🆚 Deflate vs. Gzip

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Compression technology
Compression technology

About

A lossless data compression algorithm that uses a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding.

Gzip is a file compression technology used to reduce file size and save bandwidth.

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Categories

Compression › Rank #3
Compression › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Gzip compression technology is 998 times more popular than Deflate.
Total websites

Market share

Compression

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Gzip is more popular than Deflate in all countries.
United States
Germany
China
France
United Kingdom
Russia
Japan
Netherlands
Italy
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Gzip is more popular than Deflate in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Health
Software/Hardware
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#12,209
#19,075
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