Comparison

Koa vs Laravel

On the evidence we track, Laravel 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.

Koa full profile →Laravel full profile →

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Koa52

★Laravel66

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Koa	LaravelLeader
vioscaleAI score	52 / 100medium · 66%	66 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$5
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	16
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type 1
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.8	5.7
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://laravel.com/blog/laravel-cloud-achieves-soc-2-type-1-compliance
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=koa&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL	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	109,950	1,166
Github starsadoption.github_stars	35,677	85,054
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	2	8
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	16	7
Historyrelease.history	18 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	JavaScript	Blade
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	-	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Koa52 / 100medium · 66%

Laravel66 / 100high · 75%

Pricing

Free tier

Koa–

Laravel✓

Model

Koacommercial

Laravelfreemium

Price level

Koa–

Laravellow

Starting price

Koa–

Laravel$5

Transparent

Koa–

Laravel✓

Integrations

Count

Koa–

Laravel16

Security

Certifications

Koa–

LaravelSOC 2 Type 1

Disclosure policy

Koa–

Laravel✓

Gdpr

Koa–

Laravel✓

Hipaa

Koa–

Laravel✓

Scorecard

Koa5.8

Laravel5.7

Soc2

Koa–

Laravel✓

Trust center

Koa–

Laravelhttps://laravel.com/blog/laravel-cloud-achieves-soc-2-type-1-compliance

Vulnerabilities

KoaCount: 6 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=koa&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL

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

Koa✓

Laravel✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Koa109,950

Laravel1,166

Github stars

Koa35,677

Laravel85,054

Activity

Commits last 30d

Koa2

Laravel8

Release

Cadence days

Koa16

Laravel7

History

Koa18 items

Laravel20 items

License

Spdx

KoaMIT

Laravel–

Language

Primary

KoaJavaScript

LaravelBlade

Market

Availability

Koa–

LaravelAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Content

Faq

Koa–

Laravel7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Web Frameworks
Capability	Koa	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

Koa-

LaravelHybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)

File-based routing

Koa-

Laravel✓

Language

KoaJavaScript

LaravelPHP

Rendering

Server components

Koa-

Laravel✗

Streaming SSR

Koa-

Laravel-

Fullstack

Built-in API / backend routes

Koa✓

Laravel✓

First-class TypeScript

Koa-

Laravel✗

Fast refresh / HMR

Koa-

Laravel-

Deployment

Edge runtime support

Koa-

Laravel-

What each one is

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

Koa

A library that uses SHA1 HMAC to sign and verify data (like cookies or URLs) by maintaining a rotating system of secret keys. Old keys can be removed and new ones added without invalidating existing client credentials.

Independently observed

Laravel

Leader

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.

Koa

Pricing not documented yet.

Laravel

Leader

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 2026-10-05verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Platforms

Web

Koa✗

Laravel✓

CLI

Koa✓

Laravel✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Koa–

Laravel✓

Self-hosted

Koa–

Laravel✓

On-premise

Koa–

Laravel✓

Hybrid

Koa–

Laravel✓

Integrations

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

Koa

Not documented yet.

Laravel

Leader

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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