Comparison

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.

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Django75
FastAPI73
Score
Vioscale score
Django75 / 100medium · 72%updating
FastAPI73 / 100high · 78%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Django
FastAPI
Model
Price level
Djangofree
FastAPIfree
Transparent
Django
FastAPI
Integrations
Count
Django
FastAPI11
Reliability
Status page
Django
FastAPI
Adoption
Dependent repos
Django114,817
FastAPI43,608
Github stars
Django88,951
FastAPI101,862
Package downloads weekly
Stackoverflow questions
Django320,000
FastAPI31,000
Activity
Commits last 30d
Django180
FastAPI210
Release
Cadence days
Django45
FastAPI14
History
Django
FastAPI20 items
License
Spdx
FastAPIMIT
Language
Primary
DjangoPython
FastAPIPython
Content
Faq
Django7 items
FastAPI8 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for web frameworks. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Rendering model
DjangoServer-side
FastAPI-
File-based routing
Django
FastAPI-
Language
DjangoPython
FastAPIPython
Rendering
Server components
Django
FastAPI-
Streaming SSR
Django-
FastAPI-
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes
Django
FastAPI
DX
First-class TypeScript
Django
FastAPI-
Fast refresh / HMR
Django-
FastAPI
Deployment
Edge runtime support
Django-
FastAPI-

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.

Independently observed

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Django

Open source
as of verify ↗

FastAPI

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Django
FastAPI
CLI
Django
FastAPI
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Django
FastAPI
Self-hosted
Django
FastAPI
On-premise
Django
FastAPI

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Django

Not documented yet.

FastAPI

11 total
  • Starlette
  • Pydantic
  • OpenAPI
  • JSON Schema
  • Swagger UI
  • ReDoc
  • OAuth2
  • JWT
  • HTTP Basic authentication
  • Cookies
  • Session management
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.