JEE Mains Paper 2 and NATA, both the exams are conducted for admission into 5 years Architecture courses. This being the similarity, there are also many differences between these two courses.

• JEE Mains is conducted by CBSE whereas NATA is conducted by Council of Architecture.
• The duration for both the exams is 3 Hours.
• It is believed that the difficulty level for JEE Mains is higher as compared to NATA.
• The institutes that give admission on the basis of JEE Mains paper 2 are NITs and GFTIs whereas by NATA you get admission into Private colleges and State level colleges, other than NITs and IITs.
• The mode of exam for both the exams is offline.