Last updated: Nov 04, 2026
Yes, have been using this product for chatting between two persons in a secured environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Need to provide more REST API featuring chat scraping for security purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The configuration, administration and management of talk groups are easy to use. The server where the product must be mounted is within the reach of any micro-company that requires this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Currently at the company level we have a requirement on the use of openfire for effective communication, similar to a Microsoft product, that is, we need the processes of video calls, phone calls and other options that openfire on-premise does not support, we have seen the option of openfire web but this 2021 with the problem that FlashPlayer stopped working, we are concerned about implementing it and not having adequate support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Its open-source and very much stable. We are using this for the last ten years, never been down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing to dislike about it. almost perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is free, opensource, has a lot of integrations and plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Java memory issues on server side, We need to cron a restart of openfire service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Openfire is very simple and highly graphical, which makes a good recommendation for beginner sysadmins Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It does not scale high, so it is not suited for big corporations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We use Openfire for our internal instant messaging. As a virtual company, communication is key, and this helps us stay informed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes it needs to be rebooted to prevent crashing. Can get annoying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We used the OpenFire Server for our internal IM platform. It integrated nicely with our Active Directory and running on the Linux platform "just worked". We had very little maintenance except for routine updates we need to do on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The plugin system was sometimes buggy, but got better with time. Our engineers also preferred other clients to the Openfire chat client, but that's the power of Opensource and choice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Allows plugins
Quite stable server
A product of Ignite realtime, which has related products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Admin console has many details
Not enough support from users to use
XMPP messages sometimes have delay span Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like that openfire works very well for help desk communications. It has many different plugins and features that can be managed on the back end to give front end users more control over how they can help other people on their team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I dislike the rate of which plugins are updated. Some plugins go almost a year or more without any updates so they fall behind and require older versions of their clients to use the plugins effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
open standards, open source, it's free :-D
Many authentication methods, a web-based client, external access also possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes after updates you have to search for a solution to get it running again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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