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Fastify vs Laravel

No clear leader: Fastify (70.0) and Laravel (65.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Fastify full profile →Laravel full profile →
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Fastify70
Laravel66
Score
vioscaleAI score
Fastify70 / 100high · 78%
Laravel66 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Fastify✓
Laravel✓
Model
Fastifycommercial
Laravelfreemium
Price level
Fastifyfree
Laravellow
Starting price
Fastify–
Laravel$5
Transparent
Fastify–
Laravel✓
Integrations
Count
Fastify28
Laravel16
Security
Certifications
Fastify–
LaravelSOC 2 Type 1
Disclosure policy
Fastify–
Laravel✓
Gdpr
Fastify–
Laravel✓
Hipaa
Fastify–
Laravel✓
Scorecard
Fastify8.3
Laravel5.7
Soc2
Fastify–
Laravel✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Fastify–
Laravel✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Fastify16,712
Laravel1,166
Github stars
Fastify37,232
Laravel85,054
Activity
Commits last 30d
Fastify20
Laravel8
Release
Cadence days
Fastify4
Laravel7
History
Fastify20 items
Laravel20 items
License
Spdx
FastifyMIT
Laravel–
Language
Primary
FastifyJavaScript
LaravelBlade
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Fastify6 items
Laravel7 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Fastify

A Node.js web framework emphasizing fast request handling and low resource consumption while maintaining strong security, input validation, and developer experience.

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.

Fastify

Open source
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
Fastify✓
Laravel✓
CLI
Fastify✓
Laravel✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Fastify✓
Laravel✓
Self-hosted
Fastify✗
Laravel✓
On-premise
Fastify✗
Laravel✓
Hybrid
Fastify✗
Laravel✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Valkey

Fastify

40 total - 37 not shared
  • Next.js
  • Apollo Server
  • Angular
  • MongoDB
  • Elasticsearch
  • Swagger/OpenAPI
  • WebSocket
  • JWT
  • Helmet
  • Sentry
  • RabbitMQ
  • CORS
  • CSRF
  • OAuth2
  • Kubernetes
  • Firebase
  • Mongoose
  • TypeORM
  • OAuth
  • GraphQL
  • Swagger
  • OpenAPI
  • React
  • Vue
  • +13 more
Independently observed

Laravel

26 total - 23 not shared
  • GitHub Actions
  • Cursor
  • Claude Code
  • Neon
  • Composer
  • AWS EC2
  • AWS RDS
  • AWS Aurora
  • AWS DSQL
  • AWS ElastiCache
  • Laravel Nova
  • Laravel Reverb
  • Laravel Valkey
  • Grafana
  • Lago
  • Symfony
  • GitHub
  • MySQL
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google Gemini
  • PhpStorm
  • VS Code
Independently observed
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