Pyrogram vs Telethon: Which Framework for Business Bots?
Compare Pyrogram and Telethon for production Telegram bots — performance, features, and when BDBOTS picks each.
Both Pyrogram and Telethon are mature MTProto frameworks for Python. BDBOTS uses both daily — the choice depends on your bot type.
Pyrogram — best for most new bots
- Modern async/await API
- Excellent documentation and active community
- Great for userbots, media-heavy bots, and inline modes
- Faster onboarding for new developers
Telethon — best for specific cases
- Longer track record; many legacy codebases use it
- Strong for complex session migrations
- Some enterprise clients already have Telethon infrastructure
BDBOTS recommendation
For greenfield commercial bots, we default to Pyrogram unless you have an existing Telethon codebase. Performance differences are negligible compared to database and API design choices.
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