The design of digital environments can carry out major social and economic advancements. We observed that the places where people live and work have been largely ignored in virtual environments. The recognition of the importance of linking digital and traditional environments is to be examined further under consideration of uses and users. This should include research developments into methodological tools. Digital environments of our proposed perspective contribute to the increase of creativity and enable citizens to develop interaction and establish socio-economic forces at higher standards.This article is concerned with the development of a framework for benchmarking digital cities based on previous general methodological and empirical research carried out by the authors and others by taking into account experience on a comparative international scale. The benchmarking results should be interpreted under consideration of the mutual learning and understanding of users and uses as well as the unique qualities of a location (urban identity) and their connection to specific places. The implications consider that one may select best features to learn and advance in ones own region, to experiment and to explore impacts in selected cities.