🆚 ASP.NET vs. CakePHP

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
ASP.NET
CakePHP

Type

Backend framework
Backend framework

About

Microsoft ASP.NET is a server-side web application framework that runs on the .NET platform and enables developers to build dynamic websites and APIs using languages like C#.

It offers Web Forms, MVC, Web Pages, Web API, and SignalR for real-time communication, includes tools for authentication, state management, and supports the Razor template syntax for combining HTML and server-side code.

CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP that uses MVC, front controller, associative data mapping and active record patterns to help developers build web applications faster.

It includes an ORM and query builder, integrated scaffolding and code generation tools, built-in validation and security against XSS, CSRF, and SQL injections, flexible routing and template helpers, i18n support, caching, and a large plugin ecosystem.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Website

asp.net
cakephp.org #211,876

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Backend Frameworks › Rank #1
Backend Frameworks › Rank #20

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The ASP.NET backend framework is 76 times more popular than CakePHP.
Total websites

Market share

Backend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

ASP.NET is more popular in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom, while CakePHP is more popular in Vanuatu.
United States
China
United Kingdom
Italy
Turkey
India
Netherlands
Canada
Australia
Germany

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

ASP.NET is more popular than CakePHP in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Sports
Health
Travel
Internet Services
Finance/Banking
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#3
#74
#88
#227
#261
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Name
Rank
#5,730
#8,463
#10,018
#10,885
#11,086
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See also

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