🆚 mod_fastcgi vs. mod_python

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 mod_python is slightly more popular than mod_fastcgi.
🌍 mod_python is more popular in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.
🌎 mod_fastcgi is more popular in the United States, Spain, and Russia.

mod_fastcgi

mod_python

Type

Web server module

About

mod_fastcgi is a third-party module for the Apache web server that enables the FastCGI protocol for communicating with applications that generate dynamic content for web pages.

mod_python is an Apache web server module that embeds the Python interpreter within the server, allowing Python code to run many times faster than traditional CGI by executing inside persistent Apache processes.

It provides a Python API for direct access to Apache internals, keeps interpreter state between requests, supports request handlers and URL mapping, offers session handling with memory or dbm storage, and enables authentication and authorization logic within Python code.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Website

fastcgi-archives.github.io

modpython.org

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The mod_python web server module is 1.4 times more popular than mod_fastcgi.

Total websites

Market share

Web Server Modules

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

mod_python is more popular in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium, while mod_fastcgi is more popular in the United States, Spain, and Russia.

Netherlands

United States

Germany

Spain

Belgium

Russia

Austria

Finland

Czech Republic

Italy

Awards

⭐ 5th most popular in Finland in the Web Server Modules category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Spain in the Web Server Modules category.
🔥 11st most popular in the United States in the Web Server Modules category.
🔥 11st most popular in Germany in the Web Server Modules category.

⭐ 4th most popular in Belgium in the Web Server Modules category.
⭐ 5th most popular in the Netherlands in the Web Server Modules category.
⭐ 8th most popular in Germany in the Web Server Modules category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

mod_python is more popular among sites focused on business, education and reference, and blogs and wiki, while mod_fastcgi is more commonly used on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and Internet services sites.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Business

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Travel

Forum/Bulletin Boards

Entertainment

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Software/Hardware