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As of 4 November 2026, 39 programming languages are named by companies instead of PHP: 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.
- PHP, companies in postings
- 7,302
- 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 PHP
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 PHP | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PythonPSF | 34,668 | 475% | 248,462 | PHP vs Python → | |
| 2 | JavaOracle | 15,900 | 218% | 97,842 | PHP vs Java → | |
| 3 | C#Microsoft | 11,531 | 158% | 45,032 | PHP vs C# → | |
| 4 | C++ISO C++ Committee | 9,805 | 134% | 60,903 | PHP vs C++ → | |
| 5 | GoGoogle | 7,047 | 97% | 29,064 | PHP vs Go → | |
| 6 | RR Foundation | 7,002 | 96% | 22,786 | PHP vs R → | |
| 7 | CISO C Committee | 4,350 | 60% | 19,202 | PHP vs C → | |
| 8 | KotlinJetBrains | 3,247 | 44% | 10,155 | PHP vs Kotlin → | |
| 9 | RustRust Foundation | 2,950 | 40% | 11,599 | PHP vs Rust → | |
| 10 | SwiftApple | 2,840 | 39% | 8,346 | PHP vs Swift → | |
| 11 | ScalaEPFL | 2,062 | 28% | 7,445 | PHP vs Scala → | |
| 12 | RubyRuby Association | 1,922 | 26% | 6,272 | PHP vs Ruby → | |
| 13 | PerlThe Perl Foundation | 1,808 | 25% | 9,475 | PHP vs Perl → | |
| 14 | Salesforce ApexSalesforce | 1,733 | 24% | 5,354 | PHP vs Salesforce Apex → | |
| 15 | ABAPSAP | 1,491 | 20% | 7,056 | PHP vs ABAP → | |
| 16 | Visual BasicMicrosoft | 1,350 | 18% | 3,144 | PHP vs Visual Basic → | |
| 17 | Apache GroovyApache Software Foundation | 1,011 | 14% | 2,540 | PHP vs Apache Groovy → | |
| 18 | Objective-CApple | 878 | 12% | 1,614 | PHP vs Objective-C → | |
| 19 | VB.NETMicrosoft | 838 | 11% | 1,542 | PHP vs VB.NET → | |
| 20 | DartGoogle | 781 | 11% | 1,105 | PHP vs Dart → | |
| 21 | COBOLCODASYL | 522 | 7% | 1,840 | PHP vs COBOL → | |
| 22 | DelphiEmbarcadero | 429 | 6% | 1,366 | PHP vs Delphi → | |
| 23 | FortranFortran Standards Committee | 324 | 4% | 1,090 | PHP vs Fortran → | |
| 24 | LuaPUC-Rio | 275 | 4% | 668 | PHP vs Lua → | |
| 25 | SolidityEthereum Foundation | 275 | 4% | 575 | PHP vs Solidity → | |
| 26 | 272 | 4% | 742 | PHP vs Assembly Language → | ||
| 27 | JuliaJulia Project | 254 | 3% | 565 | PHP vs Julia → | |
| 28 | ElixirElixir Core Team | 214 | 3% | 433 | PHP vs Elixir → | |
| 29 | RPG (IBM i)IBM | 204 | 3% | 361 | PHP vs RPG (IBM i) → | |
| 30 | AdaAda Core / ISO | 177 | 2% | 831 | PHP vs Ada → | |
| 31 | AL (Business Central)Microsoft | 152 | 2% | 290 | PHP vs AL (Business Central) → | |
| 32 | REXXIBM | 140 | 2% | 384 | PHP vs REXX → | |
| 33 | X++Microsoft | 134 | 2% | 243 | PHP vs X++ → | |
| 34 | HLSLMicrosoft | 109 | 1% | 197 | soon | |
| 35 | HaskellHaskell.org | 104 | 1% | 233 | soon | |
| 36 | ClojureClojure | 96 | 1% | 161 | soon | |
| 37 | 83 | 1% | 189 | soon | ||
| 38 | ErlangEricsson | 77 | 1% | 138 | soon | |
| 39 | F#Microsoft | 74 | 1% | 132 | soon |
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39 programming languages are named by companies instead of PHP: 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/php/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.
PHP alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to PHP?
Python: 34,668 companies name it in their own job postings, against 7,302 for PHP.
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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