Comparison

Django vs Symfony

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.

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★Django75
Symfony63
Score
vioscaleAI score
Django75 / 100medium · 70%
Symfony63 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tier
Django✓
Symfony✓
Model
Price level
Djangofree
Symfonyfree
Transparent
Django✓
Symfony✓
Integrations
Count
Django–
Symfony4
Adoption
Dependent repos
Django114,817
Symfony22,779
Github stars
Django91,221
Symfony31,164
Package downloads weekly
Symfony–
Stackoverflow questions
Django320,000
Symfony–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Django59
Symfony100
Release
Cadence days
Django45
Symfony–
History
Django–
Symfony20 items
License
Spdx
SymfonyMIT
Language
Primary
DjangoPython
SymfonyPHP
Market
Content
Faq
Django7 items
Symfony7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Rendering model
DjangoServer-side
SymfonyHybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)
File-based routing
Django✗
Symfony-
Language
DjangoPython
SymfonyPHP
Rendering
Server components
Django✗
Symfony-
Streaming SSR
Django-
Symfony-
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes
Django✓
Symfony✓
DX
First-class TypeScript
Django✗
Symfony-
Fast refresh / HMR
Django-
Symfony-
Deployment
Edge runtime support
Django-
Symfony-

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

Symfony

A complete PHP framework that bundles routing, database mapping, templates, validation, testing, and security tools in a cohesive package for building web applications.

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 verify ↗

Symfony

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source under MIT license

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Django✓
Symfony✓
CLI
Django✗
Symfony✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Django✓
Symfony✓
On-premise
Django✓
Symfony✗

Integrations

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

Django

Leader

Not documented yet.

Symfony

4 total
  • Drupal
  • Laravel
  • API Platform
  • Composer
Independently observed
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