# Apache Maven Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Apache Maven the right IT Project Management solution for you? Explore 15 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/235382/Apache-Maven/reviews --- Apache Maven 4.5 (15) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/235382/Apache-Maven/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Apache Maven Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 4.0 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-15 of 15 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Serhat C. Senior Software Developer Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Project Management" August 18, 2023 5.0 I have developed numerous applications in the banking and e-commerce sectors. Pros It has many features that I like. The most important of theseThe most important features for me are that it removes the library dependency, that I can move my project in different IDEs, and that I can finally use the project base I prepared in another project. Finally, it accelerates my work. In other words, it allows me to focus on my work without drowning in libraries, paths and folders. Cons Frankly, I think it saves me speed and time, and I love all its features. I haven't seen any negative aspects so far. Review Source tB tafakda B. manager Computer Hardware Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Maven" August 21, 2022 4.0 I used Apache Maven in my company to develop an application that is installed in the tablets of our managers, this application manages the stocks of products that are in our different stores, in fact, the application records the initial stock, the entries of products and at the end we generate a final stock, which we reduce the time during our monthly inventory Pros it is very good for building projects and automating tasks very good for Java development, it integrates very well with several software, for example with Sonatype Nexus. it handles build artifacts very well Cons Once downloaded, the Installation and use is not easy for beginners I suggest to the Maven developers to make available to the users a more detailed documentation there is also the initial configuration that I found a little difficult and finally the error notification should be a little improved. Alternatives considered [Azure DevOps](https://www.capterra.com/p/170547/VSTS-DevOps/) Reason for choosing Apache Maven because it was free and because the application we had to develop was not complex Switched from [Azure DevOps](https://www.capterra.com/p/170547/VSTS-DevOps/) we also use Azure DevOps Services because my team is planning to develop a more complex application and we can work remotely with Azure DevOps Services Review Source DJ Deepanshu J. SMTS Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A reliable build tool which needs to up its game to save itself from competitors like gradle" November 6, 2022 4.0 Apache maven is kind of a necessary evil which is going to stay for long. Personally, I have never had any major issues while working with it. Pros When working with maven along with some nice IDE like IntelliJ, you can easily setup a maven based project. There are a bunch of maven plugins that are available and can be configured in your project's pom.xml to help you in many ways. For instance, if you want to create a simple jar which also uses some 3rd party dependencies and can serve as a minor utility if can be run directly on any machine, you can use maven-assembly-plugin to create one easily.In addition to all that, there is a very good community support for it as it has been there for quite some time and a lot of teams in a lot of organizations are using it. Cons There is some learning curve if someone wants to move to maven as their primary build tool. Also, it is slightly slower than gradle. More and more teams have migrated to gradle recently. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Test Engineer Capital Markets Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Maven : Double Edge Sword for Java Project " October 13, 2024 4.0 Being a tester I have overall 5 plus years of experience in Automation with Maven, it is quite good to use from a tester perspective but when ever the chrome driver version changes, the latest needs to be update manually in the pom.xml file which then resolves the issue. If a new version is given it takes time to build the resources, downloading of dependency also requires time. Pros Easy to use, IT engineer will always like Maven as it has some standard which is same across industry. When ever new IT professional comes it makes the work easier to understand. It has dependency management, centralized repository, large community reach and cross platform support which makes it as a must use software. Cons As every software comes with limitation same is with Maven. The files downloaded are sometime large, every time when new version rolled out for any coding language it needs to be manually update in the pom.xml file. User must have knowledge on pom.xml file to use maven. Review Source Flavio V. Software Architect Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Major step for more agility in software development build and management" June 3, 2022 5.0 We adopt Maven in most projects about 15 years ago. It was a major step for helping managing the software development environment, build, management, test automation. We can´t live without Maven. I remember how amazed I was specially when importing in Eclipse IDE Maven projects. Piece of cake!!! Before it was needed detailed instructions for the developers to follow and setup their environment. Pros The library dependency management is awesome. The way to define how the libraries depend upon each other is very simple and intuitive. Cons When we have Maven configuration errors, it may be difficult to solve in case of circular dependencies among the libraries. