--- title: Backbone.js Reviews meta\_title: 'Backbone.js Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 37 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Backbone.js works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.0 review\_count: 37 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Web Frameworks url: https://www.g2.com/categories/web-frameworks --- # Backbone.js Reviews & Product Details Backbone.js gives structure to web applications by providing models with key-value binding and custom events, collections with a rich API of enumerable functions, views with declarative event handling, and connects it all to your existing API over a RESTful JSON interface. * * * Seller [DocumentCloud](https://www.g2.com/sellers/documentcloud) Discussions [Backbone.js Community](https://www.g2.com/products/backbone-js/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/backbone-js/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Express.js](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Express.js") Express.js 4.5/5(132) ](https://www.g2.com/products/express-js/reviews) [ ![Essential Studio](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Essential Studio") Essential Studio 4.5/5(797) ](https://www.g2.com/products/essential-studio/reviews) [ ![Progress Kendo UI](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Progress Kendo UI") Progress Kendo UI 4.4/5(257) ](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-kendo-ui/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/backbone-js/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 37 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Michael O.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Michael O.") MO Michael O. System Administrator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/11/2023 "Beautifully designed" 5/5 What do you like best about Backbone.js? It is simple, well documented, making writing Javascript less error-prone and more enjoyable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Backbone.js? I have been using this for over a decade and have zero complaints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Backbone.js solving and how is that benefiting you? It makes writing Javascript in an object-oriented style much easier. Despite coming out before it, it does a better job than the facilities in ES6. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Parth S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Parth S.") PS Parth S. SDE Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/30/2022 "best javascript MVC framework" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Backbone.js? its very light weight compared to its alternative like react. it's MVC formulation makes it best for enterprise level webapps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Backbone.js? as it is not much popular as react, angular. therefore its third party libraries and plugins support is very limited Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Backbone.js solving and how is that benefiting you? creating MVC structured heavy workload web applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Building Materials](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Building Materials") IB Verified User in Building Materials Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/22/2021 "3 years" 5/5 What do you like best about Backbone.js? Its library provides good organization and structuring for designing the application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Backbone.js? Nothing much I felt it good using it I reffer to use so Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Backbone.js solving and how is that benefiting you? Api creation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AN Alex N. front end consultant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/7/2019 "working with backbone.js" 5/5 What do you like best about Backbone.js? backbone is a new framework that is based on / from the JavaScript framework family hence making it a strong contender ,backbone.js framework prompts you to abstract your data into models and your document object model into views and bind both together into an event Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Backbone.js? although backbonejs is an amazing framework, i wish code was written using normal vanillaJs but this frame work leverages coffee script which slows you down if you are a novice programmer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Backbone.js: am recommending this framework because it has the smallest life cycle of project development,backbone.js is also a light java script library that enables one to develop or build back-end application to be run in the browser application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Backbone.js solving and how is that benefiting you? backbone.js is beneficial because it operates/blends with the j query, backbone.js is also a cross-section framework which runs on different platforms that means t can run on different devices such as mobile devices and many others aroundwhy the globe, also the backlbone.js framework helps in building your javascript code into an mvc(model,view,controller) design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![ren y.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ren y.") RY ren y. Software Engineer III Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/24/2016 "As a frontend engineer, I using backbone to build our company's product." 5/5 What do you like best about Backbone.js? The MVC architecture, disposed many callback functions that used in jquery. As a has many years java web engineer, the MVC is more friendly for me. Compared with other MVC framework, such as Angular, MVC is easier for beginners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Backbone.js? 1. Need to integrate with other lib, such as MarionetteJS, validation to implement other functions. 2. Single bindings. In view, we have to write many sample templates to control dom. 3. Need pay more attention on memory leak. 4. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Backbone.js: 1. There are many docs for your reference, you can learn it and compare with other libs via TODOS sample. It's extensible and reliable for your frontend code. 2. Ten thousands of clients are accessing our website everyday. The backbone provided them smoothly experience. Nearly no delay on our UI. 3. It contains model, view, collection and route, those core components can help you design your MV\* style. 4. Support RESTful interface, so model can bind backend api easily. 5. Provided template support, you can use Handlebar to replace the default template. