Compared with Perforated Sheet, Advantages of expanded metal:
Low Price
Two-dimensional (flat-rolled) or three-dimensional (structured) designs possible.
Up to a thickness of 3.0 mm we can flat-roll almost all expanded metal. You receive a product that is flat as perforated sheet. In this sense, almost all expanded metal can be identical to perforated sheet.
Why is expanded metal cheaper than perforated sheet? Because expanded metal is manufactured without loss of material, thus maximizing utilization of the pre-material.
Expanded metal offers you much more freedom of design with respect to the cross-section. Free surfaces of 4% up to approx. 90% can be represented with expanded metal.
Compared with Wire cloth, woven wire mesh, Advantages of expanded metal:
Greater stability
Homogeneous surface
No loose wire ends
Cheaper

The use of micromesh or fine-mesh expanded metal prevents the edge separation typical with wire products and thus, depending on the specific application, can also prevent critical malfunctions.

Compared with knitted aluminum mesh, Advantages of expanded metal:
Expanded metal mesh is our alternative to aluminum knitted mesh and is used as a filtering medium. Technical functional elements can also be produced with this material.
Compared with corrugated grating, wire grating, bar grating, double bar grating, welded wire mesh,Advantages of expanded metal:
Much easier to cut and fold.
No weld seams.
Not limited to fixed grid dimensions.
Large selection of mesh sizes and styles.
Free cross-section is freely selectable.

Compared with Grating, Advantages of expanded metal:
Large selection of mesh sizes
Also available in stainless steel
Slip-resistant or slip-proof design through profiling of the mesh Simple to manufacture without welding.

Expanded metal is especially suitable in applications where pre-manufactured standard steps and grids cannot be used. We offer a large selection of stable, slip-resistant and slip-proof mesh designs that are used throughout Europe. Our safety steel expanded metal, with a thickness of 6.0 mm and profiled lands, is an ideal covering for loading ramps and can withstand even heavy loads.
Compared with Architectural wire cloth, wire rope structures,
Advantages of expanded metal:

Cheaper;
Greater versatility of design;
Higher stability;
Larger selection of usable materials;
Formable.

So-called architectural wire cloth is among the most expensive solutions that can be used in architecture. Functionally, and aesthetically, expanded metal fulfills the same requirements, yet at only a fraction of the cost.
Expanded metal also allows the use of other materials, such as copper or zinc.
Unlike wire rope or cloth, it allows subsequent operations, e.g. folding. Colored coatings are also possible.