ArcGIS API for JavaScript vs Mapbox GL JS
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
ArcGIS API for JavaScript · Mapbox GL JS · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
13
21
Open Page Rank 8+
91
197
Open Page Rank 7+
201
499
Open Page Rank 6+
308
836
Open Page Rank 5+
408
1,315
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
ArcGIS API for JavaScript · Mapbox GL JS · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
1,006
10,620
France
350
4,583
Germany
308
4,348
United Kingdom
383
3,879
India
409
2,887
Canada
388
2,778
Spain
263
2,840
Netherlands
278
2,554
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | ArcGIS API for JavaScript | Mapbox GL JS |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1.8 s | 2 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 600 ms | 800 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.
All ArcGIS API for JavaScript sites · All Mapbox GL JS sites