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Backbone.js solving and how is that benefiting you? Improved our frontend code organization. Absolutely refactor the old architecture. Now we can easily debug fontend code via Chrome cosole. Now, we divided the frontend and backend completly. Backend is using webserivce and exposed API interface. Defined the routes before starting to work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/1/2016 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Semiconductors](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Semiconductors") US Verified User in Semiconductors Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/9/2016 "Simple and unopinionated framework" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Backbone.js? Backbone.js doesn't force you to do things "their way," like many other popular frameworks do. It allows the developer to abstract out extensible models and views from data, while retaining the flexibility of a small framework. The source code is easily accessible and commented in a human-friendly manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Backbone.js? Being a small framework, it is often necessary to write boilerplate code that other frameworks may not require. It also may require more libraries to be included in your project to achieve a desired functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Backbone.js: Read the entire source code on GitHub. It's a relatively short read, the comments are easily parsed, and the insight into the framework you'll get is invaluable. Even after years of using Backbone.js, I go back regularly to read some snippet of the source code, and I'm always reminded how well it is documented. The external documentation site is also well written and full of examples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Backbone.js solving and how is that benefiting you? In any project, we have to work about trying to manage data without developing spaghetti code. Backbone.js lets you do just that, while still allowing other developers to wrap their head around the code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") UH Verified User in Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/26/2016 "Unsure at first, the perfect solution in the end." 5/5 What do you like best about Backbone.js? The flexibility. I researched several frameworks for our current web application. Each has its pros and cons. We needed to have a lot of control and customization for our project and I didn't want to bloat our project with unnecessary tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Backbone.js? There is a bit of a learning curve and you must have good knowledge of Javascript, HTML, CSS, etc. but you can pick and choose which tools to utilize. I've seen many developers only know Angular or Ember or a specific framework to implement cookie cutter solutions, which may seem like a good thing, but in the long run you want a developer that understand Javascript at a high level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Backbone.js: It's easy to jump on the Angular bandwagon. Consider what your project needs first and then find a solution. Also, there are lots and lots of developers for other frameworks but not as many for Backbone.js Learning Backbone.js will help you stand out and give you the edge. Also, developers understand that if you can implement backbone - you know your stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Backbone.js solving and how is that benefiting you? Other frameworks had awesome out of the box solutions, but not all the solutions we needed. Instead of trying to fight with a framework, we embraced the best of Backbone.JS and we believe it was the right decision. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Chitrank D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Chitrank D.") CD Chitrank D. Senior Backend Developer Apparel & Fashion Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/25/2016 "Best Lightweight JS Library with decent community" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Backbone.js? Backbone.js has very nicely written documentation. It is very wide , so do not try to learn it fast, give it a time and you will learn the needful. Backbone.js uses the Model View Presenter in Javascript and and if you are aware of the javascript design pattern then the code is very easy to learn and implement . It is very lightweight library and provides you all the resource you need to build your single page application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Backbone.js? Documentation can be made a little better adding more readability in it and more sample apps just like AngularJS documentation gives. In backbone views manipulate the DOM directly therefore it is very hard to test. Backbone also lacks two way binding so If need to implement two way binding it won't fit you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Backbone.js: I would recommend to think initially before implementing it in you project that it is meeting your requirements or not. Sometimes you need more features and new design resources, for that backbone lacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Backbone.js solving and how is that benefiting you? I have made a Todo List from (todomvc), an IVR system using Backbone.js and Django. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Michael H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Michael H.") MH Michael H. Software Engineer Semiconductors Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/24/2016 "Great minimalist framework" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Backbone.js? Backbone makes things simple. It's a minimalist framework that lets you make a lot of the decisions about how you want to structure your application. The overall source code is hovering around 1600 lines. This means that you can sit down and read through the entire source in under a day, which is not something that can be said about a lot of the other popular frameworks. The documentation follows this minimalist style and makes it really easy to figure out what functions are available and simple examples on how to use them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Backbone.js? Backbone's minimalism is a double-edged sword. Looking through examples on the web you'll sometimes run into 10 different ways of doing something. This sometimes makes it a bit difficult to figure out if there are one or two best known practices or whether one will take you down a path of headaches later on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Backbone.js solving and how is that benefiting you? On personal projects I have created many SPA applications using Backbone. At work we're using it to develop a cross-platform development tool that is nearing 300K lines of code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rolland István O.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rolland István O.") RO Rolland István O. UI Developer Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/24/2016 "Front-end/ UI developer." 5/5 What do you like best about Backbone.js? Powerful ans simple API for JSON data manipulation via for Model and Collection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Backbone.js? I didn't find anything yet what would dislike me:) I like this library. But we have to take special attention for common problems and apply the best solution. In many cases MarionetteJS is used in parallel to solve these common issues and also it extends the library with new cool features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Backbone.js: BackobneJS is a great library. It requires small amount of time to understand but it needs more time to use it in the right way. Best is to use with a library like MarionetteJS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Backbone.js solving and how is that benefiting you? Usually to crate simple building blocks which are represented by some data and displayed in the UI. The biggest benefit is to completely decouple these modules. 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