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."The solution's technical support is very good...The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The solution is easy to use."
"A great solution for creating program solutions in a framework for Microsoft Windows quickly and easily."
"The most valuable features for us are web frameworks like MVC, Web API, and WCS."
"Initial setup is straightforward. All the components are readily available."
"Proven solution with valuable customization."
"The .NET Framework is easier to use because it provides a wide range of libraries."
"The addition of generics to handle common functionality across types, and the more recent upgrade of the dataset to the Entity Framework, has cut development time drastically, while increasing quality and confidence between builds."
"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 gives the flexibility to use external modules to easily expand the functionalities you need for your web project."
"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."
"Faster web app implementation, when PHP dev is required by customers."
"This solution is really easy for me to use."
"Zend Engine is the core of PHP. It makes PHP fast, efficient, and basically, the language of choice for web applications."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"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."
"If Microsoft would provide a monthly subscription at a cost that a developer can afford then it would be really helpful."
"Lacking in auto-scaling."
"They could enhance support for Python within Visual Studio, as integrating Microsoft products with other frameworks can present a steep learning curve."
"One thing that could be improved is the tooling and IDE for .NET in non-Windows environments like Mac."
"They should try to improve their Blazor WebAssembly."
"This solution is best used with some training."
"The .NET open source community could be larger."
"The product’s reliability needs improvement."
"The process of installing and configuring the product is a bit complex and could be improved."
"A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it."
"Zend PHP Engine needs to improve the loading time of its libraries and make it faster."
"Integration of MVC with ORM tools for PHP is okay, but lacking a short list of decent ORM tools for PHP to choose from; there is ample room for improvement in both areas."
"Its object oriented programming language needs improvement."
"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."
"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."
"SQL queries have always been an issue with PHP, especially if you use large tables, which require caution from the side of the developer."
Microsoft .NET Framework is ranked 4th in Application Infrastructure with 44 reviews while Zend PHP Engine is ranked 15th 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 "A very reliable and near-universal framework for app development". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zend PHP Engine writes "An affordable and secure framework solution that can be used for big applications". 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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