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Comparison

Laravel vs Next.js

On the evidence we track, Next.js leads this comparison with a composite score of 84/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Laravel full profile →Next.js full profile →
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Laravel56
★Next.js84
Score
Vioscale score
Laravel56 / 100high · 75%updating
Next.js84 / 100high · 76%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Laravel✗
Next.js✓
Model
Laravelcommercial
Next.jsopen_source
Price level
Laravellow
Next.jsfree
Transparent
Laravel✓
Next.js✓
Integrations
Count
Laravel7
Next.js1
Security
Disclosure policy
Laravel✓
Next.js–
Gdpr
Laravel✓
Next.js–
Hipaa
Laravel✓
Next.js–
Scorecard
Laravel5.7
Next.js6.2
Soc2
Laravel✓
Next.js✗
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Laravel✓
Next.js✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Laravel1,166
Next.js304,007
Github stars
Laravel84,875
Next.js141,941
Package downloads weekly
Laravel–
Next.js54,344,634
Stackoverflow questions
Laravel–
Next.js148,000
Activity
Commits last 30d
Laravel10
Next.js640
Release
Cadence days
Laravel7
Next.js9
History
Laravel20 items
Next.js20 items
License
Spdx
Laravel–
Next.jsMIT
Language
Primary
LaravelBlade
Next.jsJavaScript
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Laravel–
Next.js8 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Next.js

Leader

Next.js is a React-based web framework that provides server-side rendering, static site generation, API routes, and file-based routing to enable developers to create optimized production-ready applications.

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 verify ↗

Next.js

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Open source (MIT license), free to use

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Laravel✓
Next.js✓
CLI
Laravel✓
Next.js✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Laravel✓
Next.js✓
Self-hosted
Laravel✗
Next.js✓

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

Next.js

Leader
1 total
  • Cloudinary
Independently observed

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