REST vs gRPC

Compare communication protocols, payload efficiency, and transport optimizations in modern APIs.

API Protocol Simulator

Compare payload efficiency and transport optimizations.

REST

HTTP/1.1 + JSON

Header Overhead
Payload Size
2.4 KB
Est. Latency
120 ms
Request Overhead
450 B
Calls Count
1
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gRPC

HTTP/2 + Protobuf

Header Overhead
Payload Size
0.8 KB
Est. Latency
85 ms
Request Overhead
40 B
Calls Count
1
67% SMALLER
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Why gRPC is faster here

For simple calls, gRPC's binary Protobuf serialization is significantly more compact than JSON. Proto-to-native conversion is also much faster for CPU-bound services.

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