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Cookies
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Session
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1
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Data on Client-side
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Data on server-side
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2
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Limited support for data handling
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Unlimited side of data as per as server capability
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3
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only text
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It can store any type of data
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4
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Age of data is fixed .
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Age of data is not fixed .
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5
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Remains on client machine
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Destroy after session timeout or logout
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6
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All cookie need to travel each time client sends
request to server.
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Less data traveling over the network
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7
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Less secure
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More secure mechanism to session tracking
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8
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Cookies may or may not be individual for
every client.
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Always individual.
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9
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We can disable cookies.
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We can’t disable session.
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10
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Most browsers support cookies of up to 4096
bytes(4kbytes).
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Size not fixed.
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11
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Most browsers allow only 20 cookies per site; if
you try to store more, the oldest cookies are discarded.
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Number of session not fixed.
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