# Performance: Ruby/LDAP vs. ActiveLDAP vs. Net::LDAP **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 11, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performance-ruby-ldap-vs-activeldap-vs-net-ldap/71814 "2006-10-11T17:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performance-ruby-ldap-vs-activeldap-vs-net-ldap/71814/1 "2006-10-11T17:52:28Z")
Hi everyone, Currently, in an application I’m working on I’m using Ruby/LDAP and ActiveLDAP - and they both work relatively well. But recently I’ve run into some performance snags. So my question is - is there a large performance gap between Ruby/LDAP, ActiveLDAP, and Net::LDAP that would justify standardizing on one over the others? ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performance-ruby-ldap-vs-activeldap-vs-net-ldap/71814/2 "2006-10-11T17:54:29Z")
On 10/11/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi everyone, > Currently, in an application I’m working on I’m using Ruby/LDAP and > ActiveLDAP - and they both work relatively well. But recently I’ve run > into some performance snags. So my question is - is there a large > performance gap between Ruby/LDAP, ActiveLDAP, and Net::LDAP that would > justify standardizing on one over the others? ActiveLDAP is a wrapper on top of Ruby/LDAP. There is supposed to be work later toward making ActiveLDAP work with Net::LDAP, but I don’t think that’s started yet. Net::LDAP is pure Ruby, which means its significantly more portable. IMO, Net::LDAP has the better LDAP API than Ruby/LDAP (which mirrors the C API faithfully). -austin ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/performance-ruby-ldap-vs-activeldap-vs-net-ldap/71814/3 "2006-10-11T19:26:00Z")
On 10/11/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi everyone, > Currently, in an application I’m working on I’m using Ruby/LDAP and > ActiveLDAP - and they both work relatively well. But recently I’ve run > into some performance snags. So my question is - is there a large > performance gap between Ruby/LDAP, ActiveLDAP, and Net::LDAP that would > justify standardizing on one over the others? Do you have test-cases and benchmarks? From what I can see, most Ruby users are using Net::LDAP to authenticate users, and most of those are binding against Active Directory. Relatively few people are doing bulk-queries where performance problems would be readily apparent. I have made some performance-improvements to Net::LDAP recently but didn’t get too aggressive about it because the use-cases don’t justify it. But again, tell me more about what you’re trying to do.