Comparison

Hono vs Laravel

On the evidence we track, Hono leads this comparison with a composite score of 66/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Hono66
Laravel56
Score
Vioscale score
Hono66 / 100medium · 66%
Laravel56 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Hono
Laravel
Model
Price level
Honofree
Laravellow
Transparent
Hono
Laravel
Integrations
Count
Hono
Laravel7
Reliability
Status page
Hono
Laravel
Adoption
Dependent repos
Hono668
Laravel1,166
Github stars
Hono31,974
Laravel84,875
Activity
Commits last 30d
Hono79
Laravel10
Release
Cadence days
Hono4
Laravel7
History
Laravel20 items
License
Spdx
HonoMIT
Laravel
Language
Primary
LaravelBlade
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Hono

Leader

An open-source TypeScript-based web framework that compiles to under 14kB and runs natively on Cloudflare Workers, Fastly, Deno, Bun, AWS Lambda, Node.js, and other JavaScript runtimes. Emphasizes clean APIs, TypeScript support, and comprehensive middleware ecosystem.

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.

Hono

Leader
Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Hono
Laravel
CLI
Hono
Laravel
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Hono
Laravel
Self-hosted
Hono
Laravel

Integrations

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

Hono

Leader

Not documented yet.

Laravel

7 total
  • GitHub Actions
  • Redis
  • 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.