--- title: InstallShield Reviews meta\_title: 'InstallShield Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 22 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how InstallShield works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.2 review\_count: 22 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Harness Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Harness Platform") Harness Platform 4.6/5(313) ](https://www.g2.com/products/harness-platform/reviews) [ ![UserVoice](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "UserVoice") UserVoice 4.5/5(243) ](https://www.g2.com/products/uservoice/reviews) [ ![JFrog](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "JFrog") JFrog 4.2/5(162) ](https://www.g2.com/products/jfrog-2024-03-28/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/installshield/competitors/alternatives) # InstallShield Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by InstallShield but has limited features. Are you part of the InstallShield team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Revenera InstallShield is the fastest easiest way to build Windows installers and MSIX packages and create installations directly within Microsoft Visual Studio. * * * Seller [Revenera](https://www.g2.com/sellers/revenera) Discussions [InstallShield Community](https://www.g2.com/products/installshield/discuss) Overview by Jeremy McGuire Show More ## Typical Contract Price Pricing provided by BetterCloud and others. $$k - $$k Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing](/auth/linkedin?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Finstallshield%2Freviews%3Ffilters%255Bnps_score%255D%255B%255D%3D2) ## User Insights Average based on 22 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ Typical contract price $0k - $0k [Sign in to view](/login) Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) LT Liran T. DevOps Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/30/2021 "Easy to use, lots of possibilities" 4/5 What do you like best about InstallShield? The InstallShield wizard is organized very well and it is really easy to navigate to find what you're looking for. The control over so many different aspects of the installer, like creating Custom Actions, manipulate different registry keys, prerequisite editor, which sometimes not working as expected can really give you total control of your installation. Even if you don't find how to do things inside InstallShield you can always use the InstallScript of the Custom Actions in order to try to work around the issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InstallShield? I guess the learning curve of InstallShield is pretty steep. Lots of possibilities are great but sometimes it can be hard to grasp, like using AWS for the first time. Many services and you need to understand what you want to achieve and then find out how to implement it the best way possible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering InstallShield: If you're looking for a great GUI-based Installer creator then Install shield is definitely a good application to check. Lots of different options (like Features, releases, upgrades, custom actions, IIS configuration, XML file changes, etc. It may take some time to learn and master by is doable and if any questions arise you can always check the forms or contact InstallShield support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InstallShield solving and how is that benefiting you? Our system is Client based on different components like DB, Client, Application server, etc. Making the installer to each component is really convenient with InstallShield. One of the benefits is the "XML File Change" that enables the change of XML files during the installation process and so upgrades can be handled easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Siddharth P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Siddharth P.") SP Siddharth P. Lead Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/3/2021 "Installshield : Does most of the basic boiler plate work but not free." 4/5 What do you like best about InstallShield? As mentioned, it takes care of all the boiler plate stuff while creating an installer. On the other hand, if you consider the other options they are either paid or not that user friendly. It is a fast GUI based installer creating tool which also helps customization upto some level using either custom actions or scripts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InstallShield? It is not free. It does not provide full flexibility which can be used if WiX is used. WiX is free but there is a huge learning curve for any individual. Having used both, I would suggest to go for Installshield as there are integration you can include but size of installer may increase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InstallShield solving and how is that benefiting you? Creating installers quickly, especially in cases where most of the logic is same and you just need to include a new installer with an upcoming release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![RAJAVEL U.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "RAJAVEL U.") RU RAJAVEL U. Technical Lead Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/19/2021 "Best tools for Microsoft products packaging and delivery" 3.5/5 What do you like best about InstallShield? Custom script and custom execution sequence and way we handle uninstall is the best way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InstallShield? Hard to debug and analyze why new introduced module package is little bit difficult ,, IIS UI configuration is little bit annoying Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering InstallShield: Only best options available in the market with ZERO quality competitor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InstallShield solving and how is that benefiting you? Aligning every productizing version, handling multiple version and their upgrades Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain") UL Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/7/2021 "It is the best of all available in the market for packaging and delivering monolithic application." 4/5 What do you like best about InstallShield? I worked for more than two years in InstallShield 2018. I feel it is the best among all available in the market for packaging and delivering the monolithic application. APIs are user-friendly and feature-oriented. Importing third party dll is much easy, compare to other tool. (I used c++ dlls and multiple batch files). There support desk is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InstallShield? Some improvement can be done on the scripting part. I remember when I was using it "Double" and "int" were doing the same job. Documentation of the available API is required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InstallShield solving and how is that benefiting you? We were packaging software with all necessary 3rd party dlls and 3rd party software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Smriti P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Smriti P.") SP Smriti P. S Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/30/2021 "Install sheild is most used tool for devloping installer for windows" 3.5/5 What do you like best about InstallShield? Developer Experience is top-notch. The in-built tools provide high-quality documentation and guide during development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InstallShield? Limited online community. So, looking for help can be cumbersome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InstallShield solving and how is that benefiting you? My team uses to generate installers for all and our applications and distribute them to our customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![sasi k.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "sasi k.") SK sasi k. Founder Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/5/2021 "Install Shield for product development" 3.5/5 What do you like best about InstallShield? The encryption techniques to bundle files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InstallShield? Rollback option not available by default Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InstallShield solving and how is that benefiting you? We uses multiple installer for our product INSTALLSHIELD gives an option to bundle all installers and make a single product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mahadev J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mahadev J.") MJ Mahadev J. IT Specialist Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/11/2021 "Installshield is quite fast and reliable while do packages and debugging" 4/5 What do you like best about InstallShield? Reliability, release management automation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about InstallShield? Sometimes it get freezes while using in Virtual machine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is InstallShield solving and how is that benefiting you? Can meet the requirements on business by creating .msi according to companies guidelines Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about InstallShield? 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