Compare Pyramid and FastAPI
Pyramid is a web framework that is written in Python and is based on WSGI. It is minimalistic and inspired by Zope, Pylons, and Django. Before 2010, Pyramid was known as repoze.bfg.
Fast API is a high-performance web framework for building web applications with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints. It is designed to be high performance and easy to learn.
Let's see how Pyramid and FastAPI compare on various factors and features and which to choose when.
Type
Python "microframework" for building web applications.
Type
Minimalistic framework based on starlette and pydantic for building fast web applications using async IO.
New addition to the Python web frameworks family but its popularity is on the rise.
Used by
Reddit, Yelp, Mozilla, SurveyMoney, NewCars.com.
Used by
Uber (internal use,) Explosion AI, Microsoft (internal use)
80 job openings which list Pyramid as a requirement.
100 job openings which list Fast API as a requirement.
Claims to have top-notch performance but virtue of being a microframework but
benchmarks prove it to be slower than even Django beyond simple use cases.
Flexibility
Pyramid is flexible.
Flexibility
Fast API is flexible to code and doesn't restrict users to a particular project or code layout.
Ease of Learning
Being a microframework, the learning curve isn't very steep. However, it doesn't have the same amount of tutorials, courses, and resources available for leaning compared to Django and Flask
Ease of Learning
Easy to learn especially for people who are new to web development. However, it doesn't have a large number of online resources, courses and tutorials.
RDBMS Support
Through Plugins or Extensions
No built-in ORM framework. Leaves it up to developers to choose a library like
SQLAlchemy
RDBMS Support
Through Plugins or Extensions
FastAPI doesn't come with built in ORM, however is compatible with
SQLAlchemy, Pydantic ORM mode.
NoSQL Support
Doesn't get in the way of using NoSQL, and they are supported just as well as a relational database. Read more
here.
NoSQL Support
Fast API supports many NoSQL databases like MongoDb, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, CouchDB and ArangoDB. Read more
here.
Admin Dashboard
Through Plugins or Extensions
Admin Dashboard
Yes, uses Swagger as an API documentation web user interface.
REST Support
Because it is a minimal framework, users can build a REST API themselves easily, or use a 3rd party library like
Cornice.
REST Support
Yes, allows developers to build REST APIs quickly.
Security
Built-in protection against CSRF, but
XSS vulnerabilities have been discovered in older versions.
Security
FastAPI provides several tools for many security schemes in the fastapi.security module. Not enough data.
Templating Library
Doesn't ship with a default templating language and leaves it up to developers to add one.
Jinja2 can be added to Pyramid. Another engine popular amongst Pyramid users is
Chameleon .
Templating Library
FastAPI supports Jinja2 for templating and also supports aiofiles for serving static files
Web Forms
No built-in support. Prefers 3rd party
Deform library.
Web Forms
Ships with it's own
Forms, with basic features.
Authentication
Fast API supports OAuth2, JWT and simple HTTP authentiation.
How is performance rating determined?
Performance rating is determined using reputable online benchmarks listed below.
Where is job data coming from?
Job data is collected from Indeed, Google Jobs and Stack Overflow jobs.
How is popularity calculated?
Popularity is calculated using a formula which looks at weighted score on the following publicly available data points:
- Popularity per Google Trends
- Number of GitHub Users
- Number of GitHub Stars
How is this calculated?
Ease of learning is calculated using the following data:
- Number of features and depth of tool.
- Number of online resources: articles, blogs, tutorials and YouTube videos.
- Number of courses
- Freshness of online material
For example, a microframework may not have a lot of online resources but still get a high-rating because it's minamalistic and easy to learn just by following official documentation.
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