Delphi alternatives
As of 4 November 2026, 39 programming languages are named by companies instead of Delphi: Python by 34,668 companies, Java by 15,900, C# by 11,531.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Delphi, companies in postings
- 429
- Most used alternative
- Python · 34,668
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- Python
- Alternatives ranked
- 39
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
Programming languages companies choose instead of Delphi
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Delphi | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PythonPSF | 34,668 | 8081% | 248,462 | Delphi vs Python → | |
| 2 | JavaOracle | 15,900 | 3706% | 97,842 | Delphi vs Java → | |
| 3 | C#Microsoft | 11,531 | 2688% | 45,032 | Delphi vs C# → | |
| 4 | C++ISO C++ Committee | 9,805 | 2286% | 60,903 | Delphi vs C++ → | |
| 5 | PHPThe PHP Group | 7,302 | 1702% | 15,984 | Delphi vs PHP → | |
| 6 | GoGoogle | 7,047 | 1643% | 29,064 | Delphi vs Go → | |
| 7 | RR Foundation | 7,002 | 1632% | 22,786 | Delphi vs R → | |
| 8 | CISO C Committee | 4,350 | 1014% | 19,202 | Delphi vs C → | |
| 9 | KotlinJetBrains | 3,247 | 757% | 10,155 | Delphi vs Kotlin → | |
| 10 | RustRust Foundation | 2,950 | 688% | 11,599 | Delphi vs Rust → | |
| 11 | SwiftApple | 2,840 | 662% | 8,346 | Delphi vs Swift → | |
| 12 | ScalaEPFL | 2,062 | 481% | 7,445 | Delphi vs Scala → | |
| 13 | RubyRuby Association | 1,922 | 448% | 6,272 | Delphi vs Ruby → | |
| 14 | PerlThe Perl Foundation | 1,808 | 421% | 9,475 | Delphi vs Perl → | |
| 15 | Salesforce ApexSalesforce | 1,733 | 404% | 5,354 | Delphi vs Salesforce Apex → | |
| 16 | ABAPSAP | 1,491 | 348% | 7,056 | Delphi vs ABAP → | |
| 17 | Visual BasicMicrosoft | 1,350 | 315% | 3,144 | Delphi vs Visual Basic → | |
| 18 | Apache GroovyApache Software Foundation | 1,011 | 236% | 2,540 | Delphi vs Apache Groovy → | |
| 19 | Objective-CApple | 878 | 205% | 1,614 | Delphi vs Objective-C → | |
| 20 | VB.NETMicrosoft | 838 | 195% | 1,542 | Delphi vs VB.NET → | |
| 21 | DartGoogle | 781 | 182% | 1,105 | Delphi vs Dart → | |
| 22 | COBOLCODASYL | 522 | 122% | 1,840 | Delphi vs COBOL → | |
| 23 | FortranFortran Standards Committee | 324 | 76% | 1,090 | Delphi vs Fortran → | |
| 24 | LuaPUC-Rio | 275 | 64% | 668 | Delphi vs Lua → | |
| 25 | SolidityEthereum Foundation | 275 | 64% | 575 | Delphi vs Solidity → | |
| 26 | 272 | 63% | 742 | Delphi vs Assembly Language → | ||
| 27 | JuliaJulia Project | 254 | 59% | 565 | Delphi vs Julia → | |
| 28 | ElixirElixir Core Team | 214 | 50% | 433 | Delphi vs Elixir → | |
| 29 | RPG (IBM i)IBM | 204 | 48% | 361 | Delphi vs RPG (IBM i) → | |
| 30 | AdaAda Core / ISO | 177 | 41% | 831 | Delphi vs Ada → | |
| 31 | AL (Business Central)Microsoft | 152 | 35% | 290 | Delphi vs AL (Business Central) → | |
| 32 | REXXIBM | 140 | 33% | 384 | Delphi vs REXX → | |
| 33 | X++Microsoft | 134 | 31% | 243 | Delphi vs X++ → | |
| 34 | HLSLMicrosoft | 109 | 25% | 197 | soon | |
| 35 | HaskellHaskell.org | 104 | 24% | 233 | soon | |
| 36 | ClojureClojure | 96 | 22% | 161 | soon | |
| 37 | 83 | 19% | 189 | soon | ||
| 38 | ErlangEricsson | 77 | 18% | 138 | soon | |
| 39 | F#Microsoft | 74 | 17% | 132 | soon |
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39 programming languages are named by companies instead of Delphi: Python by 34,668 companies, Java by 15,900, C# by 11,531, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/delphi/alternatives)
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- RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
- 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
- Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
Delphi alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Delphi?
Python: 34,668 companies name it in their own job postings, against 429 for Delphi.
How is this list ranked?
By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.
Does this say which is better?
No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.
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