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November 19, 2025•5 min read

1M-Row Fuzzy Matching Benchmark (2025): Similarity API vs RapidFuzz, TheFuzz, Levenshtein

Spoiler alert: Similarity API is 8.5x faster than popular solutions!

In this comprehensive benchmark analysis, we compare the performance of the most popular string similarity Python libraries - TheFuzz, RapidFuzz and Levenshtein to Similarity API. Learn why Similarity API is more scalable!

By Similarity API Team