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Sanic vs Apache Tomcat: What are the differences?
What is Sanic? Python 3.5+ web server that's written to go fast. Sanic is a Flask-like Python 3.5+ web server that's written to go fast. It's based on the work done by the amazing folks at magicstack. On top of being Flask-like, Sanic supports async request handlers.
What is Apache Tomcat? An open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. Apache Tomcat powers numerous large-scale, mission-critical web applications across a diverse range of industries and organizations.
Sanic and Apache Tomcat can be primarily classified as "Web Servers" tools.
"Asyncio" is the top reason why over 2 developers like Sanic, while over 76 developers mention "Easy" as the leading cause for choosing Apache Tomcat.
Sanic and Apache Tomcat are both open source tools. It seems that Sanic with 12.4K GitHub stars and 1.16K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Apache Tomcat with 3.51K GitHub stars and 2.4K GitHub forks.
ebay, MIT, and Zillow are some of the popular companies that use Apache Tomcat, whereas Sanic is used by Polyaxon, Oh BiBi, and AdCombo. Apache Tomcat has a broader approval, being mentioned in 566 company stacks & 430 developers stacks; compared to Sanic, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
I was in a situation where I have to configure 40 RHEL servers 20 each for Apache HTTP Server and Tomcat server. My task was to 1. configure LVM with required logical volumes, format and mount for HTTP and Tomcat servers accordingly. 2. Install apache and tomcat. 3. Generate and apply selfsigned certs to http server. 4. Modify default ports on Tomcat to different ports. 5. Create users on RHEL for application support team. 6. other administrative tasks like, start, stop and restart HTTP and Tomcat services.
I have utilized the power of ansible for all these tasks, which made it easy and manageable.
Pros of Sanic
- Asyncio5
- Fast2
- Easy to use server2
- Websockets1
Pros of Apache Tomcat
- Easy79
- Java72
- Popular49
- Spring web1
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Cons of Sanic
Cons of Apache Tomcat
- Blocking - each http request block a thread2
- Easy to set up1