Kotlin vs Scala: 30 Metrics Comparison

Kotlin vs Scala

Kotlin

Kotlin is a Object-Oriented, Functional programming language first appeared in 2011, designed by JetBrains. Main use cases: Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android.

Scala

Scala is a Object-Oriented, Functional programming language first appeared in 2004, designed by Martin Odersky. Main use cases: Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android.

30 Metrics

Metric Kotlin Scala
GitHub Stars 57848 55399
Stack Overflow Tags 812870 668243
TIOBE Rank 33 49
RedMonk Rank 20 51
PYPL Rank 39 56
Average Salary (USD) 125921 108106
Job Postings 38742 32694
Benchmarks Score 0.98 0.77
Learning Curve Hard Hard
Community Size Large Large
Documentation Quality 8 9
Ecosystem Maturity 8 9
Industry Adoption 8 9
Type System Complexity 9 7
Concurrency Support 10 4
Performance - Execution Speed 10 6
Performance - Memory Usage 10 5
Performance - Startup Time 9 6
Tooling Quality 7 9
Package Manager Quality 9 9
IDE Support 8 9
Debugging Experience 8 9
GitHub Stars Rank 21 25
Stack Overflow Tags Rank 18 32
Average Salary Rank 17 41
Job Postings Rank 21 35
Benchmarks Rank 8 36
Learning Curve Score 2 4
Community Size Score 8 8
AHP Score 7.66 7.17

AHP Score

  • Kotlin: 7.66 (#22)
  • Scala: 7.17 (#30)
Kotlin          | ######## 7.66
Scala           | ####### 7.17

When to choose Kotlin

Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android. Kotlin is a Object-Oriented, Functional programming language first appeared in 2011, designed by JetBrains. Main use cases: Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android.

When to choose Scala

Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android. Scala is a Object-Oriented, Functional programming language first appeared in 2004, designed by Martin Odersky. Main use cases: Backend Services, Enterprise Applications, Android.

Hello World Example

Kotlin:

fun main(){ println("Hello, World!") }

Scala:

object Main extends App { println("Hello, World!") }

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