Elixir alternatives
As of 4 November 2026, 39 programming languages are named by companies instead of Elixir: 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.
- Elixir, companies in postings
- 214
- 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 Elixir
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 Elixir | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PythonPSF | 34,668 | 16200% | 248,462 | Elixir vs Python → | |
| 2 | JavaOracle | 15,900 | 7430% | 97,842 | Elixir vs Java → | |
| 3 | C#Microsoft | 11,531 | 5388% | 45,032 | Elixir vs C# → | |
| 4 | C++ISO C++ Committee | 9,805 | 4582% | 60,903 | Elixir vs C++ → | |
| 5 | PHPThe PHP Group | 7,302 | 3412% | 15,984 | Elixir vs PHP → | |
| 6 | GoGoogle | 7,047 | 3293% | 29,064 | Elixir vs Go → | |
| 7 | RR Foundation | 7,002 | 3272% | 22,786 | Elixir vs R → | |
| 8 | CISO C Committee | 4,350 | 2033% | 19,202 | Elixir vs C → | |
| 9 | KotlinJetBrains | 3,247 | 1517% | 10,155 | Elixir vs Kotlin → | |
| 10 | RustRust Foundation | 2,950 | 1379% | 11,599 | Elixir vs Rust → | |
| 11 | SwiftApple | 2,840 | 1327% | 8,346 | Elixir vs Swift → | |
| 12 | ScalaEPFL | 2,062 | 964% | 7,445 | Elixir vs Scala → | |
| 13 | RubyRuby Association | 1,922 | 898% | 6,272 | Elixir vs Ruby → | |
| 14 | PerlThe Perl Foundation | 1,808 | 845% | 9,475 | Elixir vs Perl → | |
| 15 | Salesforce ApexSalesforce | 1,733 | 810% | 5,354 | Elixir vs Salesforce Apex → | |
| 16 | ABAPSAP | 1,491 | 697% | 7,056 | Elixir vs ABAP → | |
| 17 | Visual BasicMicrosoft | 1,350 | 631% | 3,144 | Elixir vs Visual Basic → | |
| 18 | Apache GroovyApache Software Foundation | 1,011 | 472% | 2,540 | Elixir vs Apache Groovy → | |
| 19 | Objective-CApple | 878 | 410% | 1,614 | Elixir vs Objective-C → | |
| 20 | VB.NETMicrosoft | 838 | 392% | 1,542 | Elixir vs VB.NET → | |
| 21 | DartGoogle | 781 | 365% | 1,105 | Elixir vs Dart → | |
| 22 | COBOLCODASYL | 522 | 244% | 1,840 | Elixir vs COBOL → | |
| 23 | DelphiEmbarcadero | 429 | 200% | 1,366 | Elixir vs Delphi → | |
| 24 | FortranFortran Standards Committee | 324 | 151% | 1,090 | Elixir vs Fortran → | |
| 25 | LuaPUC-Rio | 275 | 129% | 668 | Elixir vs Lua → | |
| 26 | SolidityEthereum Foundation | 275 | 129% | 575 | Elixir vs Solidity → | |
| 27 | 272 | 127% | 742 | Elixir vs Assembly Language → | ||
| 28 | JuliaJulia Project | 254 | 119% | 565 | Elixir vs Julia → | |
| 29 | RPG (IBM i)IBM | 204 | 95% | 361 | Elixir vs RPG (IBM i) → | |
| 30 | AdaAda Core / ISO | 177 | 83% | 831 | Elixir vs Ada → | |
| 31 | AL (Business Central)Microsoft | 152 | 71% | 290 | Elixir vs AL (Business Central) → | |
| 32 | REXXIBM | 140 | 65% | 384 | Elixir vs REXX → | |
| 33 | X++Microsoft | 134 | 63% | 243 | Elixir vs X++ → | |
| 34 | HLSLMicrosoft | 109 | 51% | 197 | soon | |
| 35 | HaskellHaskell.org | 104 | 49% | 233 | soon | |
| 36 | ClojureClojure | 96 | 45% | 161 | soon | |
| 37 | 83 | 39% | 189 | soon | ||
| 38 | ErlangEricsson | 77 | 36% | 138 | soon | |
| 39 | F#Microsoft | 74 | 35% | 132 | soon |
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39 programming languages are named by companies instead of Elixir: 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/elixir/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.
Elixir alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Elixir?
Python: 34,668 companies name it in their own job postings, against 214 for Elixir.
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?
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