Bentoml vs. Fastapi: The Best ML Model Deployment Framework and Why It's Bentoml
Last Updated on July 17, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Bex T.
Originally published on Towards AI.
A detailed comparison between BentoML and FastAPI for machine learning model deployment.

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What am I even talking about? According to StackOverflow 2022 Developer Survey, FastAPI just became one of the most loved web frameworks in the world, far above its competitors like Django and Flask. How can we compare it to BentoML, a framework that wasn't even included in the survey?
Well, let's not rush to any conclusions quite yet. Yes, FastAPI is the king of API frameworks, and machine learning engineers often use it to deploy their models as API services.
But you don't know how much you have been missing until something much better comes along. You realize… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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