Restify Review

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Pros

Pro
Automatic DTrace support

DTrace helps you with troubleshooting and building robust RESTful applications.

Pro
Specialized for Restful APIs

As the name suggests, Restify is devoted solely to creating an elegant REST API. The API is the core of your site or service, so it makes sense to use a framework that excels at that.

Cons

Con
Performance is not very optimum

As most of the benchmarks have already revealed, for large inflows of traffic, apps powered by Restify perform below par and are easily beaten by Express.js in terms of load time (in heavy traffic).