Express
77.0/100 · #1 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- alternatives to Express that are faster
- open-source self-hosted backend framework with strong typing
Backend Frameworks · week of Apr 20, 2026
Backend Frameworks leaderboard
Scores are shown as X/100 · #N of M. WoW delta compares this week to the previous completed run.
| # | Brand | Score | Mention | Pos | Coverage | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Express | 77.0/100 #1 of 13 | 76.5% | 0.77 | 80.0% | — |
| 2 | Django | 61.0/100 #2 of 13 | 54.9% | 0.60 | 80.0% | — |
| 3 | Spring Boot | 59.0/100 #3 of 13 | 51.0% | 0.58 | 80.0% | — |
| 4 | Flask | 58.0/100 #4 of 13 | 45.1% | 0.66 | 80.0% | — |
| 5 | Fastify | 53.0/100 #5 of 13 | 21.6% | 0.86 | 80.0% | — |
| 6 | FastAPI | 52.0/100 #6 of 13 | 33.3% | 0.65 | 80.0% | — |
| 7 | NestJS | 49.0/100 #7 of 13 | 17.6% | 0.80 | 80.0% | — |
| 8 | Ruby on Rails | 48.0/100 #8 of 13 | 31.4% | 0.53 | 80.0% | — |
| 9 | Koa | 37.0/100 #9 of 13 | 9.8% | 0.53 | 80.0% | — |
| 10 | Hono | 28.0/100 #10 of 13 | 7.8% | 0.55 | 40.0% | — |
| 11 | Axum | 28.0/100 #11 of 13 | 7.8% | 0.52 | 40.0% | — |
| 12 | Laravel | 26.0/100 #12 of 13 | 7.8% | 0.60 | 20.0% | — |
| 13 | Phoenix Framework | 0.0/100 #13 of 13 | 0.0% | 0.00 | 0.0% | — |
Brand × engine breakdown
Each cell shows mention count in this category and average rank when present.
| Brand | PPLX | GPT | CLD | GEM | DSK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express | 9 · #2.5 | 11 · #2.0 | 10 · #1.4 | 9 · #1.4 | 0 |
| Django | 5 · #4.0 | 10 · #3.0 | 8 · #2.0 | 5 · #2.0 | 0 |
| Spring Boot | 3 | 10 · #3.6 | 6 · #3.5 | 7 · #3.0 | 0 |
| Flask | 2 · #1.5 | 9 · #4.4 | 5 · #2.2 | 7 · #2.1 | 0 |
| Fastify | 3 · #2.0 | 1 · #1.0 | 5 · #1.3 | 2 · #1.0 | 0 |
| FastAPI | 4 · #1.8 | 2 · #3.0 | 9 · #2.9 | 2 · #2.5 | 0 |
| NestJS | 2 · #3.0 | 2 · #2.5 | 3 · #1.0 | 2 · #2.0 | 0 |
| Ruby on Rails | 3 · #3.0 | 7 · #3.7 | 2 · #4.5 | 4 · #3.3 | 0 |
| Koa | 2 · #6.0 | 1 · #2.0 | 1 · #6.0 | 1 · #2.0 | 0 |
| Hono | 3 · #4.0 | 0 | 1 · #2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Axum | 1 | 0 | 3 · #3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Laravel | 4 · #2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phoenix Framework | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prompt wins and gaps
Winning prompts are 5/5 engine hits. Losing prompts are 0/5 (or lowest coverage fallback).
Django
61.0/100 · #2 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- alternatives to Express that are faster
- lightweight backend framework with a minimal learning curve
- free way to build a backend for my small project
Spring Boot
59.0/100 · #3 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- top 3 backend frameworks for a SaaS — compare them head-to-head
- alternatives to Express that are faster
- free way to build a backend for my small project
Flask
58.0/100 · #4 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- top 3 backend frameworks for a SaaS — compare them head-to-head
- alternatives to Express that are faster
- open-source self-hosted backend framework with strong typing
Fastify
53.0/100 · #5 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- best backend framework for a SaaS startup
- backend framework for an enterprise with strict SLAs and compliance
- open-source self-hosted backend framework with strong typing
FastAPI
52.0/100 · #6 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- alternatives to Express that are faster
- backend framework for an enterprise with strict SLAs and compliance
- how to build a REST API for a web app
NestJS
49.0/100 · #7 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- top 3 backend frameworks for a SaaS — compare them head-to-head
- backend framework for a small team that needs to ship fast
- lightweight backend framework with a minimal learning curve
Ruby on Rails
48.0/100 · #8 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- alternatives to Express that are faster
- lightweight backend framework with a minimal learning curve
- open-source self-hosted backend framework with strong typing
Koa
37.0/100 · #9 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- best backend framework for a SaaS startup
- top 3 backend frameworks for a SaaS — compare them head-to-head
- backend framework for a high-traffic production API
Hono
28.0/100 · #10 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- top 3 backend frameworks for a SaaS — compare them head-to-head
- backend framework for a high-traffic production API
- backend framework for an enterprise with strict SLAs and compliance
Axum
28.0/100 · #11 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- best backend framework for a SaaS startup
- top 3 backend frameworks for a SaaS — compare them head-to-head
- alternatives to Express that are faster
Laravel
26.0/100 · #12 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- alternatives to Express that are faster
- backend framework for a high-traffic production API
- backend framework for an enterprise with strict SLAs and compliance
Phoenix Framework
0.0/100 · #13 of 13
Winning prompts (5/5 engines)
No full-coverage prompts this week.
Losing prompts (0/5 engines)
- best backend framework for a SaaS startup
- top 3 backend frameworks for a SaaS — compare them head-to-head
- alternatives to Express that are faster