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Apache Maven
Building and automating packaging of software can be a challenging task. As the complexity of the project grows so do the dependencies on third-party artifacts. Using Maven we can define and manage the project structure centrally and it helps improve overall build times.

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Employee in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 5001-10,000 employeesGradle
Gradle is an ideal tool to build an application that is complex and/or distributed. It is well suited for builds that use a CI engine such as Jenkins or Bamboo, and a repository such as Artifactory.
Sr. Software Engineer/Devops
KronosComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees
Pros
Apache Maven
- Makes the build process simple and easy to do.
- It provides a standard build system that can be adopted by multiple, different groups within an organization.
- It's extensible with easy to use custom extensions which our developers take full advantage of.

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Professional in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesGradle
- We use it as a build tool.
- We build Java applications using this tool.
- We also use Gradle to test our apps.

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Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesCons
Apache Maven
- Maven provides a very rigid model that makes customization tedious and sometimes impossible. While this can make it easier to understand any given Maven build, as long as you don’t have any special requirements, it also makes it unsuitable for many automation problems.
- Maven has few, built-in dependency scopes, which forces awkward module architectures in common scenarios like using test fixtures or code generation. There is no separation between unit and integration tests

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Team Lead in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesGradle
- Still under development, not as mature as Maven
- Build files aren't as easy to follow because they are so loose
- The community isn't as large as Maven
Devops Engineer
Disaster Accountability ProjectNon-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees
Usability
Apache Maven
Apache Maven 8.0
Based on 1 answer
The overall usability of Apache Maven is very good to us. We were able to incorporate it into our company's build process pretty quickly. We deployed it to multiple teams throughout the entire enterprise. We got good feedback from our developers stating that Apache Maven has simplified their build process. It also allowed to to standardize the build process for the entire enterprise, thus ensure that each development team is using the same, consistent process to build code.

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Professional in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesGradle
Gradle 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Gradle's language construct is good

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Program Manager in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employeesPerformance
Apache Maven
Apache Maven 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Excellent tool to build a project, simple and easy to study, install and implement.
Technical Leader
FPT SoftwareComputer Software, 10,001+ employees
Gradle
Gradle 3.0
Based on 1 answer
I have tried to use Gradle for projects several times in the past, but there is just so much work in maintaining the build file that it quickly becomes untenable. I have been using Maven for many years, and even though the build file can be complex, it works without maintenance between releases.
Devops Engineer
Disaster Accountability ProjectNon-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees
Support Rating
Apache Maven
Apache Maven 5.9
Based on 5 answers
I can't speak to the support, as I've never had issues. Apache Maven "just works," and errors were user errors or local nexus errors. Apache Maven is a great build/dependency management tool. I give it a 9/10 because occasionally the error message don't immediately indicate a solution...but again, those errors were always user or configuration errors, and the Maven documentation is extensive, so I don't find fault in Maven, but in its users.

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Project Manager in Engineering
International Affairs Company, 11-50 employeesGradle
Gradle 9.0
Based on 6 answers
Gradle has been an excellent tool for Android development. It has helped us create multiple versions of the app for different environments. It also takes care of all the packaging needs in the background without having to write all the code related to that. It is a no brainer to use Gradle with Android applications.
Senior Engineering Manager
Yahoo! Inc.Internet, 10,001+ employees
Alternatives Considered
Apache Maven
Ant, Maven's opposing framework, is often a point of comparison. Although Ant does not require formal conventions, it is procedural in the sense that you must tell Ant exactly what to do and when. It also lacks a lifecycle, along with goal definition and dependencies. Maven, on the other hand, requires less work as it knows exactly where your source code is as long as the pom.xml file is generated.

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Engineer in Product Management
Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employeesGradle
SBT works fine for Scala but when I tried to use it with Java it was hard to configure and I gave up. Maven is awesome but the pom.xml file tends to be really big which makes it hard to read. Grunt is suitable only for js projects.

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Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employeesReturn on Investment
Apache Maven
- Apache Maven is an open source product from the Apache Software Foundation. Being free to use without any licensing constraints, we've been very happy with this product thus far.
- The software build and packaging times for our applications have improved greatly since our use of this tool.

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Employee in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 5001-10,000 employeesGradle
- In a distributed development environment, once we established a strong CI/CD model, Gradle proved to be a great choice to automate the various processes. Gradle also provides much flexibility, which is essential in today's development environment. The important benefit is that the CI/CD engineers can support development's needs quickly and reliably. This in turn supports faster testing and deployment, which generates higher ROI.
Sr. Software Engineer/Devops
KronosComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees
Pricing Details
Apache Maven
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Gradle
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No