🆚 Express vs. Lift

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Backend framework
Backend framework

About

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.

Lift is a secure and modular web framework written in Scala. It offers built-in resistance to many OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, a "View First" development approach, and high concurrency support via Scala actors.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Backend Frameworks › Rank #6
Backend Frameworks › Rank #58

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Express backend framework is 1,190 times more popular than Lift.
Total websites

Market share

Backend Frameworks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Express is more popular than Lift in all countries.
United States
Germany
Russia
Brazil
India
United Kingdom
France
China
Netherlands
Taiwan

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Express is more popular than Lift in all market segments.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
General News
Education/Reference
Travel
Fashion/Beauty

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#12
dmm.co.jp
#149
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Name
Rank
#112,333
#561,570
#676,930
#710,128
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