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Tornado Reviews & Product Details

User Insights

Average based on 20 real user reviews.

IL
Iñangi L.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I can carry out my web developments in a more organized, simple, and fast way,"
4/5
What do you like best about Tornado?

Its interface is quite simple, user-friendly, and easy to use, which allows me to carry out my developments in a very simple, easy, and fast way. The fact that it is oriented to be a web version seems to me a very practical option, as it saves me from having to download additional programs to code in Python and carry out my web developments in a more organized, simple, and fast way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tornado?

There are not many options for documentation or requesting technical support in case of a failure, so it is mandatory to wait for the customer service team to channel all the requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive
CA
Verified User in Automotive
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Refer to friends"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Tornado?

It is a micro framework and helps to build the wall website easily Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tornado?

It should provide the in-built plugin and ORM Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IG
Irene G.
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great web-based framework"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Tornado?

The performance and scalability are excellent. Tornado is an excellent non-blocking web server that I can use for my libraries and deliverables in Python. It is fast and impressive for developing Python-based web applications. Acquired by Facebook. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tornado?

Little documentation There is nothing I don't like about Tornado 2 And the Python tornado really has a very high entry barrier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ms
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"a good Python web framework and asynchronous networking library"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Tornado?

Lightweight web framework

Asynchronous non-blocking IO processing

Excellent load resistance

Excellent processing performance, do not rely on multi-process/multi-thread, to a certain extent to solve the C10K problem

WSGI is a full-stack alternative, and it is recommended to use both its web framework and HTTP server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tornado?

issues with type annotations that caused errors while importing Tornado on Python 3.5.2

And the python tornado really has a very high entry barrier.

The template and database sections have many third-party modules to choose from, which is not conducive to encapsulation as a functional module. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SJ
Saurabh J.
Print Server Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy webapps with Python"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Tornado?

Tornado makes it very simple to get started with minimum viable web apps, reducing Dev time and giving a decent enough result at the end. The amount of support through the community also makes it a very attractive choice compared to other python web frameworks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tornado?

It's not always easy to get from a minimum viable product to a production ready app. It starts showing limits beyond just the most basic of tasks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Great async webserver option for python"
4/5
What do you like best about Tornado?

Tornado is a great scalable non blocking web server that I can use for my python libraries and deliverables. I think it is fantastic that we're able to have a scalable system in place integrated directly in python and isn't traditional like WSGI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tornado?

Tornado is open source so we have to have our developers learn each step and there isn't much support available from it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DS
Daniel S.
Manager, FinTech
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Scalable web server for the win!"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Tornado?

Tornado is a great tool that lets us scale our python based web content to degrees not previously attainable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tornado?

Tornado is an open source tool and is sometimes hard to use because of the complex documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RB
Rebecca B.
Systems and Engineering Technologist
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Asyncronous web server in python"
4/5
What do you like best about Tornado?

Python tornado lets me scale web services over python previously impossible to do in a concurrent manner. As a software engineer, it's pretty easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tornado?

Python tornado is relatively open source and not supported like enterprise software is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KM
Kollen M.
Python developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Tornado- great python tools."
4/5
What do you like best about Tornado?

Its main feature is asynchronous operation. Excellent processing performance, do not rely on multi-process/multi-stream. It is also a lightweight web framework Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tornado?

Little documentation. Difficult to install and configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
IC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"My review of tornado"
3/5
What do you like best about Tornado?

It was the first asynchronous webserver for python I used Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Tornado?

the community wasn't that large when I used it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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