Comparison

Express vs Laravel

On the evidence we track, Express leads this comparison with a composite score of 77/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Express77

Laravel56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ExpressLeader	Laravel
Vioscale score	77 / 100high · 79%	56 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	13	7
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	8.9	5.7
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=express&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE	Count: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=laravel%2Flaravel&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1,853,938	1,166
Github starsadoption.github_stars	69,394	84,875
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	131,895,868	-
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	96,000	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	40	10
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	4	7
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	JavaScript	Blade
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US	Available worldwide · Popular in US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	-

Score

Vioscale score

Express77 / 100high · 79%

Laravel56 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Express✓

Laravel✗

Model

Expresscommercial

Laravelcommercial

Price level

Expressfree

Laravellow

Transparent

Express✓

Laravel✓

Integrations

Count

Express13

Laravel7

Security

Disclosure policy

Express✓

Laravel✓

Gdpr

Express–

Laravel✓

Hipaa

Express–

Laravel✓

Scorecard

Express8.9

Laravel5.7

Soc2

Express–

Laravel✓

Vulnerabilities

ExpressCount: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=express&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: MODERATE

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

Reliability

Status page

Express–

Laravel✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Express1,853,938

Laravel1,166

Github stars

Express69,394

Laravel84,875

Package downloads weekly

Express131,895,868

Laravel–

Stackoverflow questions

Express96,000

Laravel–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Express40

Laravel10

Release

Cadence days

Express4

Laravel7

History

Express20 items

Laravel20 items

License

Spdx

ExpressMIT

Laravel–

Language

Primary

ExpressJavaScript

LaravelBlade

Market

Availability

ExpressAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

LaravelAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Content

Faq

Express7 items

Laravel–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for web frameworks. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Web Frameworks
Capability	Express	Laravel
Core
Rendering model	-	Hybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)
File-based routing	✗	✓
Language	JavaScript	PHP
Rendering
Server components	✗	✗
Streaming SSR	✗	-
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes	✓	✓
DX
First-class TypeScript	✗	✗
Fast refresh / HMR	✗	-
Deployment
Edge runtime support	✗	-

Core

Rendering model

Express-

LaravelHybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)

File-based routing

Express✗

Laravel✓

Language

ExpressJavaScript

LaravelPHP

Rendering

Server components

Express✗

Laravel✗

Streaming SSR

Express✗

Laravel-

Fullstack

Built-in API / backend routes

Express✓

Laravel✓

First-class TypeScript

Express✗

Laravel✗

Fast refresh / HMR

Express✗

Laravel-

Deployment

Edge runtime support

Express✗

Laravel-

What each one is

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

Express

Leader

A minimal framework providing essential routing, middleware, and HTTP utilities for building web applications and APIs in Node.js without imposing architectural constraints.

Independently observed

Laravel

A batteries-included PHP web application framework that enables developers and AI agents to build and ship web apps at high speed with opinionated conventions.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Express

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Laravel

from $5/moHybrid

From $5/month plus usage. First month free on Starter.

Starter$5/month plus usage, first month free
- Unlimited applications, environments, builds, & users
- Scale-to-Zero Flex compute
- Spending limits and alerts
- 1 managed queue per environment
- DDoS mitigation
- +3 more
Growth$20/month plus usage
- All Starter features
- Pro compute
- Autoscaling up to 10× replicas
- Preview environments
- Worker clusters
- +5 more
Business$200/month plus usage
- All Growth features
- Unlimited + scheduled autoscaling
- Unlimited managed queues
- Advanced WAF
- Largest compute and resource sizes
- +4 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- All Business features
- Private networking
- Dedicated compute
- RDS databases & VPC peering (Private Cloud only)
- 24/7 incident response
- +2 more

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Express	Laravel
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Express✓

Laravel✓

CLI

Express✓

Laravel✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Express✓

Laravel✓

Self-hosted

Express✓

Laravel✗

On-premise

Express✓

Laravel✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Redis

Express

Leader

13 total - 12 not shared

Cassandra
Couchbase
CouchDB
LevelDB
MySQL
MongoDB
Neo4j
Oracle
PostgreSQL
SQL Server
SQLite
Elasticsearch

Independently observed

Laravel

7 total - 6 not shared

GitHub Actions
Cursor
Claude Code
Neon
Valkey
Composer

Independently observed

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