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Maven Repository" December 17, 2022 5.0 So far, It has been a good experience using the maven project. I have been using this for my mobile automation testing Pros Maven is a Repository for java that automatically creates a java project. It is easy to use and maintain. Cons I don't like the fact that there is no option to auto-update plugins or other repositories that are installed using maven project Switched from [PyCharm](https://www.capterra.com/p/186625/PyCharm/) Switched from Python to Java Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Chief Architect Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A good automated build tool" May 29, 2023 4.0 We have use this tool for many years to build our application, so far the experience in using it is awesome. Pros It's automated tool, suitable for building an application without much difficulty. Cons You need to setup the various build environments before using it. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Build your war file with ease " October 7, 2022 5.0 It's a great software as it is very light weight. All you need is pom.xml from the developer. We have automated it using jenkins Pros The build tool is the best and easiest way of creating jar file. It's installed in Linux which itself makes faster plus it has limited directory structure of four hence it does not require any expertise to understand this software. Cons As of now it's nothing of that sort but home directory ~/. repository is quite confusing if you do any other operation other than mvn clean package Review Source VD Vojtěch D. IT analyst and developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best build tool for Java projects" May 8, 2023 4.0 I have started using Maven when I was a student for my school projects. Now we are using it on big projects in my company. Pros Building your application with Maven is very simple. You only need to enter one command and Maven resolve all projects dependencies and download them automatically, run tests and create executable JAR (or WAR) file. It is widely used, so Maven has support in many IDEs. Cons Building of application takes more time than competing programs. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software QA Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Build tool for java projects" July 28, 2022 5.0 It's a great software to build a package with mvn clean package but local repository sometimes will be difficult to manage. Pros The maven build tools is simple because of the commands used which can be easily understood. We can easily integrate it with sonarqube , nexus, and tomcat server. Cons The directory structure for local repository is quite complicated which needs to be done easy. Review Source BC Bogdan C. Tech Lead Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Repeatable and automated builds" October 8, 2022 5.0 Build automation and integration with testing frameworks and external tools makes Maven a dependable part of my toolset. Once your build configurations are stable you get dependable and repeatable builds Pros Maven's strength lies in dependency management and the huge ecosystem around it. Tooling and plugin coverage is extensive, it integrates with all Java IDEs and is natively supported by most build servers Cons Maven error reporting is pretty poor, you can sometimes loose a lot of time trying to narrow down a problem Reason for choosing Apache Maven better integration, unit test and plugin support Review Source AG Andrew G. Software Engineer Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Avid Maven user" September 15, 2022 5.0 I use apache maven on a daily basis for all of my dependency management across multiple teams, applications and services Pros It makes managing dependencies across multiple applications and services simple and conveinent. Integrates well with MyEclipse Cons Sometimes the dependencies get marked with "Last Updated" and I have a hard time getting it to work. I usually have to re-download the entire repo which can take forever Review Source CHMC Carlos Hugo Martin C. Consultor Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Experience with Apache Maven" April 13, 2022 4.0 It has been used for the development of monitoring application extensions, as well as for the development of web and desktop applications. Pros That allows me to manage the libraries and versions that I am using, in addition to being able to download them in each compilation process. Cons Managing the local repository after downloads can become complicated, sometimes having to be done manually. Review Source RS Ramasundaram S. Programmer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Maven : Great build tool and easy to use" May 17, 2023 5.0 Pros Plugins and easy to apply the dependency while comparing to Gradle. Cons Not specific but need more shortcuts and reduce the structure for POM. Review Source VS Vinicius S. Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review for Apache Maven" November 30, 2022 4.0 Maven manages all the processes (building, documentation, releasing and distribution) in project management, making the development team's work much easier. Pros Ease of installation, management and updating. The software is very easy to use, even for those who will use it for the first time, there is a very extensive documentation to help. Cons Many of today's integrated development environments require a plug-in to use Maven. This is perhaps not a downside of the Maven itself, but the way it integrates with other systems. Alternatives considered [Jenkins](https://www.capterra.com/p/171026/Jenkins/) Reason for choosing Apache Maven Easy to use and train the team. Review Source Similar Products Featured