Liferay Named Top-Tier Software Vendor by APPS RUN THE WORLD in the APPS TOP 500 Market Report

Liferay Strengths, Domain Expertise, and Key Differentiators

Liferay DXP is an open source offering and Liferay does not charge for software licenses. All customers receive a perpetual license enabling them to continue using the software even if they are no longer customers.

Liferay supports self-hosted, PaaS, and SaaS deployment models.

Liferay’s investment in low-code/no-code capabilities enables business users to quickly develop digital experiences without having to rely on overstretched IT resources.

Liferay’s technology is tailored to supporting complex B2B, B2C, and B2E scenarios like digital workplace solutions, intranets, and customer and partner portals. Liferay’s product portfolio supports ecosystems that include franchises, partners, local agents and international subsidiaries, with support for managing accounts with multiple named users.

Liferay’s product portfolio was developed entirely in-house, not grown via acquisition. This means its products are tightly integrated and built to work together seamlessly.

Liferay Recent Developments

The 2025.Q1 release included several product enhancements, such as Data Sets, a powerful and flexible way to retrieve, manage, visualize, and interact with structured data in Liferay DXP. Built on top of Objects and leveraging Liferay’s robust ecosystem, Data Sets exemplify the “build Liferay with Liferay” philosophy. With seamless integration with compatible Headless APIs, administrators can easily configure Data Sets and empower end-users with a rich, customizable experience for consuming and interacting with data.

Liferay also announced the availability of Liferay Labs, an innovation hub within the Liferay Marketplace dedicated to exploring newer technologies and developing experimental features. It provides a wide range of useful applications developed by Liferay staff. Liferay Labs serves as a platform for rapid prototyping and testing new ideas. These apps may be included in future Liferay features.

In October 2024, Liferay published an AI Assistant on the Liferay Marketplace. The AI Assistant revolutionizes content creation, empowering users to generate high-quality content effortlessly. From blog posts to knowledge base articles and page layouts, this versatile tool streamlines workflows, boosts productivity, and expands customers’ digital reach.

The 2024.Q4 release of Liferay DXP added enhanced content insights with asset performance metrics. This update empowers content creators and marketers to track visitor behavior, identify top-performing content, and optimize their content strategy for maximum impact. By analyzing asset-level metrics, businesses can make data-driven decisions to improve user engagement and drive business growth.

Liferay Customers in ARTW Customer Database

Leveraging a rigorous data-centric research methodology, APPS RUN THE WORLD asks the simple question: Who’s buying Liferay applications and why? And we provide the answers – supported by decades of research – to our clients around the world. Our Customer database has over 100 data fields that detail company usage of Liferay and other enterprise apps by function, customer size, industry, location, implementation status, partner involvement, Line of Business Key Stakeholders and IT decision makers contact details. List of Verified Liferay DXP customers.

Liferay Key Enterprise and Cloud Applications

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List of Verified Liferay Customers

No. of Liferay Customers: 1237

No. of Liferay Enterprise Applications Customers: 1237

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Liferay has over 1,200 enterprise customers globally. Liferay DXP’s versatility and scalability make it the solution of choice for industry leaders across various sectors. Notable customers include Airbus, AT&T, Douglas, Bosch, Broadcom, The Council of Europe, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Jose Cuervo, Lenovo, Putzmeister, Santander, SkyTV, Unilever, Virgin Media O2, and Vodafone. With over 5 million downloads worldwide, Liferay continues to set the standard for delivering powerful, customer-centric digital experiences.

Liferay Market Opportunities, M&A and Geo Expansions

In May 2025, Liferay DXP was listed on the AWS Marketplace. Being on the AWS Marketplace enables AWS customers to apply Liferay’s offerings toward their commitment to AWS utilization.

In January 2025, Liferay DXP was listed on the Google Cloud Marketplace. Being on the Google Cloud Marketplace provides an opportunity for GCP customers to apply Liferay’s offerings toward their commitment to Google Cloud utilization.

In January 2025, Liferay added support for PayPal’s suite of payment methods in Liferay DXP. By combining Liferay’s powerful DXP with PayPal's reliable payment solutions, B2B organizations can create personalized, seamless, and secure digital experiences that drive growth and customer loyalty.

Liferay Risks and Challenges

Like all DXP vendors, Liferay faces a challenge in finding a ‘goldilocks’ solution to composability that is not too rigid to accommodate the technologies customers want to use but not so diffused that it requires substantial overhead on the part of customers to manage. Failure to do so risks losing market share ‘above’ to all-encompassing suites like Oracle and Salesforce and ‘below’ to smaller vendors with a more limited functional focus, such as headless CMS vendors like Contentful and Contentstack.

Liferay Ecosystem, Partners, Resellers and SI

In April 2025, HN Services and Liferay announced a strategic partnership to help French businesses deliver personalized, customer-centric digital experiences. Combining Liferay’s enterprise cloud platform with HN Services’ sector expertise, the collaboration will focus on key industries such as banking, insurance, retail, and services. The partnership aims to accelerate digital innovation, expand regional and international reach, and promote sustainable practices through Green-IT initiatives and eco-responsible technologies.

In February 2025, Liferay announced an expanded strategic partnership with Netways, a regional leader in AI-driven digital transformation, to enhance customer experiences and meet evolving business needs in the Middle East. This collaboration combines Liferay’s cloud-enabled, low-code Digital Experience Platform (DXP) with Netways’ intelligent transformation framework and deep regional expertise to empower organizations across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the wider Middle East. The year 2024 marked a period of significant growth and collaboration for Liferay. In October, the company formed a strategic alliance with Deloitte Middle East to redefine digital experiences across the GCC. This partnership combines Deloitte's expertise in conceptualization, design, development, and implementation with Liferay’s Digital Experience Platform (DXP), delivering seamless, end-to-end customer journeys. Also in October, Liferay entered into a partnership with PwC Middle East, a leading global professional services firm, to enhance digital experiences for businesses in the region. This collaboration combines Liferay's advanced technology with PwC's advisory and technology delivery capabilities to provide a comprehensive suite of digital services aimed at elevating customer engagement strategies. In May 2024, Liferay announced a technology partnership with SugarCRM, a leading provider of AI-driven sales automation solutions. This collaboration enables sales and marketing teams to leverage SugarCRM’s platform in combination with Liferay DXP’s robust segmentation and personalization capabilities, empowering B2B organizations to deliver relevant, impactful customer experiences. Additionally, Liferay and Minsait, a key player in the Italian market, established a strategic partnership to deliver high-quality digital experiences. As a Liferay Platinum Sponsor in Italy, Minsait will work alongside Liferay to foster deeper customer engagement and unlock new avenues for value creation. In October 2023, Liferay announced a partnership with DXC Technology to deliver personalized, integrated digital solutions for Spanish organizations using Liferay DXP. DXC joins Liferay’s partner ecosystem of over 400 partners around the world, bringing market expertise and innovation to enhance customer-centric experiences. This network includes leading multinational service providers such as Accenture, alongside regionally focused resellers and system integrators like Veriday in North America and SMC in EMEA.

Research Methodology

Data used in research reports are derived from publicly available documents, continuous surveys of applications vendors, customers, resellers, Independent Software Vendors, systems integrators and other verifiable sources.

Vendor shares and market forecast results are based on a combination of existing databases as well as demand side and supply side research conducted throughout the year with validation from vendors, customers, channel partners and documentations such as earnings releases and 10Q and 10K filings, vertical industry studies, regional and country-level statistics from public and private institutions(i.e. colleges, universities, government agencies and trade associations).

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