framework comparison
React vs React Native
Both are credible choices. The decision comes down to which property your workload actually depends on, and neither vendor pays us to say otherwise.
- React
- Open source
- React Native
- Open source
- Category
- framework
Side by side
React
The component library behind most modern web interfaces.
- Strongest at
- the largest ecosystem and the deepest hiring pool
- Trade-off
- unopinionated enough that architecture discipline has to come from the team
- Vendor
- Open source
React Native
Cross-platform mobile from a single TypeScript codebase.
- Strongest at
- shared code with your web application and one team for both platforms
- Trade-off
- heavy native functionality still needs platform-specific work
- Vendor
- Open source
How we would actually choose
Choose React when the largest ecosystem and the deepest hiring pool is the property your workload depends on, and accept that unopinionated enough that architecture discipline has to come from the team.
Choose React Native when shared code with your web application and one team for both platforms matters more, accepting that heavy native functionality still needs platform-specific work.
In practice most production systems we build use both, routed by task. Standardising on one option for tidiness usually costs more than the tidiness is worth.
Orqent Labs holds no reseller commission on React or React Native. We benchmark both on your workload and report what the numbers say.
Questions
React or React Native, which should we use?
Pick React when the largest ecosystem and the deepest hiring pool is what your workload depends on. Pick React Native when shared code with your web application and one team for both platforms matters more. Most production systems we build end up using both for different tasks rather than standardising on one.
What is the catch with React?
Unopinionated enough that architecture discipline has to come from the team.
What is the catch with React Native?
Heavy native functionality still needs platform-specific work.
Do you have a preference?
Not a fixed one, and we hold no reseller commission on either. We benchmark both on your actual workload and recommend from the result, which occasionally means recommending neither.
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Still deciding between React and React Native?
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