Comparison

Doctrine vs Liquibase

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.

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Doctrine67
Liquibase54
Score
Vioscale score
Doctrine67 / 100medium · 54%
Liquibase54 / 100low · 45%
Pricing
Free tier
Doctrine
Liquibase
Model
Doctrinecommercial
Liquibaseopen_source
Price level
Doctrinefree
Liquibasefree
Transparent
Doctrine
Liquibase
Integrations
Count
Doctrine20
Liquibase7
Adoption
Dependent repos
Doctrine87,805
Liquibase
Github stars
Doctrine10,169
Liquibase5,596
Activity
Commits last 30d
Doctrine10
Liquibase74
Release
Cadence days
Doctrine2
Liquibase49
History
Doctrine20 items
Liquibase20 items
License
Spdx
DoctrineMIT
Liquibase
Language
Primary
DoctrinePHP
LiquibaseJava
Market
Availability
Liquibase

Capabilities

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

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

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

Liquibase

Database change management platform with version control, automatic ordering, and support for SQL, NoSQL, and data warehouses. Downloaded over 100 million times.

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 ↗

Liquibase

Open sourceFree tier

Free Community edition; Secure edition (pricing on request)

  • CommunityFree
    • Version-controlled database schema changes
    • Automatic script ordering
    • Branching and merging for teams
    • Rollback capability
  • SecureContact 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
Liquibase
CLI
Doctrine
Liquibase
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Doctrine
Liquibase
Self-hosted
Doctrine
Liquibase

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

Liquibase

7 total
  • ServiceNow
  • GitHub
  • Harness
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab CI/CD
Independently observed

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