🆚 ASP.NET vs. CodeIgniter

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

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.

CodeIgniter is an open-source PHP full-stack web framework with small footprint, high performance, and minimal configuration setup.

It includes MVC support, clean URL routing, CSRF and XSS protection, helper libraries for database access, email, sessions, file uploading, and extensive documentation.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Backend Frameworks › Rank #1
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Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The ASP.NET backend framework is 12 times more popular than CodeIgniter.
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 CodeIgniter is more popular in Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Moldova.
United States
China
United Kingdom
Italy
India
Turkey
Netherlands
Canada
Germany
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

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

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
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Name
Rank
toomics.com
#2,897
javmost.com
#4,058
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See also

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