I've got a little experience with both. I went full bore into DRF, and found myself wrestling with the framework too much. I wanted to use the framework (ModelSerializer), but found it difficult to find the hooks to customize some behavior. Then going down a layer of abstraction felt like I had to do too much. This is probably the reality of any framework, not necessarily the fault of DRF.
Right now I'm using django-restless. I'm sticking with it for now. It uses Django forms for validation, which works ok even though they weren't meant for validating json input. Now I'm wondering if it would be best to just use Django, and be restless in style. Perhaps DRF, restless or some other libraries would have some pieces that I could use in a more library fashion if I wanted them.
Right now I'm using django-restless. I'm sticking with it for now. It uses Django forms for validation, which works ok even though they weren't meant for validating json input. Now I'm wondering if it would be best to just use Django, and be restless in style. Perhaps DRF, restless or some other libraries would have some pieces that I could use in a more library fashion if I wanted them.