Comparison

Laravel vs NestJS

On the evidence we track, NestJS leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Laravel full profile →NestJS full profile →

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Laravel56

★NestJS64

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Laravel	NestJSLeader
Vioscale score	56 / 100high · 75%	64 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✗	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	9
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.7	7.5
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.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: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40nestjs%2Fcommon&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1,166	78,848
Github starsadoption.github_stars	84,875	76,466
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	10	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	7	6
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Blade	TypeScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Laravel56 / 100high · 75%

NestJS64 / 100high · 78%

Pricing

Free tier

Laravel✗

NestJS✓

Model

Laravelcommercial

NestJScommercial

Price level

Laravellow

NestJSlow

Transparent

Laravel✓

NestJS✗

Integrations

Count

Laravel7

NestJS9

Security

Disclosure policy

Laravel✓

NestJS–

Fedramp

Laravel–

NestJS✓

Gdpr

Laravel✓

NestJS–

Hipaa

Laravel✓

NestJS–

Scorecard

Laravel5.7

NestJS7.5

Soc2

Laravel✓

NestJS–

Vulnerabilities

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

NestJSCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40nestjs%2Fcommon&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: MODERATE

Reliability

Status page

Laravel✓

NestJS–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Laravel1,166

NestJS78,848

Github stars

Laravel84,875

NestJS76,466

Activity

Commits last 30d

Laravel10

NestJS100

Release

Cadence days

Laravel7

NestJS6

History

Laravel20 items

NestJS20 items

License

Spdx

Laravel–

NestJSMIT

Language

Primary

LaravelBlade

NestJSTypeScript

Market

Availability

LaravelAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

NestJSAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Web Frameworks
Capability	Laravel	NestJS
Core
Rendering model	Hybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)	-
File-based routing	✓	-
Language	PHP	TypeScript/JavaScript
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

LaravelHybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)

NestJS-

File-based routing

Laravel✓

NestJS-

Language

LaravelPHP

NestJSTypeScript/JavaScript

Rendering

Server components

Laravel✗

NestJS-

Streaming SSR

Laravel-

NestJS-

Fullstack

Built-in API / backend routes

Laravel✓

NestJS✓

First-class TypeScript

Laravel✗

NestJS✓

Fast refresh / HMR

Laravel-

NestJS-

Deployment

Edge runtime support

Laravel-

NestJS-

What each one is

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

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

NestJS

Leader

A unified platform integrating planning, source control, and CI/CD pipelines with built-in security scanning and compliance controls to help teams accelerate software delivery and maintain security across the entire lifecycle.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

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 2026-08-13verify ↗

NestJS

Leader

HybridFree tier

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Laravel	NestJS
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Laravel✓

NestJS✓

CLI

Laravel✓

NestJS✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Laravel✓

NestJS✓

Self-hosted

Laravel✗

NestJS✓

On-premise

Laravel✗

NestJS✓

Air-gapped

Laravel✗

NestJS✓

Integrations

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

Laravel

7 total

GitHub Actions
Redis
Cursor
Claude Code
Neon
Valkey
Composer

Independently observed

NestJS

Leader

9 total

Express
Fastify
GraphQL
TypeORM
Swagger/OpenAPI
Bull
WebSockets
Microservices
Angular Universal

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.