# Laravel vs Micronaut

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Laravel

| Attribute | Laravel | Micronaut |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.5 (75% (high)) | 59.4 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 8 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1,166 | 1,864 |
| adoption.github_stars | 85,054 | 6,432 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A PHP web framework that provides built-in tools for routing, database access through an ORM, background job processing, dependency injection, testing, and authentication, enabling rapid development of scalable web applications and APIs. It is indexed under Web Frameworks.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"What is Laravel?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Laravel offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $20 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"Is Laravel free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Laravel supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"What platforms does Laravel support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Laravel can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"Can Laravel be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 17 integrations for Laravel, including GitHub Actions, Redis, Cursor, Claude Code, Neon, Valkey, Composer and AWS EC2, plus 9 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"What does Laravel integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Laravel. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Laravel not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://laravel.com/blog/security-sql-injection-in-sql-server-limit-offset","question":"What security certifications does Laravel have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Laravel is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","question":"Where is Laravel available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A modern Java framework designed to reduce startup time and memory overhead through compile-time optimization rather than runtime reflection, providing built-in support for dependency injection, aspect-oriented programming, cloud-native patterns, and microservice infrastructure. It is indexed under Web Frameworks.","source":"https://micronaut.io/","question":"What is Micronaut?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Micronaut is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://micronaut.io/","question":"Is Micronaut free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Micronaut supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://micronaut.io/","question":"What platforms does Micronaut support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Micronaut, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://micronaut.io/","question":"Can Micronaut be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 19 integrations for Micronaut, including GraalVM, Netty, Jackson, Gradle, RabbitMQ, gRPC, Consul and Eureka, plus 11 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://micronaut.io/","question":"What does Micronaut integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Micronaut is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core","question":"Is Micronaut open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Micronaut is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://micronaut.io/","question":"Where is Micronaut available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A JVM-based framework emphasizing compile-time dependency injection and native image compilation to build high-performance distributed applications with minimal memory overhead and startup time. |
| features.capabilities | `{"language":"PHP","rendering":"hybrid","api_routes":true,"async_model":"sync-threaded","file_routing":true,"license_type":"MIT/BSD","orm_included":true,"cli_scaffolding":true,"language_runtime":"PHP","typescript_first":false,"server_components":false,"websocket_support":true,"admin_ui_generated":true,"architecture_style":"full-stack-mvc","templating_included":true,"dependency_injection":true,"background_jobs_included":true,"testing_framework_included":true}` | `{"language":"Java, Groovy, Kotlin","api_routes":true}` |
| integrations.count | 16 | 13 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"Neon"},{"name":"Valkey"},{"name":"Composer"},{"name":"AWS EC2","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS RDS","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS Aurora","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS DSQL","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS ElastiCache","native":true,"category":"cloud","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Laravel Nova","native":true,"category":"admin"},{"name":"Laravel Reverb","native":true,"category":"websockets"},{"name":"Laravel Valkey","native":true,"category":"caching"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Lago","native":true,"category":"billing","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Symfony","native":true,"category":"framework","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitHub","category":"CI/CD","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"MySQL","category":"database"},{"name":"PostgreSQL","category":"database"},{"name":"OpenAI","category":"AI"},{"name":"Anthropic","category":"AI"},{"name":"Google Gemini","category":"AI"},{"name":"PhpStorm","category":"IDE"},{"name":"VS Code","category":"IDE"}]` | `[{"name":"GraalVM"},{"name":"Netty"},{"name":"Jackson"},{"name":"Gradle"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"Consul"},{"name":"Eureka"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Flyway"},{"name":"Logback"},{"name":"SDKMAN"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"MariaDB"},{"name":"SQL Server"},{"name":"H2"},{"name":"Jib","native":true,"category":"deployment"},{"name":"Maven","native":true,"category":"build_tool"},{"name":"Docker","native":true,"category":"deployment"}]` |
| language.primary | Blade | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$5/month with $5 monthly usage credit included","features":["Deploy repositories in seconds","Unlimited applications and environments","Scale to zero when idle","Spending limits and alerts","DDoS mitigation","Standard email support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Foundation plan for prototypes and hobby projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"applications":"Unlimited","custom_domains":"10","managed_queues":"1 per environment","log_retention_days":"1","monthly_usage_credit":"$5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$20/month plus usage","features":["Unlimited preview environments","Worker clusters for distributed processing","10 managed queues per environment","Basic Web Application Firewall","Team roles and permissions"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enhanced plan with team features and advanced autoscaling","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$200/month plus usage","features":["Scheduled autoscaling","Unlimited managed queues","Advanced Web Application Firewall","Largest compute and storage sizes","250 custom domains","30 day log retention","Private networking support"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Advanced plan with scheduled autoscaling and networking controls","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Dedicated compute infrastructure","Custom AWS integrations (RDS, Aurora, DSQL, ElastiCache)","VPC peering and private cloud","24/7 incident response","Volume discounts and custom contracts","Dedicated technical account manager"],"description":"Custom plan for high-demand workloads with dedicated infrastructure","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Serverless Postgres Storage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Compute (metered)","components":[{"kind":"metered","amount":0.00000248,"period":"second","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $5/month with included usage credits; pay-as-you-go for additional resources","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:07:28.914Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://micronaut.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:07:33.979Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":5,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 7 | 1 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type 1","level":"Type I","status":"active","evidenceUrl":"https://laravel.com/blog/laravel-cloud-achieves-soc-2-type-1-compliance"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.7 | 7.4 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://laravel.com/blog/laravel-cloud-achieves-soc-2-type-1-compliance | https://micronaut.io/tag/security/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"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"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=io.micronaut%3Amicronaut-validation&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Web Frameworks)

| Capability | Laravel | Micronaut |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Rendering model | Hybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR) | - |
| File-based routing | ✓ | - |
| Language | PHP | Java, Groovy, Kotlin |
| **Rendering** |  |  |
| Server components | ✗ | - |
| Streaming SSR | - | - |
| **Fullstack** |  |  |
| Built-in API / backend routes | ✓ | ✓ |
| **DX** |  |  |
| First-class TypeScript | ✗ | - |
| Fast refresh / HMR | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Edge runtime support | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:01:47.165Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*