# Fastify vs Laravel

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Fastify

| Attribute | Fastify | Laravel |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.9 (78% (high)) | 56.2 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 69 | 10 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 16,712 | 1,166 |
| adoption.github_stars | 37,024 | 84,875 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A Node.js web framework optimized to handle high request volumes with minimal overhead, featuring a plugin system, JSON Schema validation, and native TypeScript support. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"language":"JavaScript/TypeScript","api_routes":true,"typescript_first":true}` | `{"language":"PHP","rendering":"hybrid","api_routes":true,"file_routing":true,"typescript_first":false,"server_components":false}` |
| integrations.count | 17 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Next.js"},{"name":"Apollo Server"},{"name":"Angular"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Swagger/OpenAPI"},{"name":"WebSocket"},{"name":"JWT"},{"name":"Helmet"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"CORS"},{"name":"CSRF"},{"name":"OAuth2"},{"name":"Kubernetes"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"Neon"},{"name":"Valkey"},{"name":"Composer"}]` |
| language.primary | JavaScript | Blade |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://fastify.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-16T21:34:26.497Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$5/month plus usage, first month free","features":["Unlimited applications, environments, builds, & users","Scale-to-Zero Flex compute","Spending limits and alerts","1 managed queue per environment","DDoS mitigation","10 custom domains","1 day log retention","Standard support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Everything you need for prototypes & hobby projects.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"log_retention":"1 day","custom_domains":"10","managed_queues":"1 per environment","monthly_usage_credits":"$5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"$20/month plus usage","features":["All Starter features","Pro compute","Autoscaling up to 10× replicas","Preview environments","Worker clusters","10 managed queues per environment","Basic WAF","Team roles and permissions","50 custom domains","7 day log retention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Autoscaling, team permissions, & preview environments.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"log_retention":"7 days","custom_domains":"50","managed_queues":"10 per environment"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$200/month plus usage","features":["All Growth features","Unlimited + scheduled autoscaling","Unlimited managed queues","Advanced WAF","Largest compute and resource sizes","Custom roles and permissions","250 custom domains","30 day log retention","Private networking (Add-on)"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":200,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Scheduled autoscaling, custom roles, & advanced networking.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"log_retention":"30 days","custom_domains":"250","managed_queues":"Unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["All Business features","Private networking","Dedicated compute","RDS databases & VPC peering (Private Cloud only)","24/7 incident response","Volume discounts & custom contracts","Dedicated technical account manager"],"description":"Dedicated infrastructure for the most demanding workloads.","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $5/month plus usage. First month free on Starter.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://laravel.com/cloud/pricing#calculator","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T16:59:26.673Z","startingPrice":{"amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 3 | 7 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v6.0.0-alpha.2","date":"2026-08-19T01:54:36Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.0.0-alpha.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.12.1","date":"2026-08-18T19:51:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.12.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v6.0.0-alpha.1","date":"2026-08-13T15:57:10Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.0.0-alpha.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.12.0","date":"2026-08-13T15:55:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v6.0.0-alpha.0","date":"2026-08-11T08:32:37Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.0.0-alpha.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.11.3","date":"2026-08-08T06:55:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.11.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.11.2","date":"2026-08-03T08:21:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.11.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.11.1","date":"2026-08-03T08:10:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.11.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.11.0","date":"2026-07-30T09:32:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.10.0","date":"2026-07-05T09:37:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.9.0","date":"2026-06-28T08:21:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.8.5","date":"2026-04-14T12:09:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.8.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.8.4","date":"2026-03-23T10:31:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.8.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.8.3","date":"2026-03-23T10:20:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.8.2","date":"2026-03-07T09:42:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.8.1","date":"2026-03-05T10:10:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.8.0","date":"2026-03-05T09:33:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.7.4","date":"2026-02-02T18:23:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.7.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.7.3","date":"2026-02-02T17:57:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/fastify/fastify/releases/tag/v5.7.2","date":"2026-01-26T11:15:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.7.2"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.10.1","date":"2026-08-25T16:27:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.10.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.10.0","date":"2026-08-18T13:44:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.9.0","date":"2026-08-12T04:30:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.8.0","date":"2026-05-27T04:02:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.7.0","date":"2026-05-19T18:44:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.6.0","date":"2026-05-13T15:50:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.5.0","date":"2026-05-05T21:20:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.4.0","date":"2026-04-28T17:28:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.3.0","date":"2026-04-21T14:20:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.2.0","date":"2026-04-14T14:39:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.1.2","date":"2026-03-31T20:43:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.1.1","date":"2026-03-31T13:50:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.1.0","date":"2026-03-18T16:32:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v13.0.0","date":"2026-03-17T15:04:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v13.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v12.12.2","date":"2026-03-14T16:54:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.12.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v12.12.1","date":"2026-03-10T20:25:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.12.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v12.12.0","date":"2026-03-10T16:17:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v12.11.2","date":"2026-01-20T17:30:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.11.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v12.11.1","date":"2026-01-06T16:32:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.11.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/laravel/laravel/releases/tag/v12.11.0","date":"2025-12-09T16:03:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v12.11.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 8.3 | 5.7 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":10,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=fastify&per_page=100","last_12m":5,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` | `{"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"}` |

## Capabilities (Web Frameworks)

| Capability | Fastify | Laravel |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Rendering model | - | Hybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR) |
| File-based routing | - | ✓ |
| Language | JavaScript/TypeScript | PHP |
| **Rendering** |  |  |
| Server components | - | ✗ |
| Streaming SSR | - | - |
| **Fullstack** |  |  |
| Built-in API / backend routes | ✓ | ✓ |
| **DX** |  |  |
| First-class TypeScript | ✓ | ✗ |
| Fast refresh / HMR | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Edge runtime support | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:05:22.395Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*