Comparison

Laravel vs Next.js

On the evidence we track, Next.js leads this comparison with a composite score of 82/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Laravel66

★Next.js82

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Laravel	Next.jsLeader
vioscaleAI score	66 / 100high · 75%	82 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$5	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	16	4
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type 1	-
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.7	6.2
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✗
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://laravel.com/blog/laravel-cloud-achieves-soc-2-type-1-compliance	-
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: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40next%2Fenv&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1,166	304,007
Github starsadoption.github_stars	85,054	143,019
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	67,469,854
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	-	148,000
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	8	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	7	9
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Blade	JavaScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Laravel66 / 100high · 75%

Next.js82 / 100high · 76%

Pricing

Free tier

Laravel✓

Next.js✓

Model

Laravelfreemium

Next.jsopen_source

Price level

Laravellow

Next.jsfree

Starting price

Laravel$5

Next.js–

Transparent

Laravel✓

Next.js✓

Integrations

Count

Laravel16

Next.js4

Security

Certifications

LaravelSOC 2 Type 1

Next.js–

Disclosure policy

Laravel✓

Next.js–

Gdpr

Laravel✓

Next.js–

Hipaa

Laravel✓

Next.js–

Scorecard

Laravel5.7

Next.js6.2

Soc2

Laravel✓

Next.js✗

Trust center

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

Next.js–

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

Next.jsCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40next%2Fenv&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Laravel✓

Next.js✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Laravel1,166

Next.js304,007

Github stars

Laravel85,054

Next.js143,019

Package downloads weekly

Laravel–

Next.js67,469,854

Stackoverflow questions

Laravel–

Next.js148,000

Activity

Commits last 30d

Laravel8

Next.js100

Release

Cadence days

Laravel7

Next.js9

History

Laravel20 items

Next.js20 items

License

Spdx

Laravel–

Next.jsMIT

Language

Primary

LaravelBlade

Next.jsJavaScript

Market

Availability

LaravelAvailable worldwide · HQ US

Next.jsAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Laravel7 items

Next.js8 items

Capabilities

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

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

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✓

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 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

Next.js

Leader

Next.js provides a complete framework for creating full-stack web applications by combining React components with built-in routing, rendering, data fetching, caching, and build tooling. It enables developers to write both frontend UI and backend API endpoints within a unified application structure.

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/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 ↗

Next.js

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Open source (MIT license), free to use

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

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	Next.js
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Laravel✓

Next.js✓

CLI

Laravel✓

Next.js✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Laravel✓

Next.js✓

Self-hosted

Laravel✓

Next.js✗

On-premise

Laravel✓

Next.js✗

Hybrid

Laravel✓

Next.js✗

Integrations

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

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

Next.js

Leader

5 total

Cloudinary
Netlify
Cloudflare
Google Cloud
AWS Amplify

Independently observed

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