What ASP.NET Zero does

ASP.NET Zero is a commercial .NET web application framework developed and sold by Volosoft Bilişim Anonim Şirketi, a Turkish software company headquartered in Istanbul and operating since 2013. The product delivers a Visual Studio solution with full source code and over 100 pre-built enterprise features, including multi-tenancy, authentication and authorization (LDAP/AD, ADFS, OpenId Connect, social logins, two-factor), subscription and payment management (Stripe, PayPal), audit logging, audit infrastructure, SignalR real-time notifications, and localization. It offers three UI options — Angular (with PrimeNG and Metronic theme), React (with TypeScript, Vite, and Ant Design 5, launched January 2026), and MVC/jQuery — alongside Power Tools for automated code generation and a MAUI mobile application extension.

The company monetizes through one-time perpetual software licenses in three tiers: Regular at $2,399 (1 product, 3 developers, 15 support incidents), Enterprise at $3,999 (3 products, 10 developers, 50 incidents), and Ultimate at $7,999 (6 products, 20 developers, unlimited private ticket support). All tiers include one year of upgrades, premium forum support, full source code, and a Metronic theme license, with renewal available at 50% of the original price and upgrades to higher tiers within the first 3 months. Additional revenue comes from official training programs (two 6-hour packages for teams up to 8 developers) and custom development partnerships. Distribution is digital-direct via aspnetzero.com with Iyzico and 2Checkout payment processing, supplemented by a global reseller network.

The customer base spans 120+ countries and is claimed to include 10,000+ companies and 50,000+ developers across enterprise development teams, startups and ISVs, AI-assisted development teams, and government organizations. Named customers include Chocolatey, Zwapgrid, Workiom, Softwareuno, City of Portland, CitiXsys, and Microsoft, NASA, Comcast, AT&T, Rolls Royce, PwC, and UiPath among the logos displayed. The company is privately held by its founding team, with no institutional funding or external investment disclosed in the available material.

Name

ASP.NET Zero

Legal name

Volosoft Bilişim Anonim Şirketi

Website

https://aspnetzero.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ASP.NET Zero, a Turkish commercial .NET web application framework by Volosoft since 2013, sells tiered perpetual licenses with full source code, multi-tenancy, and authentication to enterprise development teams and startups across 120+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Application Development Framework

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Low-Code/No-Code Application Platforms (HDAEAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Low-Code/No-Code Application Development & Modernization (BPAEAFAF), Low-Code/No-Code Integration Builders (BPAMAOAL), Data App Builders (Forms, Portals & Internal Tools) (HDAEAKAK)

Keywords

• .NET application framework
• Enterprise web development
• Multi-tenant SaaS platform
• Rapid application development
• Software source code licensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Istanbul

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: One-time perpetual license fees with tiered pricing based on developer count and product limits. Regular ($2,399): 1 product, 3 developers. Enterprise ($3,999): 3 products, 10 developers. Ultimate ($7,999): 6 products, 20 developers. Includes 1 year of upgrades, support, and Power Tools access.
2. License Renewals & Upgrades: License can be renewed after 1-year period for 50% of current license price to extend support and upgrades. Upgrades to higher tiers available by paying the price difference within first 3 months.
3. Training Services: Official training programs covering ASP.NET Boilerplate and ASP.NET Zero fundamentals and advanced topics. Two 6-hour training packages with live instruction for teams up to 8 developers.
4. Custom Development/Partnership: Custom development services and partnership programs for specialized requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ASP.NET Zero is a commercial Visual Studio solution sold with full source code that serves as the starting point for new enterprise web applications. It bundles 100+ pre-built features including authentication, multi-tenancy, audit logging, localization, and UI components, and ships in three UI variants (Angular, React, MVC) under a single license. Power Tools add automated code generation and pre-configured AI rulesets/skill/workflows for AI coding assistants, reducing months of boilerplate infrastructure work for development teams.

Product overview

ASP.NET Zero is a comprehensive .NET web application framework built on ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET Boilerplate, providing full source code and modular architecture. The core platform (ASP.NET Zero) serves as the base solution with SOLID architecture and over 100 built-in enterprise features including multi-tenancy, authentication, authorization, and rapid application development. Three UI options are available: Angular UI (with PrimeNG and Metronic), React UI (with TypeScript, Vite, and Ant Design 5), and MVC & jQuery UI (with Razor views and Bootstrap). Power Tools provides automated code generation for all UI options. The product is licensed through three tiers: Regular (1 product, 3 developers), Enterprise (3 products, 10 developers), and Ultimate (6 products, 20 developers). Additional services include Custom Development and Training programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Power Tools: Visual Studio extension and command-line tool for automated code generation, generating entity, application service, DTO, mapping, migration and UI code.
• React UI
• Angular UI
• MVC & jQuery UI

Products and services

• ASP.NET Zero Core Platform
• Angular UI
• React UI
• MVC & jQuery UI
• Power Tools
• Training
• Custom Development

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% reduction in software development costs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VolosoftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVolosoft Bilişim Anonim Şirketi is the company that creates and owns ASP.NET Zero. They also created ASP.NET Boilerplate framework. Volosoft handles all product development, sales, support, and training.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mendix: Enterprise low-code platform (Siemens-owned) for building business applications with visual modeling. Competes for similar enterprise application-development budgets and team personas as ASP.NET Zero.
• OutSystems: Enterprise low-code application platform targeting large organizations that need to ship web/mobile apps quickly. Targets the same buyers as ASP.NET Zero (enterprise dev teams seeking pre-built infrastructure) at a much larger scale.
• Microsoft Power Apps: Microsoft's enterprise low-code platform built on the Azure stack. Competes for the same 'build enterprise web apps faster' budget as ASP.NET Zero, with vastly broader distribution through the Microsoft channel.

Direct peers

• Progress Telerik: Commercial .NET UI component and app-development toolkit vendor. Comparable on the .NET developer tooling axis, with overlapping customers building enterprise web apps and a similar perpetual-license commercial model.
• ABP Framework: Open-source .NET application framework created by the same Volosoft team behind ASP.NET Zero. It is the closest comparable because it shares architecture, conventions, and target audience, and represents ASP.NET Zero's free-tier alternative.
• Retool: Low-code platform for building internal tools and admin dashboards quickly. Directly comparable on the 'rapid internal app development' value proposition ASP.NET Zero emphasizes, though Retool is SaaS-delivered rather than source-code licensed.
• Syncfusion: Commercial .NET, JavaScript, and mobile UI component suite sold via developer licenses. Highly comparable business model (perpetual + renewal licenses) and buyer (enterprise .NET developers building business applications).

Emerging players

• WaveMaker: Low-code platform for building web and mobile enterprise apps with RAD tooling. Comparable on the 'enterprise web app scaffolding with pre-built components' positioning, though WaveMaker emphasizes visual modeling over source-code licensing.
• AppSmith: Open-source low-code platform for building internal tools and dashboards. Overlaps with ASP.NET Zero's admin dashboard / internal tools use case for the developer-led segment.
• Budibase: Open-source low-code platform for building internal tools and business apps with self-hosting option. Competes for the same SMB and mid-market developer-led use cases as ASP.NET Zero's Power Tools and admin dashboard features.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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