We performed a comparison between Microsoft .NET Framework and Zend PHP Engine based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."When it comes to the user interface, the context is better than other tools because it is easier to use."
"The tool offers a lot of support, and there is a lot of knowledge material available, along with a lot of community groups."
"When we talk about .NET development, we use Visual Studio IDE to create these things. In recent years, there have been a lot of improvements in Visual Studio 2022. It would be a daunting task to list all of the features that have benefited us, as it would require a lot of time and effort. However, there are definitely many improvements year after year in .NET development."
"I like that ASP.NET is used for the framework and the core web services."
"The Windows Communication Foundation is the biggest advantage we get from the .NET Framework."
"The most valuable features are the Domain Controller and the WBFS Manager."
"The .NET Framework is easier to use because it provides a wide range of libraries."
"Proven solution with valuable customization."
"The cache modules that Zend provides have been able to optimize and accelerate the loading of the pages when there was exponential growth in data volume and quantity of requests. At the same time, the monitoring console allowed us to have a real-time understanding of the resources and to make decisions when they were at the limit."
"Zend Engine gives the flexibility to use external modules to easily expand the functionalities you need for your web project."
"Offers a complete environment to develop PHP applications. It is valuable because it allows you to have a complete stack (PHP, MySQL, Zend Server) enabling the building of a development environment, and to deploy to the production system."
"We have not encountered issues with scalability as long as we effectively use caching to optimize performance of our web applications as well as a proper use of database connectivity."
"It offers good support for various types of classes, along with many open source libraries that we can readily utilize in our application development process. This gives us a lot of options when it comes to custom development solutions, without having to worry about licensing or other programming-related issues."
"Zend Engine is the core of PHP. It makes PHP fast, efficient, and basically, the language of choice for web applications."
"Zend PHP Engine is more secure than any other framework, and I usually prefer Zend PHP Engine for big applications."
"The Zend Framework provides an easy, open source way to produce coding based on the needs of our customers."
"The solution has difficulty integrating with other products. There are no such difficulties if you have the same platform, hardware, and operating system."
"The product is nearing its sunset, and we think that by 2028, we won't get support anymore"
"They should try to improve their Blazor WebAssembly."
"The solution is difficult to learn if someone is learning it for the first time."
"I would like to see a better response time from the technical support."
"The integration capability of the product with AI is an area with certain shortcomings, where improvements are required."
"The cloud features must be improved."
"The product’s reliability needs improvement."
"The process of installing and configuring the product is a bit complex and could be improved."
"Its object oriented programming language needs improvement."
"Although it offers a complete environment to develop and deploy PHP applications, it has some limitations. For example, when the volume of data increased exponentially, I had problems scaling the system."
"Zend PHP Engine needs to improve the loading time of its libraries and make it faster."
"The main area that Zend needs to improve is to support asynchronous programming tasks, which is facilitated in PHP 7, but not at the same degree as HHVM."
"The solution can be quicker."
"The biggest problem with PHP is you have to write lot of conditions or have to use a framework."
"A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it."
Microsoft .NET Framework is ranked 4th in Application Infrastructure with 47 reviews while Zend PHP Engine is ranked 12th in Application Infrastructure with 10 reviews. Microsoft .NET Framework is rated 8.4, while Zend PHP Engine is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft .NET Framework writes "Intuitive, easier to develop, maintain, and migrate from the old framework to newer versions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zend PHP Engine writes "The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature". Microsoft .NET Framework is most compared with IIS, Magic xpa Application Platform, Apache Web Server, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and Windows Process Activation Services, whereas Zend PHP Engine is most compared with Apache Web Server and NGINX Plus. See our Microsoft .NET Framework vs. Zend PHP Engine report.
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