What is Koha, and what problem is it built to solve?

Koha is an open-source integrated library system for cataloging, circulation, and other library operations. It is designed to help libraries manage these activities through one system.

What company sizes is Koha designed for?

Koha is designed for teams of all sizes.

Which industries is Koha built to serve?

Koha is built to serve these industries: Libraries Education Management

What support options are available, and is live/human support included?

Support options include chat, email or help desk, and phone support. Live-representative support is available 24/7.

Koha Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features

GS

Gurwinder S.

Asstt. Librarian

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/6/2022

"Complete package for library automation & digitization.."

5/5

What do you like best about Koha?

Very useful for the information retrieval Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Koha?

Patron card creator option is not useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MM

MANISH M.

Librarian

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/22/2020

"KOHA: A reliable and efficient library software"

5/5

What do you like best about Koha?

It's free to use.

The modules can be customised

It can well integrate with other software.

There is a large user community to resolve your queries

The software is regularly updated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Koha?

It requires some basic IT knowledge to install

Customisation beyond basic needs a coding knowledge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Koha solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have a database of around 36500 books and 185 journals.

It also has a students/users database about 4500.

KOHA has helped improve the use of the library by providing user friendly front end with efficient search filters.

The backend vendor database enables quick ordering thereby proving faster action to user requests.

The billing is quick every month so cuts down payment delays to the vendors

Our library usage stats helps to customise our orientation programs and also to promote the books having lesser usage.

Users are able to customise their areas of learning in KOHA thereby sharing the books information within their group including the faculty. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DG

Dennis Marco G.

Librarian, High School Learning Resource Center (HS LRC)

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/24/2020

"A Good Library Management System, But Lacks Interface Design"

4/5

What do you like best about Koha?

Koha has a large community of users who shares best-practices, offers solutions to technical problems, and includes software updates on a periodic basis. These are all available through the Koha.org site. In the Philippines, there are third-party companies (such as OnStrike Solutions) who offer technical assistance about the use and upgrade of Koha software. When I was working in World Citi Colleges, we pay PhP350,000 (USD 7,100) annually for their service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Koha?

The Koha interface is not user-friendly compared to other library management systems such as Destiny Library Manager (Follett). Also, cataloging of library resources takes time because you need to be familiar with MARC records. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Nadeem N.

Librarian

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/4/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Wonderful experience with this because of friendly user and adjustable as per your desire."

5/5

What do you like best about Koha?

You can find all accessibilities and processes at once and also standardized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Koha?

I feel a little bit of confusion during the use of this software, at the time of upgrade version we face different types of errors like language issues and so many others. need to work thoroughly on the degradations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Koha:

I love to work with it and also recommended to all professionals to use Koha. I'm satisfied with its reliability and advance features fully organized and customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Koha solving and how is that benefiting you?

At this time I'm solving related spinning and multilingual issues in software and also looking matters about data import from any software to Koha. like data mapping or required standards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GL

Gulzar Ahmed L.

Librarian

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/29/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Working on Koha ILS since 10 years"

5/5

What do you like best about Koha?

maintain budget, OPAC and online circulation system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Koha?

Issues after updating latest version errors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MA

Mohammad Joynal A.

Senior Lab Instructor

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/29/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Individual Solution Provider of Koha in Bangladesh"

5/5

What do you like best about Koha?

User friendly interface, light weights and multi library management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Koha?

Reporting system, absence of e-library features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UE

Verified User in Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/13/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Most popular and highly user friendly Library Management Software"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Koha?

Report Generation, Tools Modules and bulk added Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Koha?

There are few things that could be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Koha:

This Library Management Software is an Open Source Software. Any small or large organization can use this software. It is very easy to work and manage Data like user statistics, Budgets etc. Anyone can modify according to the need and requirement. It is highly recommended to use Koha LMS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Koha solving and how is that benefiting you?

This software is more easy to work and more user friendly. Easy to manage data and its usage efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UH

Verified User in Higher Education

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/2/2020

"Everyone can easily understand it, not only its User Interface but also OPAC as well."

5/5

What do you like best about Koha?

Distribution of Rights, Log view, Marc Based data Import by Zebra Protocol. Easy report generate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Koha?

Advanced Search options, Transcribing agency Automatic error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UE

Unaise E.

Librarian

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/29/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Save the time of user"

5/5

What do you like best about Koha?

Opac is the most helpful features of koha Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Koha?

Nothing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SG

Saba G.

Manager Library Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/18/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"KOHA"

5/5

What do you like best about Koha?

OPAC module, cataloging, serials, circulations and many more options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Koha?

It has a lot of options to use and to initially set up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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