G2 Vendor Directory

Express.js vs. Backbone.js

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricExpress.js

by Open Source Initiative (OSI)

Backbone.js

by DocumentCloud

Overall rating4.54.0
Review count13237
Ease of use9.08.4
Ease of setup9.29.0
Quality of support8.98.1
Meets requirements9.18.2
NPS70.54263625.714286
Small Business62.6%40.5%
Mid-Market25.2%27.0%
Enterprise12.2%32.4%
Total page views9935
Total LLM citations16818

Express.js

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js

Pros

  • Flexibility
  • Simple
  • Lightweight
  • Documentation
  • Product Quality
  • Community Support

Backbone.js

Backbone.js gives structure to web applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing API over a RESTful JSON interface.

Pros