Django and Rails are similar in the sense that they come with batteries included and favor convention over configuration. Also, Django recently received a grant

Django and Rails are similar in the sense that they come with batteries included and favor convention over configuration. Also, Django recently received a grant from Mozilla, so expect some great features to be added. https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/dec/11/django-awarded-moss-grant/ https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/dec/11/django-awar... Personally, I've worked with Django, Rails, and The Spring Framework (Java). I'd choose Django or Rails. I do prefer Django, but Rails has a much more vibrant eco system and a lot more plugins (gems) that let you do things pretty fast. Really you need to be clear on what problem you are trying to solve, because one framework might be better than the other. For example, I've worked with Rails and it has great support for apache solr. If I needed to do full text search on a lot of records and use solr to index them, I'd choose Rails. Define the problem you're trying to solve, and see which framework is best suited for it.