Rails 3 vs Grape benchmark

rails3_vs_grape_apis.rb

# config/routes.rb
mount MyGrapeAPI => "/grape_api"
namespace :api do
  namespace :v1 do
    resources :projects
  end
end

#######################
##### RAILS 3 API #####
#######################
# app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
class Api::V1::BaseController < ActionController::Base
  respond_to :json
end

# app/controllers/api/v1/projects_controller.rb
class Api::V1::ProjectsController < Api::V1::BaseController
  def index
    respond_with Project.new
  end
end

#####################
##### GRAPE API #####
#####################
# app/middleware/my_grape_api.rb
class MyGrapeAPI < Grape::API
  version 'v1'
  resources :projects do
    get "/" do
      Project.new
    end
  end
end


# Apache Bench commands: 1000 requests, 50 concurrent requests
# ab -n 1000 -c 50 -g "grape_api.data" http://api.local/grape_api/v1/projects.json
# ab -n 1000 -c 50 -g "rails_3_api.data" http://api.local/api/v1/projects.json

Can u share the local results please here so you can give us an indicator ?

http://blog.solid1pxred.com/post/16487806979/building-an-api-rails-3-vs-grape

many thanks , cheers