Django REST framework JWT vs Stormpath

Stormpath vs Django REST framework JWT: What are the differences?

Developers describe Stormpath as "User Management and Authentication for Developers". Stormpath is an authentication and user management service that helps development teams quickly and securely build web and mobile applications and services. On the other hand, Django REST framework JWT is detailed as "JSON Web Token Authentication support for Django REST Framework". This package provides JSON Web Token Authentication support for Django REST framework. Unlike some more typical uses of JWTs, this module only generates authentication tokens that will verify the user who is requesting one of your DRF protected API resources.

Stormpath and Django REST framework JWT belong to "User Management and Authentication" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Stormpath are:

• User Authentication as a Service
• Authorization – Easily model and manage your data, including pre-built roles
• Flexible User Profiles

On the other hand, Django REST framework JWT provides the following key features:

• JSON Web Token Authentication
• Django REST framework
• Generates authentication tokens

Django REST framework JWT is an open source tool with 2.71K GitHub stars and 479 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Django REST framework JWT's open source repository on GitHub.