Django vs FastAPI
No clear leader: Django (75.1) and FastAPI (73.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for web frameworks. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Django
A web framework that streamlines the development of web applications by reducing boilerplate code and enabling rapid development cycles.
FastAPI
FastAPI is a modern web framework for constructing APIs in Python that combines high performance with developer convenience through automatic validation, interactive documentation generation, and first-class type hint support.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Django
Not documented yet.
FastAPI
- Starlette
- Pydantic
- OpenAPI
- JSON Schema
- Swagger UI
- ReDoc
- OAuth2
- JWT
- HTTP Basic authentication
- Cookies
- Session management
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.