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Hono vs Laravel

No clear leader: Laravel (65.5) and Hono (61.3) 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.

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Hono61
Laravel66
Score
vioscaleAI score
Hono61 / 100medium · 54%
Laravel66 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Hono✓
Laravel✓
Model
Price level
Honofree
Laravellow
Starting price
Hono–
Laravel$5
Transparent
Hono✓
Laravel✓
Integrations
Count
Hono–
Laravel16
Security
Certifications
Hono–
LaravelSOC 2 Type 1
Disclosure policy
Hono–
Laravel✓
Gdpr
Hono–
Laravel✓
Hipaa
Hono–
Laravel✓
Scorecard
Hono–
Laravel5.7
Soc2
Hono–
Laravel✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Hono–
Laravel✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Hono668
Laravel1,166
Github stars
Hono32,540
Laravel85,054
Activity
Commits last 30d
Hono62
Laravel8
Release
Cadence days
Hono5
Laravel7
History
Hono20 items
Laravel20 items
License
Spdx
HonoMIT
Laravel–
Language
Primary
HonoTypeScript
LaravelBlade
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Hono5 items
Laravel7 items

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

A fast, lightweight web framework built on web standards that runs on various JavaScript runtimes including Node.js, Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, and AWS.

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.

Hono

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
Hono✓
Laravel✓
CLI
Hono✓
Laravel✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Hono✓
Laravel✓
Self-hosted
Hono✓
Laravel✓
On-premise
Hono✗
Laravel✓
Hybrid
Hono✗
Laravel✓

Integrations

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

Hono

Not documented yet.

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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