Comparison

Laravel vs Vapor

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.

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★Laravel66
Vapor56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Laravel66 / 100high · 75%
Vapor56 / 100medium · 67%
Pricing
Free tier
Laravel✓
Vapor✓
Model
Laravelfreemium
Price level
Laravellow
Vaporfree
Starting price
Laravel$5
Vapor–
Transparent
Laravel✓
Vapor–
Integrations
Count
Laravel16
Vapor–
Reliability
Status page
Laravel✓
Vapor–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Laravel1,166
Vapor796
Github stars
Laravel85,054
Vapor26,225
Activity
Commits last 30d
Laravel8
Vapor29
Release
Cadence days
Laravel7
Vapor14
History
Laravel20 items
License
Spdx
Laravel–
VaporMIT
Language
Primary
LaravelBlade
VaporSwift
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Laravel7 items
Vapor3 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

Vapor

Vapor is a framework for creating server-side applications, HTTP services, and backends using Swift. It provides APIs designed for writing safe, efficient, and maintainable server 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

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 verify ↗

Vapor

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Laravel✓
Vapor–
CLI
Laravel✓
Vapor–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Laravel✓
Vapor–
Self-hosted
Laravel✓
Vapor–
On-premise
Laravel✓
Vapor–
Hybrid
Laravel✓
Vapor–

Integrations

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

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

Vapor

Not documented yet.

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