🆚 JS Cookie vs. Polyfill

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Polyfill is slightly more popular than JS Cookie.
🌎 Polyfill is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain.
🌍 JS Cookie is more popular in Vietnam, Iran, and Turkey.

🍪 JS Cookie

Polyfill

Type

JavaScript library

About

A simple, lightweight JavaScript library for handling browser cookies.

Polyfill.io is an open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them.

After a supply chain attack in 2024 involving its cdn.polyfill.io domain, the service was discontinued and is now safely mirrored and maintained by Cloudflare under independent management.

Headquarters

Germany

Website

GitHub #13

cdnjs.cloudflare.com/polyfill

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Polyfill JavaScript library is 1.5 times more popular than JS Cookie.

Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Polyfill is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain, while JS Cookie is more popular in Vietnam, Iran, and Turkey.

United States

United Kingdom

Spain

Germany

Italy

Australia

Japan

France

Russia

Netherlands

Awards

🥉 Third most popular in Iran in the JavaScript Libraries category.
🥉 Third most popular in Afghanistan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
🥉 Third most popular in El Salvador in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Vietnam in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Hungary in the JavaScript Libraries category.

🥈 Second most popular in Russia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
🥈 Second most popular in Belarus in the JavaScript Libraries category.
🥈 Second most popular in Jamaica in the JavaScript Libraries category.
🥈 Second most popular in Curacao in the JavaScript Libraries category.
🥈 Second most popular in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the JavaScript Libraries category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Polyfill is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki, while JS Cookie is more commonly used on online shopping, real estate, and recreation and hobbies sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Travel

Entertainment

Health

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO