DRF is awesome. If you're considering moving to or implementing GraphQL, though, Django + Graphile is amazingly productive and performant. No affiliation, just good experiences.
If you're using Postgraphile for the API layer and a frontend framework for the view layer, what do you need Django for? Just migrations?
Postgraphile solves the problem of boilerplate CRUD very well but it does not handle custom and complex logic well. For instance, interacting with other APIs like payment.
I’m sorry you feel that way; I use PostGraphile with external APIs frequently, using makeExtendSchemaPlugin to easily add more types and resolvers to my GraphQL schema. Maybe you could go into more detail on the issues you’ve faced here so I can improve the project?