🆚 CORS vs. CSP

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Networking technology
Networking technology

About

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is an HTTP header-based mechanism used to safely bypass same-origin policy and allow requests to other domains.

The Content-Security-Policy HTTP response header and meta tag are used to control what resources a given page can load.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Categories

Networking › Rank #9
Networking › Rank #6

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

CSP networking technology is 4 times more popular than CORS.
Total websites

Market share

Networking

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

CSP is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while CORS is more popular in Samoa, Saint Helena, and Palau.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
India
France
Netherlands
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

CSP is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while CORS is more commonly used on sports, technical information, and forum, bulletin boards sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Software/Hardware
Health
General News
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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