Comparison

FastAPI vs Laravel

On the evidence we track, FastAPI leads this comparison with a composite score of 78/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★FastAPI78
Laravel66
Score
vioscaleAI score
FastAPI78 / 100medium · 69%
Laravel66 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
FastAPI✓
Laravel✓
Model
Laravelfreemium
Price level
FastAPIfree
Laravellow
Starting price
FastAPI–
Laravel$5
Transparent
FastAPI–
Laravel✓
Integrations
Count
FastAPI11
Laravel16
Reliability
Status page
FastAPI✓
Laravel✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
FastAPI43,608
Laravel1,166
Github stars
FastAPI102,768
Laravel85,054
Package downloads weekly
FastAPI97,378,207
Laravel–
Stackoverflow questions
FastAPI31,000
Laravel–
Activity
Commits last 30d
FastAPI63
Laravel8
Release
Cadence days
FastAPI14
Laravel7
History
FastAPI20 items
Laravel20 items
License
Spdx
FastAPIMIT
Laravel–
Language
Primary
FastAPIPython
LaravelBlade
Content
Faq
FastAPI8 items
Laravel7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Rendering model
FastAPI-
LaravelHybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)
File-based routing
FastAPI-
Laravel✓
Language
FastAPIPython
LaravelPHP
Rendering
Server components
FastAPI-
Laravel✗
Streaming SSR
FastAPI-
Laravel-
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes
FastAPI✓
Laravel✓
DX
First-class TypeScript
FastAPI-
Laravel✗
Fast refresh / HMR
FastAPI✓
Laravel-
Deployment
Edge runtime support
FastAPI-
Laravel-

What each one is

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

FastAPI

Leader

A Python web framework designed for creating APIs with automatic documentation, built on standard protocols and type hints to enable rapid development and deployment.

Independently observed

Laravel

A PHP web framework offering pre-built functionality for routing, database operations, queuing, authentication, and testing, with expressive syntax designed to streamline web application development.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

FastAPI

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Laravel

from $5/moHybridFree tier30-day trial

From $5/month with included usage credits; pay-as-you-go for additional resources

  • Starter$5/month with $5 monthly usage credit included
    • Deploy repositories in seconds
    • Unlimited applications and environments
    • Scale to zero when idle
    • Spending limits and alerts
    • DDoS mitigation
    • +1 more
  • Growth$20/month plus usage
    • Unlimited preview environments
    • Worker clusters for distributed processing
    • 10 managed queues per environment
    • Basic Web Application Firewall
    • Team roles and permissions
  • Business$200/month plus usage
    • Scheduled autoscaling
    • Unlimited managed queues
    • Advanced Web Application Firewall
    • Largest compute and storage sizes
    • 250 custom domains
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Dedicated compute infrastructure
    • Custom AWS integrations (RDS, Aurora, DSQL, ElastiCache)
    • VPC peering and private cloud
    • 24/7 incident response
    • Volume discounts and custom contracts
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
FastAPI✓
Laravel✓
CLI
FastAPI✓
Laravel✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
FastAPI✓
Laravel✓
Self-hosted
FastAPI✗
Laravel✓
On-premise
FastAPI✗
Laravel✓
Hybrid
FastAPI✗
Laravel✓

Integrations

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

FastAPI

Leader
11 total
  • Starlette
  • Pydantic
  • OpenAPI
  • JSON Schema
  • Swagger UI
  • ReDoc
  • OAuth2
  • JWT
  • HTTP Basic authentication
  • Cookies
  • Session management
Independently observed

Laravel

26 total
  • GitHub Actions
  • Redis
  • Cursor
  • Claude Code
  • Neon
  • Valkey
  • Composer
  • AWS EC2
  • AWS RDS
  • AWS Aurora
  • AWS DSQL
  • AWS ElastiCache
  • Laravel Nova
  • Laravel Reverb
  • Laravel Valkey
  • Grafana
  • Lago
  • Symfony
  • GitHub
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google Gemini
  • +2 more
Independently observed
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