Comparison

Echo vs FastAPI

On the evidence we track, FastAPI leads this comparison with a composite score of 73/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Echo full profile →FastAPI full profile →

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Echo56

★FastAPI73

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Echo	FastAPILeader
Vioscale score	56 / 100high · 78%	73 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	11
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.1	-
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: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=fastapi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	17,976	43,608
Github starsadoption.github_stars	32,658	101,862
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	127,838,650
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	-	31,000
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	29	210
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	9	14
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ ES
Content
Faqcontent.faq	-	8 items

Score

Vioscale score

Echo56 / 100high · 78%

FastAPI73 / 100high · 78%

Pricing

Free tier

Echo✓

FastAPI✓

Model

Echocommercial

FastAPIcommercial

Price level

Echofree

FastAPIfree

Integrations

Count

Echo7

FastAPI11

Security

Scorecard

Echo6.1

FastAPI–

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

FastAPICount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=fastapi&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Echo–

FastAPI✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Echo17,976

FastAPI43,608

Github stars

Echo32,658

FastAPI101,862

Package downloads weekly

Echo–

FastAPI127,838,650

Stackoverflow questions

Echo–

FastAPI31,000

Activity

Commits last 30d

Echo29

FastAPI210

Release

Cadence days

Echo9

FastAPI14

History

Echo20 items

FastAPI20 items

License

Spdx

EchoMIT

FastAPIMIT

Language

Primary

EchoGo

FastAPIPython

Market

Availability

Echo–

FastAPIAvailable worldwide · HQ ES

Content

Faq

Echo–

FastAPI8 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Web Frameworks
Capability	Echo	FastAPI
Core
Rendering model	Server-side	-
File-based routing	-	-
Language	Go	Python
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

FastAPI-

File-based routing

Echo-

FastAPI-

Language

EchoGo

FastAPIPython

Rendering

Server components

Echo-

FastAPI-

Streaming SSR

Echo-

FastAPI-

Fullstack

Built-in API / backend routes

Echo✓

FastAPI✓

First-class TypeScript

Echo-

FastAPI-

Fast refresh / HMR

Echo-

FastAPI✓

Deployment

Edge runtime support

Echo-

FastAPI-

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

FastAPI

Leader

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.

Echo

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source (MIT license)

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

FastAPI

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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	FastAPI
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	-	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	-	✓

Platforms

Web

Echo✓

FastAPI✓

CLI

Echo✓

FastAPI✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Echo–

FastAPI✓

Self-hosted

Echo–

FastAPI✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Echo

7 total - 6 not shared

Prometheus
Casbin
Jaeger
pprof
Zipkin
Swagger

Independently observed

FastAPI

Leader

11 total - 10 not shared

Starlette
Pydantic
OpenAPI
JSON Schema
Swagger UI
ReDoc
OAuth2
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.