Liferay Digital Experience Platform Previous Solutions

it_user650001 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Liferay Competence Center at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

I am not aware of any previous solutions in my current company. I worked with WordPress and Drupal, and I switched to Liferay for the integration capabilities using Java standards and flexibility.

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SB
Senior Application Developer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I was using IBM WCM but switched to Liferay, as it is open source and has a lot of support.

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AG
Senior Technology Specialist at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Initially, we were using the IBM WebSphere Portal. However, we switched over to Liferay because of its lower licensing costs, obviously.

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RG
Technical Architect at Azilen Technologies Pvt Ltd

Previous to Liferay, I knew of WordPress and Joomla!, which people use to write their websites with little content.

When I came across Liferay, I got to see the out-of-the-box portlets and the way I can just put things in the deploy folder.

I can use the hot-deploy feature to create a site with very little configuration and place it on as many sites as I wanted.

I immediately switched to Liferay because of what it offered.

I got a chance to compare Liferay with other portals and tools like IBM WebSphere, SharePoint, GateIn, etc. I found Liferay’s development and deployment faster, along with its capability and offerings of the in-built portlets.

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JV
Lead Software Professional at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I did not previously use a different solution.

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it_user535350 - PeerSpot reviewer
LifeRay Functional Lead at a wellness & fitness company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We used ColdFusion for a previous project for a CMS portal.

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RM
IT Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

As a national business portal, it is used as a content management solution and we have not used any other solution. For the archival and preservation system, we used an application called Saperion Enterprise Content Management System. 

When compared to Saperion Enterprise Content Management System it can support more users without having an impact on the cost. That was favorable for us because we need any researcher anywhere in the world to be able to access the Tanzania  National Archive without having any cost on the software. We chose Liferay mainly because of that.

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it_user536244 - PeerSpot reviewer
Liferay Solution Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We previously used Sun Java System Portal Server. We switched because Sun Portal just plain sucked.

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it_user517965 - PeerSpot reviewer
Liferay Portals Technical Lead at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

I have used two other portal servers. I really did not like the way they allowed admins to do administrative actions. Liferay is easy to understand and complete the admin actions through the control panel with meaningful names and a short description about what each module does.

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it_user538218 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Liferay Portal/Web Developer with 1,001-5,000 employees

We started using Liferay directly. There was no previous solution.

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it_user258729 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director with 51-200 employees

We used Microsoft SharePoint and IBM WebSphere. They are not straightforward and have a complex user experience as a developer.

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it_user531648 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO & Co-Founder at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Before using Liferay Digital Experience Platform, we used WordPress. Liferay is far more secure and robust.

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it_user556665 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solution Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Liferay was mainly selected by me due to its collaboration and the digital features that help to make the digital platforms very strong for the customers.

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it_user544041 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Technology Architect / Senior Mgr at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We switched because of the cost, flexibility with Liferay, and ease of use.

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it_user643905 - PeerSpot reviewer
Master Technology Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

As a portal practice, we are vendor agnostic.

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it_user535401 - PeerSpot reviewer
Liferay Portal Expert at a government with 501-1,000 employees

I’ve tested several options over the years: PHPnuke, PostNuke, Joomla, WordPress, Drupal. But none of them have as many built-in features as Liferay.

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it_user535320 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We didn’t use any other solutions.

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RB
Software Factory Manager at RealT Technology

I've also worked on Tableau, which is a social platform. Tableau is quite lightweight and easy to use, but the community is smaller. Liferay has a big community at the moment.

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it_user641757 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Liferay brings with it several frameworks that are beautifully organized. (Hibernate, Struts, Spring.) That is why this is tricky to explain.

As an engineer, the ability to use the frameworks you like is a great plus. But after a while, one may notice that using Liferay, as an intermediary for some services, is much simpler. They do a great job in providing extension points and tools like the Blade CLI and Service Builder.

The simplicity of the overall development process is a major advantage that comes with consistency. The learning curve is quite high, but I would say it is definitely worth it.

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it_user652839 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I have used Plone, but went ahead with Liferay due to the availability of vast out-of-the-box features.

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it_user622749 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We didn’t have anything before Liferay. I had analyzed JBoss Portal in 2008, but I then went ahead with Liferay and I have never turned back.

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it_user429033 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Systems Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Yes, we used several PHP site management products but, when comparing to Liferay, they lack coherence and simplicity in the content management functions. As for integration and scalability, Liferay beats them all easily.

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it_user618144 - PeerSpot reviewer
EA to the President/Office Manager at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

My company was using SharePoint. I am not sure why the switch was made.

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it_user533085 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are a consulting company. Based on our clients' requirements, we have used various CMS products, such as Mura CMS, Drupal, and SharePoint.

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it_user541170 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

I was not previously using any other solutions.

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it_user627057 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We traditionally build applications from scratch. This makes basic setup, such as user management, organization, roles, and permissions easier. It is easy to extend or customize out-of-the-box features.

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it_user438237 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at a government with 51-200 employees

We previously used an IBM WebSphere product. We moved to an open source product to support the concept being promoted in the UK Government and expected scalability without scaled cost.

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it_user193680 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT – Consultant / Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

No previous solution used.

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it_user520707 - PeerSpot reviewer
Liferay/Java Developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I did not previously use a different solution.

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it_user643896 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We previously deployed WebLogic, but we moved to Liferay because it offered a range of out-of-box features. It was also faster than WebLogic.

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it_user517980 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

I used more Microsoft solutions and Liferay is a more complex, “all in one” solution.

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