The integration capabilities of the product are super easy to use. I have integrated the tool with a lot of systems and other third-party solutions, and I have seen that it always works well. The integration part of the product is easy, efficient, and smooth.

Speaking about whether a beginner can easily learn to use it or not, I would say that it can be described as a moderately complex process for a new user.

Since it is a digital experience platform and new to digital e-commerce, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

Find professionals with real expertise in Liferay in the different areas of developers and operations to avoid common mistakes. They should have experience in at least two real production implementations.

100% go for it.

The advice I would give to people considering this type of solution starts with the fact that we really like this platform and it has worked well for us. If you are a developer, you have a lot of options, services, APIs, and everything is open for your development because it is an open-source product. You can change what you need to. You can put in hooks and actually create the solution your customer would like, or your manager, or whatever the person or the organization you are working for. It provides a very easy way to work and very easy to maintain and manage solutions.  

If you need something that is scalable, that needs broader functionality, and you need to develop your own services, then this is an excellent solution. If you just need some simple, dedicated solutions like email, document management, and some web templates, it may be better to use something simple. You should not start working on something like Liferay, or SharePoint, or WebSphere if you only need a dedicated solution. If you need to integrate multiple solutions, that is when something like Liferay is more important.  

I think the biggest lesson we learned using Liferay would be not to hesitate to open a support ticket if you have issues. Even if it is not really a product problem and it is more like something in development, you should try contacting support because they can give you a lot of good information about how to really create the solution you need. They have development knowledge on the technical side and, of course, they know the product well.  

Other than that, I think you should prepare your team when taking on this kind of project. You need them to have the skills, and they may even need training or something. But once they have the skills and some familiarity with the tool, you can go very fast, create a very good custom solution that fits your needs.  

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Liferay as an eight-and-a-half. Nine would be okay. I really like the product, probably because I am technical. I think this is the best portal and system you can work with.  

It is a wonderful open-source product that has many out-of-the-box features. However, the initial learning is important and the curve is steeper.

Someone has to learn about the Liferay Portlets, Ext, Hooks, Themes, Layout, and make use of the knowledge properly for actual implementation.

It has great support for the different Java frameworks such as the Spring Web MVC framework, Java collections framework (JCF), and the front-end frameworks, namely Angular. Make your choice as you wish.

The EE version is much more secure than the CE version.

Lately, the CE version has become a little unstable and fixes mostly come quite late in the version cycle.

Keeping that in mind, if you are looking for a complete portal solution with security and ease of set-up, then go for it.

Even for hosting multiple sites, this could be much better. But make sure that the pricing fits your bill.

From enterprise intranet website requirements to a public facing website that receives heavy traffic, Liferay passes all tests and checks off your requirements.

Using Liferay Portal, you do not just get open source and bring down the cost of software, but you also get total implementation time decreased as well.

Liferay has a large and responsible community to support you throughout your implementation.

It is just awesome; you should experience DXP. I am blogging many useful solution on www.liferaysolution.com

Make sure you understand what you want the product to do. If your company has an overall future for growth, then Liferay is a good choice as it is an enterprise solution.

With any application, the number one thing is to get the requirements-gathering stage done well, to identify your requirements to do your analysis properly.

The requirements gathering needs to be very thorough and all-inclusive. All stakeholders need to be involved.

Get a good company for the implementation.

You must have the proper hardware sizing.

I would recommend Liferay for any company that is looking at deploying an enterprise-wide content management system. I would recommend Liferay any day, anytime.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Only use it when you really need a portal and don't use it as an application framework. In that case, it only complicates your development and performance needlessly.

We tried the 'eat your own dog food' approach and used Liferay for our company's website, but Liferay just isn't meant to build websites. It wasn't easy/simple enough for normal web content editors to add or change content. It is also hard for our designers to create cutting edge designs that can be easily integrated into Liferay as a theme.

Go with this product, because there is great support from the company, rich forum support and online documentation, and the source code allows you to make changes on your own with an LGPL license from vendor.

I would recommend Liferay to another company, but the price cannot be overlooked. Maintaining a license can be a hefty investment.

