# AdonisJS vs Laravel

| Attribute | AdonisJS | Laravel |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 62.2 (77% (high)) | 65.5 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 8 | 8 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1,234 | 1,166 |
| adoption.github_stars | 19,142 | 85,054 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 193,052 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"AdonisJS is a web framework for Node.js built entirely in TypeScript that bundles authentication, database management, form validation, email sending, background jobs, and caching into a single system. It takes an opinionated approach to web development, providing one recommended solution for common problems to help developers focus on building features rather than assembling and integrating separate packages. It is indexed under Web Frameworks.","source":"https://adonisjs.com/","question":"What is AdonisJS?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AdonisJS is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $500 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://adonisjs.com/","question":"Is AdonisJS free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AdonisJS supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://adonisjs.com/","question":"What platforms does AdonisJS support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. AdonisJS can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://adonisjs.com/","question":"Can AdonisJS be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for AdonisJS, including Inertia, Vite, Redis, Tanstack React Query and Cloudflare. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://adonisjs.com/","question":"What does AdonisJS integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. AdonisJS is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/adonisjs/core","question":"Is AdonisJS open source?","confidence":0.99}]` | `[{"answer":"A PHP web framework that provides built-in tools for routing, database access through an ORM, background job processing, dependency injection, testing, and authentication, enabling rapid development of scalable web applications and APIs. It is indexed under Web Frameworks.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"What is Laravel?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Laravel offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $20 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"Is Laravel free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Laravel supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"What platforms does Laravel support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Laravel can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"Can Laravel be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 17 integrations for Laravel, including GitHub Actions, Redis, Cursor, Claude Code, Neon, Valkey, Composer and AWS EC2, plus 9 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"What does Laravel integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Laravel. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Laravel not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://laravel.com/blog/security-sql-injection-in-sql-server-limit-offset","question":"What security certifications does Laravel have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Laravel is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"Where is Laravel available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A complete backend framework for Node.js applications that provides integrated components for user authentication, database management, data validation, email delivery, task queues, caching, and testing. It aims to reduce setup overhead by including these capabilities as built-in features rather than requiring separate configuration and integration. | A PHP web framework offering pre-built functionality for routing, database operations, queuing, authentication, and testing, with expressive syntax designed to streamline web application development. |
| features.capabilities | `{"language":"TypeScript","rendering":"ssr","api_routes":true,"hot_reload":true,"file_routing":false,"typescript_first":true}` | `{"language":"PHP","rendering":"hybrid","api_routes":true,"async_model":"sync-threaded","file_routing":true,"license_type":"MIT/BSD","orm_included":true,"cli_scaffolding":true,"language_runtime":"PHP","typescript_first":false,"server_components":false,"websocket_support":true,"admin_ui_generated":true,"architecture_style":"full-stack-mvc","templating_included":true,"dependency_injection":true,"background_jobs_included":true,"testing_framework_included":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 16 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Inertia"},{"name":"Vite"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Tanstack React Query"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Amazon S3","native":true,"category":"cloud storage","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Cloudflare R2","native":true,"category":"cloud storage","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage","native":true,"category":"cloud storage","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Playwright","native":true,"category":"testing"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"Neon"},{"name":"Valkey"},{"name":"Composer"},{"name":"AWS EC2","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS RDS","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS Aurora","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS DSQL","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS ElastiCache","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Laravel Nova","native":true,"category":"admin"},{"name":"Laravel Reverb","native":true,"category":"websockets"},{"name":"Laravel Valkey","native":true,"category":"caching"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Lago","native":true,"category":"billing","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Symfony","native":true,"category":"framework","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitHub","category":"CI/CD","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"MySQL","category":"database"},{"name":"PostgreSQL","category":"database"},{"name":"OpenAI","category":"AI"},{"name":"Anthropic","category":"AI"},{"name":"Google Gemini","category":"AI"},{"name":"PhpStorm","category":"IDE"},{"name":"VS Code","category":"IDE"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Blade |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Professional Support","summary":"$500/month","features":["Direct access to creator (Harminder Virk)","Private Slack channel","24-hour guaranteed email response","Architecture consultations","Performance optimization","Early-stage project review","Upgrade and migration support","Priority feature requests","Insiders program access"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Direct support and architecture consultation from the framework creator","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Open source framework; professional support at $500/month","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://adonisjs.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:03:04.377Z","startingPrice":{"amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$5/month with $5 monthly usage credit included","features":["Deploy repositories in seconds","Unlimited applications and environments","Scale to zero when idle","Spending limits and alerts","DDoS mitigation","Standard email support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Foundation plan for prototypes and hobby projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"applications":"Unlimited","custom_domains":"10","managed_queues":"1 per environment","log_retention_days":"1","monthly_usage_credit":"$5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$20/month plus usage","features":["Unlimited preview environments","Worker clusters for distributed processing","10 managed queues per environment","Basic Web Application Firewall","Team roles and permissions"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enhanced plan with team features and advanced autoscaling","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$200/month plus usage","features":["Scheduled autoscaling","Unlimited managed queues","Advanced Web Application Firewall","Largest compute and storage sizes","250 custom domains","30 day log retention","Private networking support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Advanced plan with scheduled autoscaling and networking controls","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Dedicated compute infrastructure","Custom AWS integrations (RDS, Aurora, DSQL, ElastiCache)","VPC peering and private cloud","24/7 incident response","Volume discounts and custom contracts","Dedicated technical account manager"],"description":"Custom plan for high-demand workloads with dedicated infrastructure","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Serverless Postgres Storage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Compute (metered)","components":[{"kind":"metered","amount":0.00000248,"period":"second","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $5/month with included usage credits; pay-as-you-go for additional resources","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:07:28.914Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":5,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 11 | 7 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type 1","level":"Type I","status":"active","evidenceUrl":"https://laravel.com/blog/laravel-cloud-achieves-soc-2-type-1-compliance"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.2 | 5.7 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://adonisjs.com/packages/security | https://laravel.com/blog/laravel-cloud-achieves-soc-2-type-1-compliance |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40adonisjs%2Fcore&per_page=100","last_12m":1,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` | `{"count":3,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=laravel%2Flaravel&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Web Frameworks)

| Capability | AdonisJS | Laravel |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Rendering model | Server-side | Hybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR) |
| File-based routing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Language | TypeScript | PHP |
| **Rendering** |  |  |
| Server components | - | ✗ |
| Streaming SSR | - | - |
| **Fullstack** |  |  |
| Built-in API / backend routes | ✓ | ✓ |
| **DX** |  |  |
| First-class TypeScript | ✓ | ✗ |
| Fast refresh / HMR | ✓ | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Edge runtime support | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:19:48.348Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*