What is the best alternative to ASP.NET?

By number of websites, the most widely used alternatives to ASP.NET are PHP, Java, Ruby, Node.js, Python. The right one depends on your needs; compare them on adoption, authority, and audience above.

How many alternatives to ASP.NET are there?

Site Stats Database tracks 5 other programming languages used by 100 or more websites, plus a long tail of rarer ones. ASP.NET itself is used by 58,396 websites.

Which server-side language has the most websites?

PHP leads this category with 390,378 websites in our catalog.

Where does this data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; authority (Ahrefs Domain Rating) and traffic come from Ahrefs and DataForSEO. Everything reflects the sites we track and refreshes at least monthly.

ASP.NET Alternatives & Competitors

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Looking for an alternative to ASP.NET? Site Stats Database tracks 5 other programming languages; the top ones are below, ranked by adoption, with authority and traffic for each and the leading sites that use them. ASP.NET itself is used by 58,396 websites. Back to ASP.NET.

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ASP.NET Alternatives & Competitors

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