Comparison

Doctrine vs Flyway

On the evidence we track, Doctrine leads this comparison with a composite score of 67/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Doctrine full profile →Flyway full profile →

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★Doctrine67

Flyway58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DoctrineLeader	Flyway
Vioscale score	67 / 100medium · 54%	58 / 100medium · 54%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	20	13
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.9	4.7
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=doctrine%2Form&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.flywaydb%3Aflyway-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	87,805	30,708
Github starsadoption.github_stars	10,169	10,029
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	10	4
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	2	8
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	PHP	Java
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · HQ GB

Score

Vioscale score

Doctrine67 / 100medium · 54%

Flyway58 / 100medium · 54%

Pricing

Free tier

Doctrine✓

Flyway✓

Model

Doctrinecommercial

Flywaycommercial

Price level

Doctrinefree

Flywayfree

Transparent

Doctrine✓

Flyway✗

Integrations

Count

Doctrine20

Flyway13

Security

Scorecard

Doctrine6.9

Flyway4.7

Vulnerabilities

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

FlywayCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.flywaydb%3Aflyway-core&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

Doctrine87,805

Flyway30,708

Github stars

Doctrine10,169

Flyway10,029

Activity

Commits last 30d

Doctrine10

Flyway4

Release

Cadence days

Doctrine2

Flyway8

History

Doctrine20 items

Flyway20 items

License

Spdx

DoctrineMIT

FlywayApache-2.0

Language

Primary

DoctrinePHP

FlywayJava

Market

Availability

DoctrineAvailable worldwide

FlywayAvailable worldwide · HQ GB

Capabilities

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

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

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-

Data browser / studio

Doctrine-

Flyway✓

What each one is

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

Doctrine

Leader

Doctrine provides PHP developers with both high-level object-oriented database tools and low-level direct SQL access. The core includes an Object Relational Mapper for complex data modeling and a Database Abstraction Layer for flexible database interaction.

Independently observed

Flyway

An industry-proven tool that simplifies database migration management using SQL scripts, supporting both command-line and graphical interfaces for organizing and deploying schema changes

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 2026-08-14verify ↗

Flyway

freemiumFree tier

Free open-source Community edition; Enterprise edition available

CommunityFree
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Doctrine	Flyway
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Doctrine✓

Flyway✗

macOS

Doctrine✗

Flyway✓

Windows

Doctrine✗

Flyway✓

Linux

Doctrine✗

Flyway✓

CLI

Doctrine✓

Flyway✓

Deployment

Self-hosted

Doctrine✓

Flyway✓

On-premise

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

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.