Backend & APIs
Hono vs Express vs Fastify (and NestJS) in 2026: Real Benchmarks on Node 24, Node 26 and Bun
I benchmarked Hono, Express 5, Fastify 5 and NestJS 12 across JSON, route parameters and POST bodies on Node 24, Node 26 and Bun. Hono and Fastify tie on Node at about 1.4× Express; on Bun, Hono hits 118k requests per second.
