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 product has a good interface and easy-to-use programming language."
"Basically, .NET is simply is the easiest programming language to use, based on my experience."
"A great solution for creating program solutions in a framework for Microsoft Windows quickly and easily."
"Pre-programmed functions for .NET Framework are widely available."
"If we take low code, no code platform such as RPA platforms, you might end up writing 100 lines of code and you might do it in a single line of code using. NET."
"The most valuable feature is the financial accounting."
"Proven solution with valuable customization."
"Microsoft Platform is the only viable solution when I wish to do something that is not supposed to be cross-platform."
"Zend Engine is the core of PHP. It makes PHP fast, efficient, and basically, the language of choice for web applications."
"Scaling up is an important factor for large projects, and with PHP 7 and its performance improvements, this becomes even easier."
"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."
"Zend PHP Engine is more secure than any other framework, and I usually prefer Zend PHP Engine for big applications."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the speed at which it compiles and sends the dynamic cache."
"Zend Engine gives the flexibility to use external modules to easily expand the functionalities you need for your web project."
"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."
"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."
"The cloud features must be improved."
"Lacking in auto-scaling."
"Needs stronger security with respect to cloud issues."
"The solution could improve by optimizing the memory for better performance."
"If Microsoft would provide a monthly subscription at a cost that a developer can afford then it would be really helpful."
"I would like to see a better response time from the technical support."
"You need to have the technical expertise to use this product."
"They should have more training materials available that are specific to .NET. We spend a lot of money training our engineers."
"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 biggest problem with PHP is you have to write lot of conditions or have to use a framework."
"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."
"Its object oriented programming language needs improvement."
"In terms of improvement, it doesn't support concurrent processing. When we want to process anything on a concurrent basis, we have to divide it into a number of things, like a queue, or we have to run it using Cron jobs. We would like to have the capability to run any thread or process in parallel."
"The process of installing and configuring the product is a bit complex and could be improved."
"Zend PHP Engine needs to improve the loading time of its libraries and make it faster."
"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 26 reviews while Zend PHP Engine is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 4 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 software development framework for building and running applications on Windows". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zend PHP Engine writes "An open-source solution, that is stable and compiles and sends the dynamic cache quickly". 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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