Due to the licensing and plugin costs, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight.

Have a complete understanding of out-of-the-box features as Liferay makes most of the functionality required available without any customization.

I suggest getting this product. It is easy to use and has a big impact to reduce implementation time. It is not just a product solution. It also has excellent features as a development platform.

This product is very secure, robust, and highly scalable. It can also be customized to almost any extent.

I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.

Identify the business problems due to which you are looking for a digital platform, then compare the product features with those business problems, in order to make a wiser decision.

It is, still, maturing as a platform.

This is a great product for small- and mid-scale implementations and for the enterprises who are starting on their digital journey. It has a great story to tell right from being horizontal portal development platform to a digital experience platform. However, it is not very strong yet to be used for completely marketing-oriented implementations. It is okay to use for a pre-customer journey and presents a very strong case for a post-customer journey.

I just say "go ahead" and try it out. It is very easy to install and you can have it running in a few minutes after downloading and extracting.

I would emphasize using Liferay’s OOTB features so you don’t build something that already exists.

Also, make sure you actually need the features it provides.

Do a Proof of Concept (PoC).

My advice is that if you want to extend the product, don't recreate existing functionalities or libraries. Just follow the guidelines and best practices.

For normal sites, we can use other available options, such as PHP. But Liferay is good for enterprise and large-scale systems, especially role and hierarchy management systems, or when you have multi-site requirements.

The solution is quite expensive, and, in the Italian market, it may be a barrier to entry for many companies.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. It's a good platform that's easy to install and easy to start to use. It's also easy to customize if you are only going to customize some CSR. Although I've never tested it, I know now that it's possible to have access to more direct APIs.

If your goal is to develop a new system, start small and use the knowledge you already have to leverage the frameworks and libraries that come with Liferay.

Modularity is the key with Liferay, and small modules will build big systems. If you come from old versions, with time, start transitioning to OSGi instead of the old Liferay plugins. OSGi offers a greater flexibility with a consistency that is not seen in the old formats.

If you are new to Liferay, I would advise going straight to the modular approach and learn Liferay’s conventions to apply them to your code. They are simple and will help you when you have to compare your solution to some similar functionality in Liferay.

If you are looking for information, I would recommend having a copy of the book "Liferay in Action". It is definitely outdated, but the concepts are needed to understand Liferay.

If you are new to modularity, I would recommend the book "Java Application Architecture: Modularity Patterns with Examples Using OSGi".

Utilize its modularization feature to its best, to make it an easily extendible and scalable enterprise solution.

Go ahead with Liferay DXP. There is a lot of expertise in the market with this product. It is arguably the best Java-based portal platform out there.

Line up technical support from Liferay with your company employees from the beginning of the implementation.

If possible, go for the enterprise version as they will have more support.

Check your requirements and license costs. If you are going with a licensed version, try to map your functionalities with Liferay. Then decide whether you need Liferay or not.

Liferay, Version 7, gives OSGI implementation. This is the future of Java technologies. Liferay enables you to stay with latest technologies with each version release.

Take your time, Liferay can do so many different things and can be very complex. So be clear on what you are building.

High cost.

Use this product wisely.

The Liferay team has made this product to the mark. As of now, the technology is up-to-date and fulfills all essential requirements.

Hire developers with a high level of expertise with Liferay Portal.

It’s fast, easy, scalable, and stable with a competitive price. Go for it.

If you need to build enterprise solutions with digital experience, then this product fulfills all the requirements from customization, custom development, integration, and configuration.

It might sound trivial, but plan all the project phases, in terms of infrastructure and performance testing, well.

Liferay starting from DXP redesign the full software architecture using OSGI (actually since 6.2 is integrated but just for small integration points). With this new design, they gain the possibility to updates released version more frequently and also "components by components." From a point of view of a developer this is a great improvement by the way after first general available release. Liferay also released public documentation, allowing developers build custom plugin and general customization. This documentation gets outdated in different parts after some new release (GA2 ,etc).

Liferay is highly scalable and more complex than Drupal. For the same quality, you need more Microsoft solutions, so more servers and more capacity.