Liferay Digital Experience Platform Reviews & Product Details

What I like most about Liferay DXP is that it is an open, modular, and mature platform at the same time. It has a lot of ready-to-use functionality (CMS, DAM, workflow, forms, page builder, commerce, single sign-on), but at the same time, it allows you to extend or replace any piece without clashing with the core. The headless strategy with REST and GraphQL APIs makes it very natural to integrate it with existing backends, mobile apps, or frontends in React/Angular. As a partner, we have been implementing it for years in very different sectors: financial, government, retail, logistics, and we always find a way to solve the use case without having to change the product. That combination of enterprise capabilities, partner ecosystem, and training is, for me, the real difference compared to other DXP in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The size of the third-party extensions marketplace, compared to massive ecosystems, is smaller. In my experience, this is compensated by the ease of building your own functionality on the framework, but it is a point where Liferay still has room to grow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I appreciate most about Liferay DXP is how it combines a robust enterprise portal foundation with modern digital experience capabilities in a single, unified platform. The modular architecture based on OSGi makes it remarkably flexible, we can extend or customize almost any component without touching the core. The drag-and-drop page authoring with Fragments and Content Pages lets our marketing team build and update landing pages independently, which has cut our time-to-publish from days to hours. The built-in headless APIs (REST and GraphQL) made it straightforward to feed content into our mobile app and a separate React frontend without duplicating effort. We also rely heavily on the Workflow engine and the granular role/permission model for our multi-site, multi-tenant setup. Finally, the fact that it's open-source-rooted gives us long-term confidence - no vendor lock-in, and the community plus official documentation are genuinely helpful. AI also is a strong foundation in the portal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest challenge with Liferay DXP is the learning curve. The platform is enormously capable, but new developers on the team typically need several weeks to become productive - especially around OSGi modules, Service Builder, and the Liferay-specific build tooling. Better first-day onboarding materials and more end-to-end "starter project" tutorials in the official documentation would shorten that ramp-up considerably. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best is that Liferay DXP covers content, portals, search and low-code data modeling in one platform. Liferay Objects and Fragments let us deliver faster and give business users more independence. The headless APIs make integrations easy, and the granular permissions and multi-site support fit enterprise clients well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Version upgrades can take a lot of effort, and the quarterly release cadence makes it hard to keep up. The licensing cost can also be a barrier for smaller clients, and the documentation doesn’t always keep pace with new features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about Liferay Digital Experience Platform is its flexibility, powerful out-of-the-box features, and ability to build and manage dynamic websites with minimal custom code. I appreciate its reusable fragments, content management capabilities, integrations, and support for multilingual websites. It helps me deliver scalable, maintainable, and user-friendly digital experiences efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some UI features, such as Display Pages and Collection Displays, are easy to use but offer limited implementation options. When more complex requirements arise, we often need to switch to a completely different approach, which can increase development effort and complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Liferay’s Blueprints, Objects, Collections, and Collection Providers are among the best features introduced in Liferay DXP so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cost is one of the potential drawbacks of Liferay DXP. For organizations, the total cost can go beyond the platform license itself and include implementation, customization, infrastructure, maintenance, upgrades, and specialist developer resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What we like best about the Liferay Digital Experience Platform is that it is far more than a traditional CMS or portal. For us, Liferay is a true platform for digital solutions.

We use Liferay to implement customer, partner, supplier, and employee portals on a common basis. This allows us to create consistent and modern user experiences that can be flexibly adapted to different target groups and use cases. The UI and UX possibilities are very versatile, allowing for both classic and highly individualized frontends.

A major advantage is the strong integration capability. In most projects, Liferay serves as the central interaction layer over existing systems such as ERP, CRM, or specialized applications. Especially in mature IT landscapes, this is a decisive success factor, as existing systems can continue to be used and meaningfully integrated.

We have also had very good experiences in terms of performance and scalability. Liferay is suitable for both smaller entry-level scenarios and large, business-critical platforms with many users and complex requirements.

We also greatly appreciate the clear architectural approach. By separating standard and individual extensions, we can build solutions that remain maintainable and upgradeable in the long term. This directly impacts the ROI, as further developments and operations remain sustainably plannable.

In the area of support and onboarding, we benefit from an active community as well as professional manufacturer support. With the appropriate experience, projects can be set up in a structured manner and implemented efficiently.

The development in the area of AI and automation is also exciting. Liferay increasingly offers opportunities to support and further expand personalized content, intelligent search functions, or automated processes.

Overall, Liferay enables us to realize scalable and future-proof digital platforms that go far beyond traditional web solutions and offer real added value to our customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As with such a comprehensive platform, Liferay also brings a certain complexity with it. Especially for smaller or less complex use cases, the initial setup and architecture can seem relatively demanding.

The familiarization for new developers or departments also requires time. To fully exploit the potential of the platform, a solid understanding of the architecture, concepts, and best practices is necessary.

In terms of UI and UX, many possibilities are available, but the implementation of very individual or cutting-edge frontends often requires additional development, as not everything is fully covered out of the box.

Liferay's strength is very evident in integrations, but this also means that integration projects must be planned and executed cleanly. In complex system landscapes, this can initially lead to higher effort.

However, from our perspective, these points are manageable. With the right experience, clear architectural principles, and a structured approach, the advantages of Liferay can be utilized very specifically and the mentioned challenges can be well addressed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The best part for me is the Headless API. It makes it much easier to connect to the MCP server.

Another thing is Role and permission management. It reduces code we write and can focus in business logic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In my opinion, migration can be mind-bending. It takes a lot of time, and for a while we also have to write out the migration steps manually. This effort could be reduced by using a traditional tool like flyway. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Low-code platform with amazing out-of-the-box features such as commerce, objects, and headless APIs. Even a non-technical person can build pages using simple drag-and-drop and standard configurations, with nothing to code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Important issue is search. If we have lakhs of entries in the objects, searching can take too much time, and sometimes the search doesn’t work properly either.

Another important Whenever we use custom development with client extensions in Node.js and React.js, the server sometimes can’t handle that much load and goes down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Liferay DXP because it provides many built-in features, such as user and role management, site management, content management, and customization. It makes it easy to develop secure, flexible, and scalable web applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At times, Liferay DXP can feel complex to learn and set up, particularly for beginners. Troubleshooting problems and customizing certain features can also be time-consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Performance is higher with inline Content management. headless API is useful to integrate data with cross platform. integration of workflow to manage publishing. features for managing data and actions through objects. Also supports user segmentation. With web content, AI integration help to generate content quickly. The faster page load improves overall web traffic of portal. All menu options are easy to access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are some complex requirements where the out-of-the-box (OOB) components aren’t sufficient to handle them, specifically Objects when multi tables are dependent with each other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.