🆚 jQuery Autocomplete vs. Select2

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

JavaScript library
JavaScript library

About

jQuery Autocomplete allows you to easily create autocomplete/autosuggest boxes for text input fields.

Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results.

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #89
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #31

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Select2 JavaScript library is 8 times more popular than jQuery Autocomplete.
Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Select2 is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while jQuery Autocomplete is more popular in China.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Spain
Italy
Australia
Russia
India
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Select2 is more popular than jQuery Autocomplete in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Travel
Internet Services
Health
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
thisvid.com
#560
rule34video.com
#769
#1,663
#2,359
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Name
Rank
thisvid.com
#560
e***rt.club
#667
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