Nitish Kaushik

AddMVC() vs AddControllersWithViews() vs AddControllers() vs AddRazorPages() in Asp.Net Core

September 23, 2020December 8, 2020 Nitish Kaushik

Asp.net core has a couple of methods (AddControllers, AddMvc, AddRazorPages, AddControllersWithViews) to design your web application as per the need without adding unnecessary services.

Lets understand the difference among AddControllers, AddMvc, AddRazorPages & AddControllersWithViews methods.

Feature name	AddMVC	AddControllers WithViews	AddControllers	Add RazorPages
Controllers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Model Binding	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
API Explorer	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Authorization	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CORS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Validations	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Formatter Mapping	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Antiforgery	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Temp Data	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Views	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Pages	Yes	No	No	Yes
Tag helpers	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Memory cache	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

AddControllers vsAddMvc vs AddRazorPages vs AddControllersWithViews

Which method should we use in our application?

Web API – AddControllers()
Razor pages – AddRazorPage()
MVC – AddControllersWithViews()
Else – AddMVC()

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