The best replacement for gunicorn is uwsgi.

The best alternatives to gunicorn are rated as following:
★★★★★  uwsgi
★★★★  tornado
★★★  waitress
★★★  cherrypy
★★  unicorn
★  twisted
★  gevent
  flup

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Speaking about gunicorn, one probably shouldn't forget about nginx.

Other search terms related to gunicorn and their ratings are:
★★★★★ nginx
★★★★ gevent
★★ supervisor
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