We performed a comparison between IIS and Microsoft .NET Framework 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."Microsoft's technical support has always been very good."
"The product is easy to use."
"IIS is scalable."
"The solution is easy to use and connects with Microsoft."
"We use Windows Server only for Eggplant Manager."
"The most valuable feature of IIS is the database it provides."
"The solution is simple and very easy to manage compared to Linux."
"The initial setup of IIS is easy. The process takes only five minutes."
"In-built refactoring and .Net profilers are the most valuable features of the solution."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the Domain Controller and the WBFS Manager."
"The Windows Communication Foundation is the biggest advantage we get from the .NET Framework."
"The solution is easy to use if the user is a developer or some technical person."
"Microsoft .NET Framework reduces the cost of entry and enables the development of applications with mature and enterprise features, thereby lowering the entry barriers."
"The .NET Framework simplified operations dealing with the allocation and deallocation of memory spaces and the additional processing resources."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft .NET Framework is debugging."
"The tool needs to improve its performance."
"The level of technical support the solution offers could be improved."
"Having no support for other than a Microsoft environment and programming languages limits the usage of IIS in many cases."
"IIS needs to improve its security. Its support needs to be faster and clear. The tool's licensing could be cheaper as well."
"The graphical user interface has room for improvement and can be more user-friendly."
"The cost is a bit too high."
"We'd like future versions to be more stable."
"Sometimes if you are using IIS in large-scale scenarios, meaning that if you are deploying an application within IIS service and you are expecting a large number of users to use this application, you can sometimes find some problems, meaning that the service can shut down by itself unexpectedly if you don't configure your IIS with the correct configuration that can handle this number of users."
"The solution has difficulty integrating with other products. There are no such difficulties if you have the same platform, hardware, and operating system."
"Difficult to scale this product for large organizations."
"One thing that could be improved is the tooling and IDE for .NET in non-Windows environments like Mac."
"The integration capability of the product with AI is an area with certain shortcomings, where improvements are required."
"I would like to see more pre-built features in the MVC framework because as it is now, it's very open and you have to develop your own controls in order to use it."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The product's price is an area of concern, making it an area where improvements are required."
"This solution should include Power BI so that we don't have to use any third-party tools."
IIS is ranked 1st in Application Infrastructure with 53 reviews while Microsoft .NET Framework is ranked 4th in Application Infrastructure with 47 reviews. IIS is rated 8.0, while Microsoft .NET Framework is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IIS writes " A simple and easy-to-use solution but not recommended for public apps". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft .NET Framework writes "Intuitive, easier to develop, maintain, and migrate from the old framework to newer versions". IIS is most compared with NGINX Plus, Apache Web Server, Oracle WebLogic Server, Tomcat and IBM WebSphere Application Server, whereas Microsoft .NET Framework is most compared with Magic xpa Application Platform, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Apache Web Server, Windows Process Activation Services and WebLogic Suite. See our IIS vs. Microsoft .NET Framework report.
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