| Aspects | Express.js | Django |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Express follows the MVC architecture. | Django supports the MTV (Model Template View) design. It uses managing data for interacting and validating. |
| Framework | Express is a free, open-source, lightweight, and fast backend web application framework for Node.js to build single-page, multi-page, and hybrid web applications and APIs. | This is a Python-based framework used to develop computer apps in a specified time frame. |
| Efficiency | It is best for developing web applications rapidly on Node.js. | It is more efficient and delivers at a fast speed so, it is cost-effective. |
| Programming language | The Express framework is programmed in Node.js. | Django is programmed in Python programming language. |
| Complexity | Express.js is less complex than Django. | Django is more complex than Express.js |
| Scalability | It provides better scalability. | It is less scalable. |
| Flexibility | Express is a flexible, minimal API-developing Node.js tool. | It provides limited flexibility. |
| Full-stack development | It provides a full-stack development that reduces the cost as you don't need to hire several developers to administer a web application's backend and frontend. | It does not deliver full-stack development. |
| Companies using this technology | Companies such as PayPal, IBM, Fox Sports, etc., are using this technology. | Companies such as Instagram, Mozilla, Bitbucket, etc., are using this technology. |