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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

6 months

Return on Investment

21 months

User Insights

Average based on 159 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

6 months

Perceived Cost

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IBM WebSphere Reviews (159)

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Users consistently praise the product for its flexibility and scalability, making it suitable for various deployment environments, including cloud and on-premises. The robust features and strong security capabilities enhance its appeal for enterprise applications. However, many note a common limitation in its complex setup, which can pose challenges for new users.
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Barbara-éctor M.
BM
Barbara-éctor M.
Consultora Marketing & Publicidad
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A software playing role of a powerful web application server."
5/5
What do you like best about IBM WebSphere?

IBM Websphere application server is one of the most established running application servers from IBM, however, they continue updating it to the more latest rendition. It has all the fundamental usefulness that you will search for in an application server. You can have every one of your applications particularly the Java manufactured applications on it. Our total middleware devices like MQ and Message Broker were incorporated effectively and safely with it. it's powerful, it depends on a normalizing j2ee engine hierarchy by IBM and has SSO technology accessible out of the container. IBM's uphold is amazing. It likewise awesome bunch the executives includes alongside logging usefulness. It has WAS support through which arrangement should be possible without explicit coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere?

Barely any usefulness like following and troubleshooting isn't up to the imarks as the logging isn't so specific about errors and alerts. Message engine design is a troublesome and unwieldy cycle. Some of the time sending does not reflect appropriately. It's excessively big. Building up an application with Websphere is horrendously moderate. It gives all regardless of whether you don't require it. Sometimes it comes down of no reason. we face a repeated error of node is not available. or could not synchronize the config between all nodes. we have to restart the server from the command line not from the console. The console cannot do ann admin functionalities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ali Qammar R.
AR
Ali Qammar R.
T24 Technical Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"IBM Websphere Smooth Integration with T24"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM WebSphere?

It is very convenient and easy to integrate T24 with IBM Websphere. We have been using IBM websphere in one of the largest commercial banks in Pakistan. We have integrated our Internet banking and few other banking software systems via IBM Websphere to T24 core banking system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere?

Customer support TAT (Turn Around Time) should be made better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
CT
Verified User in Telecommunications
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Enthusiastic about learning new free technologies"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM WebSphere?

I like WAS because it is possible to deploy a war file or ear file and dependencies stay inside on the server. For that reason, when I build the war file, it is not necessary to include dependencies, making the project light. Another thing is that it is very easy to configure and install SSL certificates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere?

It is very complicated to migrate from one version to another, for example, migrating from Java 8 to Java 11, because the environment is different. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Cloud solution for your business needs"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM WebSphere?

cloud transformation, migration toolkit, micro services, licensing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere?

Pricing for service, developer trial edition, documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anil S.
AS
Anil S.
Associate Technical Consultant
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best Friendly User experience with stable features"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM WebSphere?

As per my experience Administration part is the best ever. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere?

As per my experience If anything happens with server/crash. Reinstallation time was more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RD
Rebecca D.
Senior Communications Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"IBM WebSphere Application Server"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM WebSphere?

WebSphere is an application software that is used within the System to process a lot of data. IBM makes it very easy to use their software and their support is top. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere?

There are times when the administrators would like to do something that the software will not handle. I guess we think out of the box too much. There are a few times when we have to update xml files because those files didn't get updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail
UR
Verified User in Retail
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Production Support Developer"
1.5/5
What do you like best about IBM WebSphere?

Advanced tuning controls and status information from the web console Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere?

Slow Performance when restarting complex applications, complexity, external connection issues after restarting WebSphere Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
AT
Verified User in Telecommunications
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Powerful with great features"
3.5/5
What do you like best about IBM WebSphere?

Worked mainly with security flows. Extension of auth flows. It was pretty easy to customize Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere?

Hard to find detailed info and docs, at least in security area. But at the end my team got a dedicated person from core team and problem was solved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
IB
Verified User in Banking
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"websphere app server is the best"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM WebSphere?

we have convinient way to deploy applications including webservice application and it is very fast todeploy them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere?

nothing as such , but it is very heavy in resource consumption Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Commercial Real Estate
IC
Verified User in Commercial Real Estate
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Reliable and Robust"
3.5/5
What do you like best about IBM WebSphere?

One of the most reliable server compare to other options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM WebSphere?

Configurations and settings complexity of the server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

6 months

Return on Investment

21 months

Average Discount

21%

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Version and Profile Support
Centralized offering
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Cloud deployment
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