including full compatibility with MicroProfile, Jakarta EE, and more of the leading standards. I believe you will be pleasantly surprised at the innovation available with this free, open-source runtime. When you need full support, please check out WebSphere Liberty, built on Open Liberty. [See how IBM WebSphere improved](https://openliberty.io/) Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![L.walid .](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "L.walid .") L L.walid . Solution Architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/20/2021 "Bright Future for WebSphere Ecosystem !" 5/5 What do you like best about IBM WebSphere? Multiple deployments and support options, Focus on modernization, maintain your operations, and support your running production. Transformation Advisor Mono2Micro Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere? Documentation about Trade-Ups, great set of tools, need to integrate more Mono2Micro with TA Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering IBM WebSphere: If you are using WebSphere ND it's time to move to the Hybrid Edition, it would accelerate your modernization journey, ease version upgrade and move to container platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM WebSphere solving and how is that benefiting you? Modernization Journeys are some of the major ongoing projects, and having the flexibility in terms of deployment topologies and unique tools for modernization, helps us increase productivity and innovation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/18/2022 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") AT Verified User in Telecommunications Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/11/2022 "App Server configuration, installation and deployment made easy" 4.5/5 What do you like best about IBM WebSphere? App Server configuration, installation and deployment made easy. Installation to easy infact we get sever configuration tool to updates and improvements. User friendly app Server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere? Nothing in particular. Sometime Since connecting to server configuration tool takes time. It would be helpful if we get robust IBM websphere server to localhost connectivity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is IBM WebSphere solving and how is that benefiting you? It works really well on Java apps and security wise it is leading in the market. Websphere helped us move on-prem apps into cloud without much or a problems. Looking forward for the more updates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about IBM WebSphere? 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. 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