Comparison

Echo vs Express

On the evidence we track, Express leads this comparison with a composite score of 76/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Echo56

★Express76

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Echo	ExpressLeader
vioscaleAI score	56 / 100high · 78%	76 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	13
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.5	8.9
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://expressjs.com/en/advanced/security-updates
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Flabstack%2Fecho%2Fv4&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: CRITICAL	Count: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=express&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	17,976	1,853,938
Github starsadoption.github_stars	32,764	69,528
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	168,467,798
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	-	96,000
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	26	10
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	9	4
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	JavaScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Echo56 / 100high · 78%

Express76 / 100high · 77%

Pricing

Free tier

Echo✓

Express✓

Model

Echoopen_source

Expressopen_source

Price level

Echofree

Expressfree

Transparent

Echo✓

Express✓

Integrations

Count

Echo7

Express13

Security

Disclosure policy

Echo–

Express✓

Scorecard

Echo6.5

Express8.9

Trust center

Echo–

Expresshttps://expressjs.com/en/advanced/security-updates

Vulnerabilities

EchoCount: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Flabstack%2Fecho%2Fv4&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: CRITICAL

ExpressCount: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=express&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE

Adoption

Dependent repos

Echo17,976

Express1,853,938

Github stars

Echo32,764

Express69,528

Package downloads weekly

Echo–

Express168,467,798

Stackoverflow questions

Echo–

Express96,000

Activity

Commits last 30d

Echo26

Express10

Release

Cadence days

Echo9

Express4

History

Echo20 items

Express20 items

License

Spdx

EchoMIT

ExpressMIT

Language

Primary

EchoGo

ExpressJavaScript

Market

Availability

Echo–

ExpressAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Content

Faq

Echo5 items

Express7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Web Frameworks
Capability	Echo	Express
Core
Rendering model	Server-side	-
File-based routing	-	✗
Language	Go	JavaScript
Rendering
Server components	-	✗
Streaming SSR	-	✗
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes	✓	✓
DX
First-class TypeScript	-	✗
Fast refresh / HMR	-	✗
Deployment
Edge runtime support	-	✗

Core

Rendering model

EchoServer-side

Express-

File-based routing

Echo-

Express✗

Language

EchoGo

ExpressJavaScript

Rendering

Server components

Echo-

Express✗

Streaming SSR

Echo-

Express✗

Fullstack

Built-in API / backend routes

Echo✓

Express✓

First-class TypeScript

Echo-

Express✗

Fast refresh / HMR

Echo-

Express✗

Deployment

Edge runtime support

Echo-

Express✗

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Echo

A Go framework optimized for quickly developing fast APIs, featuring an efficient routing system and extensive built-in utilities for common tasks.

Independently observed

Express

Leader

A flexible web framework providing essential features for web applications and APIs while allowing developers to choose their own complementary tools and libraries.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Echo

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source (MIT license)

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Express

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Echo	Express
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	-	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	-	✓
On-premiseDeployment	-	✓

Platforms

Web

Echo✓

Express✓

CLI

Echo✓

Express✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Echo–

Express✓

Self-hosted

Echo–

Express✓

On-premise

Echo–

Express✓

Integrations

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

Echo

7 total

JWT
Prometheus
Casbin
Jaeger
pprof
Zipkin
Swagger

Independently observed

Express

Leader

13 total

Cassandra
Couchbase
CouchDB
LevelDB
MySQL
MongoDB
Neo4j
Oracle
PostgreSQL
Redis
SQL Server
SQLite
Elasticsearch

Independently observed

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