factory_boy vs Faker
| factory_boy | Faker | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | — | — |
| Generation modes | synthetic | synthetic |
| Relational data | Yes | No |
| API data generation | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | self-hosted | — |
| Database connectors | Django ORM, MongoDB, MongoEngine, SQLAlchemy | — |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Supported data formats | — | JSON, CSV, DSV, PSV, TSV, fixed-width, binary, XML |
Both are listed in Best Test Data Generation Tools. On The Geeks Club, factory_boy scores higher on our published basis.