Perl alternatives
As of 4 November 2026, 39 programming languages are named by companies instead of Perl: 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.
- Perl, companies in postings
- 1,808
- 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 Perl
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 Perl | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PythonPSF | 34,668 | 1917% | 248,462 | Perl vs Python → | |
| 2 | JavaOracle | 15,900 | 879% | 97,842 | Perl vs Java → | |
| 3 | C#Microsoft | 11,531 | 638% | 45,032 | Perl vs C# → | |
| 4 | C++ISO C++ Committee | 9,805 | 542% | 60,903 | Perl vs C++ → | |
| 5 | PHPThe PHP Group | 7,302 | 404% | 15,984 | Perl vs PHP → | |
| 6 | GoGoogle | 7,047 | 390% | 29,064 | Perl vs Go → | |
| 7 | RR Foundation | 7,002 | 387% | 22,786 | Perl vs R → | |
| 8 | CISO C Committee | 4,350 | 241% | 19,202 | Perl vs C → | |
| 9 | KotlinJetBrains | 3,247 | 180% | 10,155 | Perl vs Kotlin → | |
| 10 | RustRust Foundation | 2,950 | 163% | 11,599 | Perl vs Rust → | |
| 11 | SwiftApple | 2,840 | 157% | 8,346 | Perl vs Swift → | |
| 12 | ScalaEPFL | 2,062 | 114% | 7,445 | Perl vs Scala → | |
| 13 | RubyRuby Association | 1,922 | 106% | 6,272 | Perl vs Ruby → | |
| 14 | Salesforce ApexSalesforce | 1,733 | 96% | 5,354 | Perl vs Salesforce Apex → | |
| 15 | ABAPSAP | 1,491 | 82% | 7,056 | Perl vs ABAP → | |
| 16 | Visual BasicMicrosoft | 1,350 | 75% | 3,144 | Perl vs Visual Basic → | |
| 17 | Apache GroovyApache Software Foundation | 1,011 | 56% | 2,540 | Perl vs Apache Groovy → | |
| 18 | Objective-CApple | 878 | 49% | 1,614 | Perl vs Objective-C → | |
| 19 | VB.NETMicrosoft | 838 | 46% | 1,542 | Perl vs VB.NET → | |
| 20 | DartGoogle | 781 | 43% | 1,105 | Perl vs Dart → | |
| 21 | COBOLCODASYL | 522 | 29% | 1,840 | Perl vs COBOL → | |
| 22 | DelphiEmbarcadero | 429 | 24% | 1,366 | Perl vs Delphi → | |
| 23 | FortranFortran Standards Committee | 324 | 18% | 1,090 | Perl vs Fortran → | |
| 24 | LuaPUC-Rio | 275 | 15% | 668 | Perl vs Lua → | |
| 25 | SolidityEthereum Foundation | 275 | 15% | 575 | Perl vs Solidity → | |
| 26 | 272 | 15% | 742 | Perl vs Assembly Language → | ||
| 27 | JuliaJulia Project | 254 | 14% | 565 | Perl vs Julia → | |
| 28 | ElixirElixir Core Team | 214 | 12% | 433 | Perl vs Elixir → | |
| 29 | RPG (IBM i)IBM | 204 | 11% | 361 | Perl vs RPG (IBM i) → | |
| 30 | AdaAda Core / ISO | 177 | 10% | 831 | Perl vs Ada → | |
| 31 | AL (Business Central)Microsoft | 152 | 8% | 290 | Perl vs AL (Business Central) → | |
| 32 | REXXIBM | 140 | 8% | 384 | Perl vs REXX → | |
| 33 | X++Microsoft | 134 | 7% | 243 | Perl vs X++ → | |
| 34 | HLSLMicrosoft | 109 | 6% | 197 | soon | |
| 35 | HaskellHaskell.org | 104 | 6% | 233 | soon | |
| 36 | ClojureClojure | 96 | 5% | 161 | soon | |
| 37 | 83 | 5% | 189 | soon | ||
| 38 | ErlangEricsson | 77 | 4% | 138 | soon | |
| 39 | F#Microsoft | 74 | 4% | 132 | soon |
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39 programming languages are named by companies instead of Perl: 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/perl/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.
Perl alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Perl?
Python: 34,668 companies name it in their own job postings, against 1,808 for Perl.
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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