Likelihood to Recommend Well suited: for interfaces between machines data and applications. Made as a service. For web applications in factories where you don't have access to thick clients due to the environment. not well suited: quick measurements and fast data transitions between different applications. When time dependency is needed, then you better can choose other solutions.
Read full review I would say you can use Zend with any project of any size but in a personal experience I would recommend it more for small or medium sized projects. Since the code you will be writing with Zend has more verbosity than the one you can write with other frameworks, that might be a problem to maintain larger projects.
Read full review Pros It has a great documentation so new or experienced, you appreciate quick access to quality information It’s very fast, uses less memory than initially expected that has decreased our costs after moving from python It speaks the language of the design patterns really well, so our backend apps are written fast together and connect to frontend systems flawlessly Read full review Excellent interface for databases. I trust that no bad data will accidentally be injected causing the databases to become corrupt or drop. The routing is really great. We have a lot of custom routing and it makes it very easy to add or adjust routes and ensure they're getting where they need to go. Zend provides so much flexibility in the controllers for dealing with the view. It's so easy to customize the view to render just how you want it. Especially when dealing with a request that may or may not be ajax. Read full review Cons Net is just like plug and play, we have to focus on a logic of code rest part can be handled by ASP. Net framework. It's a best for only web development. One downside with ASP.NET is its reliance on the .NET framework. Read full review Zend Framework 2 is overly complex for small projects. Zend Framework 2 documentation sometimes overlooks small details, which means you will need to delve into the code directly. Zend Framework 2 bug fixes on GitHub usually take quite a long time to get patched. Read full review Likelihood to Renew It is the backbone of all our products
Erik Zanker Visualization Technologies Lead (Software Engineer)
Read full review I absolutely love Zend Framework. However we are using Zend Framework 1 and when we get to the point that we need to go Zend Framework 2 (for PHP namespacing) I may explore other frameworks. When we chose Zend it was the best option for us. I'd like to see if maybe there's a better fit that doesn't have the same complicated overhead of Zend Framework
Read full review Usability Zend is very usable once you learn how to use it. I've had moments where I thought what I want to do isn't possible but I've learned I haven't looked in the correct place yet. Zend is a Catch-22. It's very usable once you know how to use it. But I strongly feel it's worth learning
Read full review Support Rating Very good, depending on the requirement and budget.
Read full review Zend Framework has the best (paid) support and ecosystem I've ever seen in a PHP framework. The company has developed many products, including Zend Server, Zend Debugger, and an Eclipse-based IDE that extends the framework to create an entire development platform that can improve developer productivity and software quality while maintaining the clean architecture that characterizes the framework.
Read full review Alternatives Considered We choose ASP.NET because our core business is working with the SAP HANA database using
SAP Business One . We can develop state-of-the-art applications with Razor and Visual Studio 2022 fast and with excellent application performance response. Working SAP Hana with JAVA could be more challenging because it has fewer developers communities, and it could be harder to find a solution for a question.
Read full review While Zend Framework is similar to Laravel and
Symfony , and seemingly more popular among businesses, I feel like it is harder to use compared to these two. Laravel and
Symfony seem more friendly to the developer in terms of documentation and ease of use, though Zend Framework isn't too far behind and can be more powerful.
Read full review Return on Investment We realized positive returns due to interns and new employees already having experience due to the free academic versions available. Being able to evaluate the express version prior to purchase was helpful. Performance is adequate, but not as responsive as C++. I guess the trade-off is ease of use and being able to find qualified personnel. Read full review Overall, Zend PHP Engine has had a positive return on our business objective of creating a medium sized web-application, debugging the application to assess problems before they occur, and to create dynamic API calls via our backend custom software. Read full review ScreenShots