G2 Vendor Directory

Backbone.js

by DocumentCloud

37

Reviews

4.0

Star rating

#20

Rank in JavaScript Web Frameworks

Pros and cons

Pros

    Cons

      Traffic & LLM citations

      Monthly G2.com page views and citations by AI answer engines for Backbone.js.

      Page views and citations · Backbone.js

      Source: G2 review data

      Winning from

      Based on reviewers who said they switched from another product.

      1

      ember.js

      1 switched
      2

      Bootstrap

      1 switched
      3

      Underscore.Js

      1 switched

      Losing to

      Based on reviewers of other products who said they switched from Backbone.js.

      1

      Angular

      2 switched
      2

      Ext JS

      1 switched
      3

      Vue.js

      1 switched

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      Small Business

      1

      Adoption by company size

      SegmentShare of reviews
      Small Business40.5%
      Mid-Market27.0%
      Enterprise32.4%

      Quarterly history

      QuarterReviewsStar rating

      Satisfaction ratings

      Ease of Use8.4
      Ease of Setup9.0
      Quality of Support8.1
      Meets Requirements8.2

      What reviewers say

      An excellent MVC framework for frontend development

      3.5

      “- Modularity - Backbone.js has a modular approach to code and makes it easy to manage different parts of the application independently, leading to cleaner and more maintainable code. - Backbone.js does not impose rigid structure on your code and this is valuable at times -”

      Software Engineer

      Beautifully designed

      5.0

      “It is simple, well documented, making writing Javascript less error-prone and more enjoyable.”

      System Administrator

      Review on Backbone.js

      2.5

      “Backbone.js provides a structure for organizing the code, Flexibility to customize”

      Technology Lead