🆚 .NET vs. Ruby on Rails

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 .NET is twice as popular as Ruby on Rails.
🌎 .NET is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and India.
🌍 Ruby on Rails is more popular in Australia, Germany, and Japan.

.NET

Ruby on Rails

Type

Platform

Backend framework

About

.NET is a free, cross-platform, open-source developer platform from Microsoft.

Ruby on Rails is a full-stack framework that includes everything needed to build database-driven web applications using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

It emphasizes a standardized folder structure and naming, follows DRY ("don't repeat yourself") and the "convention over configuration" principles, provides an Active Record ORM, a built-in asset pipeline for CSS and JavaScript preprocessing, and an integrated testing framework.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Website

dotnet.microsoft.com

rubyonrails.org #180,446

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The .NET platform is 1.7 times more popular than Ruby on Rails.

Total websites

Market share

Platforms

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

.NET is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and India, while Ruby on Rails is more popular in Australia, Germany, and Japan.

United States

United Kingdom

India

China

Italy

Australia

Netherlands

Germany

Turkey

Canada

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Brunei Darussalam in the Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in China in the Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in Italy in the Platforms category.

🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Pakistan in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in New Zealand in the Backend Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

.NET is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while Ruby on Rails is more commonly used on online shopping, fashion and beauty, and blogs and wiki sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Fashion/Beauty

Sports

Internet Services

Travel

Software/Hardware

Health