A quick speed comparison between bcrypt and bcrypt-nodejs for node.js. bcrypt-nodejs is approximately 3 times as slow as bcrypt. If you try this out yourself, be sure to only run 1 test at a time, to get correct results.

nodejs-bcrypt-compare.js

var bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
var bcrypt2 = require('bcrypt-nodejs');

var bcryptHashTests = 10;
var bcryptCompareTests = 10;


/* Generate */

console.time('bcrypt-sync-gen');
for(var i=1 ; i <= bcryptHashTests ; i++) {
  var hash = bcrypt.hashSync('bacon', 10);
}
console.timeEnd('bcrypt-sync-gen');

//var bcryptHashCounter = 0;
//console.time('bcrypt-async-gen');
//for(var i=1 ; i <= bcryptHashTests ; i++) {
//  bcrypt.hash('bacon', 10, function(err, hash) {
//    bcryptHashCounter++;
//    if(bcryptHashCounter == bcryptHashTests) {
//      console.timeEnd('bcrypt-async-gen');
//    }
//  });
//}


/* Generate 2 */

//console.time('bcrypt2-sync-gen');
//for(var i=1 ; i <= bcryptHashTests ; i++) {
//  var hash = bcrypt2.hashSync('bacon');
//}
//console.timeEnd('bcrypt2-sync-gen');

//var bcrypt2HashCounter = 0;
//console.time('bcrypt2-async-gen');
//for(var i=1 ; i <= bcryptHashTests ; i++) {
//  bcrypt2.hash('bacon', null, null, function(err, hash) {
//    bcrypt2HashCounter++;
//    if(bcrypt2HashCounter == bcryptHashTests) {
//      console.timeEnd('bcrypt2-async-gen');
//    }
//  });
//}


/* Compare */

//var hash = '$2a$10$5Gbvwh2x8XxWl7IWLVlHV.KgLSAhVnhOlNu/cA.1fjAsINvWRHUza';

//console.time('bcrypt-compare-async-wrong');
//var bcryptCompareAsyncWrongCounter = 0;
//for(var i=1 ; i <= bcryptCompareTests ; i++) {
//  bcrypt.compare("B4c0/\/", hash, function(err, res) {
//    bcryptCompareAsyncWrongCounter++;
//    if(bcryptCompareAsyncWrongCounter == bcryptCompareTests) {
//      console.timeEnd('bcrypt-compare-async-wrong');
//    }
//  });
//}

//console.time('bcrypt-compare-async-correct');
//var bcryptCompareAsyncCorrectCounter = 0;
//for(var i=1 ; i <= bcryptCompareTests ; i++) {
//  bcrypt.compare("bacon", hash, function(err, res) {
//    bcryptCompareAsyncCorrectCounter++;
//    if(bcryptCompareAsyncCorrectCounter == bcryptCompareTests) {
//      console.timeEnd('bcrypt-compare-async-correct');
//    }
//  });
//}


/* Compare 2 */

//var hash = '$2a$10$5Gbvwh2x8XxWl7IWLVlHV.KgLSAhVnhOlNu/cA.1fjAsINvWRHUza';

//console.time('bcrypt2-compare-async-wrong');
//var bcrypt2CompareAsyncWrongCounter = 0;
//for(var i=1 ; i <= bcryptCompareTests ; i++) {
//  bcrypt2.compare("B4c0/\/", hash, function(err, res) {
//    bcrypt2CompareAsyncWrongCounter++;
//    if(bcrypt2CompareAsyncWrongCounter == bcryptCompareTests) {
//      console.timeEnd('bcrypt2-compare-async-wrong');
//    }
//  });
//}

//console.time('bcrypt2-compare-async-correct');
//var bcrypt2CompareAsyncCorrectCounter = 0;
//for(var i=1 ; i <= bcryptCompareTests ; i++) {
//  bcrypt2.compare("bacon", hash, function(err, res) {
//    bcrypt2CompareAsyncCorrectCounter++;
//    if(bcrypt2CompareAsyncCorrectCounter == bcryptCompareTests) {
//      console.timeEnd('bcrypt2-compare-async-correct');
//    }
//  });
//}