Comparison

Ruby on Rails vs Symfony

On the evidence we track, Ruby on Rails leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Ruby on Rails72

Symfony63

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Ruby on RailsLeader	Symfony
vioscaleAI score	72 / 100medium · 51%	63 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	4
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.4	7.9
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://rubyonrails.org/security	https://symfony.com/packages/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 18 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=activesupport&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: CRITICAL	Count: 94 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=symfony%2Fsymfony&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 31 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1,358,186	22,779
Github starsadoption.github_stars	58,803	31,164
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	100
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	MIT	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Ruby	PHP
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	5 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Ruby on Rails72 / 100medium · 51%

Symfony63 / 100medium · 61%

Pricing

Free tier

Ruby on Rails✓

Symfony✓

Model

Ruby on Railsopen_source

Symfonycommercial

Price level

Ruby on Railsfree

Symfonyfree

Transparent

Ruby on Rails–

Symfony✓

Integrations

Count

Ruby on Rails–

Symfony4

Security

Disclosure policy

Ruby on Rails✓

Symfony✓

Gdpr

Ruby on Rails–

Symfony✓

Scorecard

Ruby on Rails6.4

Symfony7.9

Trust center

Ruby on Railshttps://rubyonrails.org/security

Symfonyhttps://symfony.com/packages/security

Vulnerabilities

Ruby on RailsCount: 18 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=rubygems&package_name=activesupport&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 3 · Max severity: CRITICAL

SymfonyCount: 94 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=symfony%2Fsymfony&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 31 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Adoption

Dependent repos

Ruby on Rails1,358,186

Symfony22,779

Github stars

Ruby on Rails58,803

Symfony31,164

Activity

Commits last 30d

Ruby on Rails100

Symfony100

Release

History

Ruby on Rails20 items

Symfony20 items

License

Spdx

Ruby on RailsMIT

SymfonyMIT

Language

Primary

Ruby on RailsRuby

SymfonyPHP

Market

Availability

Ruby on Rails–

SymfonyAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Ruby on Rails5 items

Symfony7 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Web Frameworks
Capability	Ruby on Rails	Symfony
Core
Rendering model	Server-side	Hybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)
File-based routing	✓	-
Language	Ruby	PHP
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

Ruby on RailsServer-side

SymfonyHybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR)

File-based routing

Ruby on Rails✓

Symfony-

Language

Ruby on RailsRuby

SymfonyPHP

Rendering

Server components

Ruby on Rails-

Symfony-

Streaming SSR

Ruby on Rails-

Symfony-

Fullstack

Built-in API / backend routes

Ruby on Rails✓

Symfony✓

First-class TypeScript

Ruby on Rails✗

Symfony-

Fast refresh / HMR

Ruby on Rails-

Symfony-

Deployment

Edge runtime support

Ruby on Rails-

Symfony-

What each one is

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

Ruby on Rails

Leader

A full-stack framework for building web applications with integrated database modeling, templating, email handling, real-time WebSocket support, background job processing, and security features.

Independently observed

Symfony

A complete PHP framework that bundles routing, database mapping, templates, validation, testing, and security tools in a cohesive package for building web 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.

Ruby on Rails

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-16verify ↗

Symfony

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source under MIT license

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Ruby on Rails	Symfony
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Ruby on Rails✓

Symfony✓

CLI

Ruby on Rails✗

Symfony✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Ruby on Rails✓

Symfony✓

Self-hosted

Ruby on Rails✓

Symfony✗

Integrations

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

Ruby on Rails

Leader

Not documented yet.

Symfony

4 total

Drupal
Laravel
API Platform
Composer

Independently observed

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