--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of Apache Maven. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Apache Maven Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [IT Project Management Software](/directory/30952/it-project-management/software) > [Apache Maven](/software/1017842/apache-maven) # Apache Maven Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/1017842/apache-maven Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/1017842/apache-maven?page=2) > Apache Maven is project management software that centralizes building, reporting, and documentation for software projects. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 15 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Apache Maven? Developers, software project managers, software engineers, architects, and open-source contributors. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 15 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Apache Software Foundation - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Available Countries**: Germany ## Features - Issue Management - Task Management - Workflow Management ## Category - [IT Project Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30952/it-project-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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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. > > 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. ----- ### "Best Project Management" — 5.0/5 > **Serhat** | *18 August 2023* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **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. > > I have developed numerous applications in the banking and e-commerce sectors. ----- ### "Maven" — 4.0/5 > **tafakda** | *21 August 2022* | Computer Hardware | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **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. > > 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 ----- ### "A reliable build tool which needs to up its game to save itself from competitors like gradle" — 4.0/5 > **Deepanshu** | *6 November 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **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. > > 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. ----- ### "Major step for more agility in software development build and management" — 5.0/5 > **Flavio** | *3 June 2022* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **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. > > 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\!\!\! 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