Comparison

NestJS vs Symfony

No clear leader: NestJS (63.8) and Symfony (61.5) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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NestJS64
Symfony62
Score
Vioscale score
NestJS64 / 100high · 78%
Symfony62 / 100medium · 65%
Pricing
Free tier
NestJS
Symfony
Model
Price level
NestJSlow
Symfonyfree
Transparent
NestJS
Symfony
Integrations
Count
NestJS9
Symfony4
Adoption
Dependent repos
NestJS78,848
Symfony22,779
Github stars
NestJS76,466
Symfony31,135
Activity
Commits last 30d
NestJS100
Symfony100
Release
Cadence days
NestJS6
Symfony
History
NestJS20 items
Symfony20 items
License
Spdx
NestJSMIT
SymfonyMIT
Language
Primary
SymfonyPHP
Market
Availability
Symfony

Capabilities

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

Core
Rendering model
NestJS-
SymfonyHybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)
File-based routing
NestJS-
Symfony-
Language
NestJSTypeScript/JavaScript
SymfonyPHP
Rendering
Server components
NestJS-
Symfony-
Streaming SSR
NestJS-
Symfony-
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes
NestJS
Symfony
DX
First-class TypeScript
NestJS
Symfony-
Fast refresh / HMR
NestJS-
Symfony-
Deployment
Edge runtime support
NestJS-
Symfony-

What each one is

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

NestJS

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

Symfony

An open-source PHP framework providing developers with reusable components, comprehensive documentation, and community support for constructing full-stack web applications, command-line tools, and APIs.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

NestJS

HybridFree tier
as of verify ↗

Symfony

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source under MIT license

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
NestJS
Symfony
macOS
NestJS
Symfony
Windows
NestJS
Symfony
Linux
NestJS
Symfony
CLI
NestJS
Symfony
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
NestJS
Symfony
Self-hosted
NestJS
Symfony
On-premise
NestJS
Symfony
Air-gapped
NestJS
Symfony

Integrations

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

NestJS

9 total
  • Express
  • Fastify
  • GraphQL
  • TypeORM
  • Swagger/OpenAPI
  • Bull
  • WebSockets
  • Microservices
  • Angular Universal
Independently observed

Symfony

4 total
  • Drupal
  • Laravel
  • API Platform
  • Composer
Independently observed

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