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Next.js vs Django

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Next.js compare to Django 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

Next.js scores 81/100 overall versus Django's 67/100. Next.js has 25 total CVEs compared to Django's 120, giving it a smaller vulnerability surface. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated October 2026)

Who actually runs Next.js and Django

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

WhereNext.jsDjango
Top 1,000 34.4% (74) 0.0% (0)
Top 10,000 31.1% (797) 0.5% (14)
Top 100,000 23.1% (6,413) 0.6% (165)
Wider web2.6%0.4%

Highest-ranked sites on Next.js

  1. yahoo.com#59
  2. vimeo.com#88
  3. f5.com#90
  4. nginx.com#95
  5. snapchat.com#127

Highest-ranked sites on Django

  1. parallels.com#2,648
  2. namasha.com#3,080
  3. kdocs.cn#3,357
  4. cwi.nl#4,261
  5. nic.cz#5,988

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

81
Next.js
Modern · JAVASCRIPT
vs
67
Django
Modern · PYTHON
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Next.js
82
68
Next.js
Django
performance Tie
65
65
Next.js
Django
ecosystem Next.js
90
75
Next.js
Django
ai readiness Next.js
88
75
Next.js
Django
developer experience Next.js
85
70
Next.js
Django
market trajectory Next.js
85
55
Next.js
Django
cost of ownership Next.js
75
60
Next.js
Django
Security details
Metric Next.js Django
Total CVEs 25 120
Critical CVEs 2 12
Exploited (KEV) 0 1
CVEs last year 8 12
Avg CVSS 4.5 5.5
Security score 82/100 68/100
Recommended
Next.js

Next.js scores 81/100. Verdict: Recommended.

Acceptable
Django

Django scores 68/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Quick facts
Next.js
Category: Fullstack
Language: JAVASCRIPT
First release: 2016
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 3.5%
Django
Category: Backend
Language: PYTHON
First release: 2005
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 1.2%
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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.