Two leading Python web frameworks with different shapes — a modern async API toolkit versus a batteries-included full-stack framework.
Pick FastAPI when you're building an API — type-hinted handlers, async by default, automatic OpenAPI docs — and you want to assemble the rest of the stack yourself. Pick Django when you want a full-stack framework with the ORM, admin, auth, migrations, and templating already wired together, and you value the conventions and ecosystem more than raw async throughput.
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| Attribute | Django | FastAPI |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Backend Framework | Backend Framework |
| Pricing Model | open-source | open-source |
| Starting Price | Free | Free |
| Free Tier | Yes | Yes |
| Open Source | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | — | — |
