Node.js vs. Pipedream vs. Python vs. Sails Comparison Chart

The fastest way to integrate APIs and run code. Pipedream is a serverless integration and compute platform that makes it easy to connect apps and develop event-driven workflows. Event sources turn any API into a real-time event stream. Create event sources to listen for new Tweets, Github events, Airtable records, RSS items, webhook events and more. Inspect events in a human-friendly way, trigger Node.js workflows on every event, or consume events in your own app via API. Workflows are composed of Node.js code steps that run on every event. Write your own Node.js (and use any npm package) or reuse actions that scaffold popular APIs. Trigger via sources or a custom URL, email address, SDK code or schedule. Auth apps once, connect to those apps in any workflow. Pipedream supports OAuth and key-based auth, and handles the OAuth flow and token refresh for you. Just link accounts to steps and reference the relevant auth info in code.

Build practical, production-ready Node.js apps in a matter of weeks, not months. Sails is the most popular MVC framework for Node.js, designed to emulate the familiar MVC pattern of frameworks like Ruby on Rails, but with support for the requirements of modern apps, data-driven APIs with scalable, service-oriented architecture. Sails makes it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js apps. Building on top of Sails means your app is written entirely in JavaScript, the language you and your team are already using in the browser. Sails bundles a powerful ORM, Waterline, which provides a simple data access layer that just works, no matter what database you're using. Sails comes with blueprints that help jumpstart your app's backend without writing any code. Since Sails translates incoming socket messages for you, they're automatically compatible with every route in your Sails app. Sails offers commercial support to accelerate development and ensure best practices in your code.