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Comparison

Doctrine vs Flyway

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
Flyway54
Score
vioscaleAI score
Doctrine62 / 100medium · 50%
Flyway54 / 100medium · 50%
Pricing
Free tier
Doctrine✓
Flyway✓
Model
Doctrineopen_source
Flywayfreemium
Price level
Doctrinefree
Flywaylow
Transparent
Doctrine✓
Flyway✗
Integrations
Count
Doctrine20
Flyway1
Security
Scorecard
Doctrine6.9
Flyway4.8
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Doctrine87,805
Flyway30,708
Github stars
Doctrine10,165
Flyway10,142
Activity
Commits last 30d
Doctrine29
Flyway5
Release
Cadence days
Doctrine6
Flyway8
History
Doctrine20 items
Flyway20 items
License
Spdx
DoctrineMIT
FlywayApache-2.0
Language
Primary
DoctrinePHP
FlywayJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Doctrine6 items
Flyway7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Type-safe queries
Doctrine-
Flyway-
Schema migrations
Doctrine✓
Flyway✓
Relations / joins API
Doctrine✓
Flyway-
Languages
DoctrinePHP
FlywayJava; Maven/Gradle plugins; integrations for multiple build frameworks
Modelling
Schema-first modelling
Doctrine-
Flyway✓
Flexibility
Raw SQL escape hatch
Doctrine✓
Flyway✓
Portability
Multiple database backends
Doctrine✓
Flyway✓
Ops
Connection pooling
Doctrine-
Flyway-
DX
Data browser / studio
Doctrine-
Flyway✓

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

Flyway

A database migration tool that applies version-controlled schema changes to database instances using SQL. Supports 60+ database platforms and has been maintained by Redgate since 2010.

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 ↗

Flyway

freemiumFree tier

Free open-source Community edition; Enterprise edition available

  • CommunityFree
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Doctrine✓
Flyway✗
macOS
Doctrine✗
Flyway✓
Windows
Doctrine✗
Flyway✓
Linux
Doctrine✗
Flyway✓
CLI
Doctrine✓
Flyway✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Doctrine✗
Flyway✓
Self-hosted
Doctrine✓
Flyway✓

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

Flyway

12 total
  • Maven
  • Gradle
  • SBT
  • Ant
  • Spring Boot
  • Grails
  • Play!
  • DropWizard
  • Grunt
  • Griffon
  • Ninja
  • SQL Fluff
Independently observed
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