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 is easy to use."
"The .NET Framework is a very good framework. It does what I need it to do."
"The .NET Framework simplified operations dealing with the allocation and deallocation of memory spaces and the additional processing resources."
"Microsoft .NET Framework reduces the cost of entry and enables the development of applications with mature and enterprise features, thereby lowering the entry barriers."
"Basically, .NET is simply is the easiest programming language to use, based on my experience."
"In-built refactoring and .Net profilers are the most valuable features of the solution."
"User-friendly and straightforward."
"Microsoft .NET Framework’s most valuable features are web application development, RESTful services development, security, performance, and less memory footprint."
"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."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"Faster web app implementation, when PHP dev is required by customers."
"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."
"Zend Engine is the core of PHP. It makes PHP fast, efficient, and basically, the language of choice for web applications."
"The Zend Framework provides an easy, open source way to produce coding based on the needs of our customers."
"Zend PHP Engine is more secure than any other framework, and I usually prefer Zend PHP Engine for big applications."
"Microsoft has its own product called Blazor, but I don't think it's quite as powerful yet as React or Angular. That's an area for improvement."
"Microsoft .NET Framework has a steep learning curve, which could be improved."
"They could enhance support for Python within Visual Studio, as integrating Microsoft products with other frameworks can present a steep learning curve."
"It would be nice if the framework were able to work with additional environments and systems like Linux."
"The solution is difficult to learn if someone is learning it for the first time."
"There are performance constraints when multiple users are accessing the application and that consumes CPU resources."
"I would like to see a better response time from the technical support."
"You need to have the technical expertise to use this product."
"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."
"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."
"The solution can be quicker."
"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."
"The biggest problem with PHP is you have to write lot of conditions or have to use a framework."
"Its object oriented programming language needs improvement."
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, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Apache Web Server 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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