Comparison

Doctrine vs Ent

On the evidence we track, Doctrine leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Doctrine62
Ent47
Score
vioscaleAI score
Doctrine62 / 100medium · 50%
Ent47 / 100low · 48%
Pricing
Free tier
Doctrine✓
Ent✓
Model
Price level
Doctrinefree
Entfree
Transparent
Doctrine✓
Ent✓
Integrations
Count
Doctrine20
Ent2
Adoption
Dependent repos
Doctrine87,805
Ent808
Github stars
Doctrine10,165
Activity
Commits last 30d
Doctrine29
Ent1
Release
Cadence days
Doctrine6
Ent34
History
Doctrine20 items
License
Spdx
DoctrineMIT
Language
Primary
DoctrinePHP
EntGo
Market
Availability
Ent–
Content
Faq
Doctrine6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for orm & database tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Type-safe queries
Doctrine-
Ent✓
Schema migrations
Doctrine✓
Ent✓
Relations / joins API
Doctrine✓
Ent✓
Languages
DoctrinePHP
EntGo
Modelling
Schema-first modelling
Doctrine-
Ent✓
Flexibility
Raw SQL escape hatch
Doctrine✓
Ent-
Portability
Multiple database backends
Doctrine✓
Ent✓
Ops
Connection pooling
Doctrine-
Ent-
DX
Data browser / studio
Doctrine-
Ent-

What each one is

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

Doctrine

Leader

PHP libraries for building database-driven applications with support for object-relational mapping and database abstraction.

Independently observed

Ent

An entity framework for Go that enables schema definition as code and provides statically-typed query capabilities across multiple database backends.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Doctrine

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Ent

Open sourceFree tier

Open source, free

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Doctrine✓
Ent✗
CLI
Doctrine✓
Ent✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Doctrine✓
Ent✓

Integrations

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

Doctrine

Leader
20 total
  • Symfony
  • Drupal
  • Laravel
  • Laminas
  • API Platform
  • eZ Platform
  • Akeneo PIM
  • Pimcore
  • Sylius
  • Shopware
  • Contao
  • Oxid eShop
  • PrestaShop
  • TYPO3
  • Sonata Project
  • JMS Libraries
  • Go! AOP
  • KNP Labs
  • PHPUnit
  • phpbench
Independently observed

Ent

3 total
  • GraphQL
  • Atlas
  • Slack
Independently observed
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Doctrine or Ent: which one depends on you

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