ASP.NET provides the following additional benefits:

Simplified development: ASP.NET offers a very rich object model that developers can use to reduce the amount of code they need to write.

Language independence: ASP pages must be written with scripting. In other words, ASP pages must be written in a language that is interpreted rather than compiled. ASP.NET allows compiled languages to be used, providing better performance and cross-language compatibility.

Simplified deployment: With .NET components, deployment is as easy as copying a component assembly to its desired location.

Cross-client capability: One of the foremost problems facing developers today is writing code that can be rendered correctly on multiple client types. For example, writing one script that will render correctly in Internet Explorer 5.5 and Netscape Navigator 4.7, and on a PDA and a mobile phone is very difficult, if not impossible, and time consuming. ASP.NET provides rich server-side components that can automatically produce output specifically targeted at each type of client.

Web services: ASP.NET provides features that allow ASP.NET developers to effortlessly create Web services that can be consumed by any client that understands HTTP and XML, the de facto language for inter-device communication.

Performance: ASP.NET pages are compiled whereas ASP pages are interpreted. When an ASP.NET page is first requested, it is compiled and cached, or saved in memory, by the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). This cached copy can then be re-used for each subsequent request for the page. Performance is thereby improved because after the first request, the code can run from a much faster compiled version.