Easy there tiger ;)<p>What does it even mean that something is string based?<p>Here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;eishay&#x2F;jvm-serializers&#x2F;wiki" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;eishay&#x2F;jvm-serializers&#x2F;wiki</a> a JVM bench where JSON is pretty competitive with binary formats [and results would be event better if project owners actually merged PRs ;( ]