# Mahara Reviews
**Vendor:** Mahara  
**Category:** [Website Builder Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/website-builder)  
**Average Rating:** 3.8/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 2
## About Mahara
Mahara is a fully featured web application to build electronic portfolios in schools, higher and further education, and the workplace.



## Mahara Pros & Cons
**What users like:**

- Users highlight the **free and open-source** nature of Mahara, making it accessible and beneficial during internships. (1 reviews)

## Mahara Reviews
  ### 1. good experience with mahara

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 14, 2024

**What do you like best about Mahara?**

best part is obviosly that it is free open source, i was introduced to it during my internship

**What do you dislike about Mahara?**

i took time to get a grasp of it but my mentor was supportive

**What problems is Mahara solving and how is that benefiting you?**

portfolio management by my prof-  i am also part of the process briefly

  ### 2. Mahara 

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** January 14, 2019

**What do you like best about Mahara?**

Can add feedback to page and effective star assessment feature
Can create collections of pages that link together via web buttons
Can create simple templates eg 2-3 columns, different sizes

**What do you dislike about Mahara?**

Navigation to some areas is not as straightforward as it could be
Some processes not hugely intuitive eg file uploads, dragging blocks (although you soon get used to it)
Limited backup functionality through use of exports
Export to HTML lacks theming

**Recommendations to others considering Mahara:**

Mahara is good but still there are cheaper and more effective tools available

**What problems is Mahara solving and how is that benefiting you?**

used this to share files with others


## Mahara Discussions
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## Mahara Features
**Customizations**
- Templates
- Drag and Drop
- HTML Input
- Domain Name

**Growth**
- SEO
- Site Analytics
- Marketing Tools
- E-Commerce
- Hosting

**Content**
- Email Integrations
- Content Management
- Permissions
- WordPress Tool

**Support**
- Customer Support

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