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FastAPI vs Angular

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does FastAPI compare to Angular on security, AI-readiness, and total cost of ownership? We scored both across 7 dimensions using NVD/NIST CVE data, GitHub metrics, and our census of the Tranco top 100,000.

Key finding

FastAPI scores 82/100 overall versus Angular's 63/100. FastAPI has 8 total CVEs compared to Angular's 30, giving it a smaller vulnerability surface. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated October 2026)

Who actually runs FastAPI and Angular

Share of sites with an identified platform, from WebPulse's scan of the Tranco top 100,000 and our Common Crawl census.

WhereFastAPIAngular
Top 1,000 0.0% (0) 9.8% (21)
Top 10,000 0.1% (2) 6.4% (164)
Top 100,000 0.0% (13) 5.9% (1,622)
Wider web0.0%1.6%

Highest-ranked sites on FastAPI

  1. dmm.com#4,545
  2. courtlistener.com#6,757
  3. cert.org#17,544
  4. pullkin.eu#18,881
  5. kik.com#19,550

Highest-ranked sites on Angular

  1. microsoft.com#6
  2. office.com#21
  3. cloud.microsoft#41
  4. sharepoint.com#44
  5. pinterest.com#56

Detected from each homepage's HTML, headers and cookies in September 2026. Methodology

82
FastAPI
Modern · PYTHON
vs
63
Angular
Modern · TYPESCRIPT
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security FastAPI
90
75
FastAPI
Angular
performance Tie
65
65
FastAPI
Angular
ecosystem FastAPI
85
72
FastAPI
Angular
ai readiness FastAPI
95
45
FastAPI
Angular
developer experience FastAPI
88
65
FastAPI
Angular
market trajectory FastAPI
70
55
FastAPI
Angular
cost of ownership FastAPI
75
55
FastAPI
Angular
Security details
Metric FastAPI Angular
Total CVEs 8 30
Critical CVEs 0 3
Exploited (KEV) 0 0
CVEs last year 2 5
Avg CVSS 3.5 4.8
Security score 90/100 75/100
Recommended
FastAPI

FastAPI scores 83/100. Verdict: Recommended.

Acceptable
Angular

Angular scores 64/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Quick facts
FastAPI
Category: Backend
Language: PYTHON
First release: 2018
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 0.6%
Angular
Category: Frontend
Language: TYPESCRIPT
First release: 2016
Generation: Modern
Trend: Stable
Market share: 2.0%
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Data sourced from NVD/NIST CVE database, GitHub API, and WebPulse framework scanner. Scores calculated using a 7-dimension model covering security, performance, ecosystem health, AI-readiness, developer experience, market trajectory, and cost of ownership. Updated October 2026.