Comparison

Django vs Laravel

On the evidence we track, Django leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Django full profile →Laravel full profile →

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★Django75

Laravel66

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DjangoLeader	Laravel
vioscaleAI score	75 / 100medium · 70%	66 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$5
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	16
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type 1
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.8	5.7
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jul/07/security-releases/	https://laravel.com/blog/laravel-cloud-achieves-soc-2-type-1-compliance
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 100 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=django&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 30 · Max severity: CRITICAL	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
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	114,817	1,166
Github starsadoption.github_stars	91,221	85,054
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	10,207,202	-
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	320,000	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	59	8
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	45	7
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	BSD-3-Clause	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	Blade
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Django75 / 100medium · 70%

Laravel66 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Django✓

Laravel✓

Model

Djangoopen_source

Laravelfreemium

Price level

Djangofree

Laravellow

Starting price

Django–

Laravel$5

Transparent

Django✓

Laravel✓

Integrations

Count

Django–

Laravel16

Security

Certifications

Django–

LaravelSOC 2 Type 1

Disclosure policy

Django✓

Laravel✓

Gdpr

Django–

Laravel✓

Hipaa

Django–

Laravel✓

Scorecard

Django6.8

Laravel5.7

Soc2

Django–

Laravel✓

Trust center

Djangohttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/jul/07/security-releases/

Laravelhttps://laravel.com/blog/laravel-cloud-achieves-soc-2-type-1-compliance

Vulnerabilities

DjangoCount: 100 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=django&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 30 · Max severity: CRITICAL

LaravelCount: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=laravel%2Flaravel&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Reliability

Status page

Django–

Laravel✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Django114,817

Laravel1,166

Github stars

Django91,221

Laravel85,054

Package downloads weekly

Django10,207,202

Laravel–

Stackoverflow questions

Django320,000

Laravel–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Django59

Laravel8

Release

Cadence days

Django45

Laravel7

History

Django–

Laravel20 items

License

Spdx

DjangoBSD-3-Clause

Laravel–

Language

Primary

DjangoPython

LaravelBlade

Market

Availability

DjangoAvailable worldwide

LaravelAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Content

Faq

Django7 items

Laravel7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for web frameworks. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

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

Core

Rendering model

DjangoServer-side

LaravelHybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)

File-based routing

Django✗

Laravel✓

Language

DjangoPython

LaravelPHP

Rendering

Server components

Django✗

Laravel✗

Streaming SSR

Django-

Laravel-

Fullstack

Built-in API / backend routes

Django✓

Laravel✓

First-class TypeScript

Django✗

Laravel✗

Fast refresh / HMR

Django-

Laravel-

Deployment

Edge runtime support

Django-

Laravel-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Django

Leader

Django is a web development framework that helps developers build applications more quickly with less code while maintaining clean, maintainable design.

Independently observed

Laravel

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Django

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Laravel

from $5/moHybridFree tier30-day trial

From $5/month with included usage credits; pay-as-you-go for additional resources

Starter$5/month with $5 monthly usage credit included
- Deploy repositories in seconds
- Unlimited applications and environments
- Scale to zero when idle
- Spending limits and alerts
- DDoS mitigation
- +1 more
Growth$20/month plus usage
- Unlimited preview environments
- Worker clusters for distributed processing
- 10 managed queues per environment
- Basic Web Application Firewall
- Team roles and permissions
Business$200/month plus usage
- Scheduled autoscaling
- Unlimited managed queues
- Advanced Web Application Firewall
- Largest compute and storage sizes
- 250 custom domains
- +2 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Dedicated compute infrastructure
- Custom AWS integrations (RDS, Aurora, DSQL, ElastiCache)
- VPC peering and private cloud
- 24/7 incident response
- Volume discounts and custom contracts
- +1 more

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Django	Laravel
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Django✓

Laravel✓

CLI

Django✗

Laravel✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Django✓

Laravel✓

Self-hosted

Django✗

Laravel✓

On-premise

Django✓

Laravel✓

Hybrid

Django✗

Laravel✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Django

Leader

Not documented yet.

Laravel

26 total

GitHub Actions
Redis
Cursor
Claude Code
Neon
Valkey
Composer
AWS EC2
AWS RDS
AWS Aurora
AWS DSQL
AWS ElastiCache
Laravel Nova
Laravel Reverb
Laravel Valkey
Grafana
Lago
Symfony
GitHub
MySQL
PostgreSQL
OpenAI
Anthropic
Google Gemini
+2 more

Independently observed

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