Question: what is the difference between link button and hyperlink in asp.net?
Answer: 3 Answers. The purpose of both controls is same. But there is one major difference between these two, i.e. HTML Hyperlink control is an HTML control, whenever it is clicked the page navigates to the target page. ... The <asp:Hyperlink> control is a Web server control, while the <a> link is the bare-bones HTML control.