Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › What are the advantages of using LWC over Lightning components? Salesforce® Discussions What are the advantages of using LWC over Lightning components? Posted by Shweta on December 21, 2020 at 4:16 PM What are the advantages of using LWC over Lightning components? Marziya replied 5 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies 2 Replies Aditya Member December 22, 2020 at 7:38 AM Hi, Main advantages of using LWC over Lightning Components, are: LWC is Fast. It automatically provides polyfill for older browsers which yet not support all underlying web standards (shadow dom, web components etc.) Improved API support for third-party APIs. It is light-weight. [adinserter block='9'] Marziya Member December 22, 2020 at 12:39 PM Main advantages of using LWC over Lightning Components, are: LWC is Fast. Improved API support for third-party APIs. It is light-weight. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me