🆚 ASP vs. Lua

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Lua is much more popular than ASP.
🌎 Lua is more popular in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 ASP is more popular in Italy, Turkey, and Israel.

Type

Programming language

About

Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP, also known as "classic" ASP) is a server-side scripting language and dynamic web page engine. It was developed by Microsoft from 1996 to 2000 and now superseded by ASP.NET.

Lua is a lightweight scripting language designed primarily for embedded use in applications.

It features a small core written in C, automatic memory management, fast execution through a simple virtual machine, a flexible table-based data model, and a standard library that fits in a few hundred kilobytes, making it suitable for games, embedded systems, and extensible software.

For example, Lua is embedded in OpenResty for dynamic request processing, in Tarantool as a scripting layer for data transformations, and in the Kong API gateway for routing, authentication, and plugins.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Website

learn.microsoft.com

lua.org #242,745

Pricing

Free ✔️Included with Windows Server

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Lua programming language is 6 times more popular than ASP.

Total websites

Market share

Programming Languages

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Lua is more popular in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom, while ASP is more popular in Italy, Turkey, and Israel.

United States

China

United Kingdom

India

Korea

Germany

Netherlands

Australia

Canada

Italy

Awards

🥇 Most popular in China in the Legacy category.
🥇 Most popular in Macao in the Legacy category.
🥉 Third most popular in Korea in the Legacy category.
🥉 Third most popular in Israel in the Legacy category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Italy in the Programming Languages category.

🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Korea in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in France in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Programming Languages category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Lua is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and business, while ASP is more commonly used on finance and banking, and recreation and hobbies sites.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Business

Fashion/Beauty

Entertainment

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Travel

Software/Hardware