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Doctrine vs Hibernate ORM

On the evidence we track, Hibernate ORM 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.

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Doctrine62
★Hibernate ORM67
Score
vioscaleAI score
Doctrine62 / 100medium · 50%
Hibernate ORM67 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Doctrine✓
Hibernate ORM✓
Model
Doctrineopen_source
Hibernate ORMcommercial
Price level
Doctrinefree
Hibernate ORMfree
Transparent
Doctrine✓
Hibernate ORM✓
Integrations
Count
Doctrine20
Hibernate ORM13
Security
Scorecard
Doctrine6.9
Hibernate ORM7.2
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Doctrine87,805
Hibernate ORM145,451
Github stars
Doctrine10,165
Hibernate ORM6,472
Activity
Commits last 30d
Doctrine29
Hibernate ORM100
Release
Cadence days
Doctrine6
Hibernate ORM1
History
Doctrine20 items
Hibernate ORM20 items
License
Spdx
DoctrineMIT
Hibernate ORMApache-2.0
Language
Primary
DoctrinePHP
Hibernate ORMJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Doctrine6 items
Hibernate ORM5 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Doctrine

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

Independently observed

Hibernate ORM

Leader

Hibernate enables Java applications to interact with relational databases through object-oriented abstractions with support for complex queries, temporal data handling, audit logging, and multi-tenant deployments, while preserving SQL expressivity and performance.

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

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Hibernate ORM

Leader
Open source

Free and open source under Apache License 2.0

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Doctrine✓
Hibernate ORM–
CLI
Doctrine✓
Hibernate ORM–
Deployment
Self-hosted
Doctrine✓
Hibernate ORM✓

Integrations

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

Doctrine

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

Hibernate ORM

Leader
22 total
  • Jakarta Persistence
  • Jakarta Data
  • Jakarta Query
  • Bean Validation
  • Jakarta Validation
  • Java EE
  • Jakarta EE
  • Vert.x
  • MongoDB Extension
  • Apache Lucene
  • Elasticsearch
  • OpenSearch
  • Quarkus
  • WildFly
  • Red Hat EAP
  • Spring Boot
  • MongoDB
  • Hibernate Validator
  • Hibernate Search
  • Hibernate Reactive
  • Hibernate Data Repositories
  • Hibernate NoSQL
Independently observed
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Doctrine or Hibernate ORM: which one depends on you

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