🆚 ASP.NET Core vs. Express

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Express is slightly more popular than ASP.NET Core.
🌎 Express is more popular in Germany, Russia, and Brazil.
🌎 ASP.NET Core is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden.

Type

Backend framework

About

Microsoft ASP.NET Core is an open-source, cross-platform web framework and the successor to ASP.NET that enables development of web apps and APIs using .NET on Windows, macOS, or Linux.

It offers high performance via the Kestrel server, built-in dependency injection, unified MVC and Web API programming, minimal APIs, flexible configuration per environment, and side-by-side versioning.

Express is a minimal and flexible Node.js web framework that lets developers build web apps and APIs using routing, middleware, template engines, and support for serving static assets.

It provides a robust routing system with support for HTTP verbs, built-in middleware for JSON and URL-encoded parsing, error handlers, and a large ecosystem of third-party plugins available through npm.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

asp.net

expressjs.com #273,395

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Express backend framework is 1.1 times more popular than ASP.NET Core.

Total websites

Market share

Backend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Express is more popular in Germany, Russia, and Brazil, while ASP.NET Core is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Sweden

Russia

Netherlands

Brazil

India

Denmark

France

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in Sweden in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥈 Second most popular in Denmark in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥉 Third most popular in Norway in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Turkey in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Iran in the Backend Frameworks category.

⭐ 4th most popular in Taiwan in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Brazil in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Argentina in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Malaysia in the Backend Frameworks category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Chile in the Backend Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Express is more popular among sites focused on Internet services, entertainment, and general news, while ASP.NET Core is more commonly used on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Travel

Entertainment

Finance/Banking

Software/Hardware

General News