# Laravel vs Spring Boot

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Spring Boot

| Attribute | Laravel | Spring Boot |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 56.2 (75% (high)) | 63.3 (54% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 10 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 1,166 | 54,477 |
| adoption.github_stars | 84,875 | 81,366 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A framework for creating stand-alone, production-grade Spring applications with minimal configuration. Features embedded web servers (Tomcat, Jetty, Undertow), opinionated starter dependencies, automatic configuration, and production-ready features such as metrics and health checks. |
| features.capabilities | `{"language":"PHP","rendering":"hybrid","api_routes":true,"file_routing":true,"typescript_first":false,"server_components":false}` | `{"language":"Java","api_routes":true,"server_components":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Claude Code"},{"name":"Neon"},{"name":"Valkey"},{"name":"Composer"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Blade | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"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 | no | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 7 | - |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.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=maven&package_name=org.springframework.boot%3Aspring-boot-starter-data-redis&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Web Frameworks)

| Capability | Laravel | Spring Boot |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Rendering model | Hybrid (SSR+SSG+CSR) | - |
| File-based routing | ✓ | - |
| Language | PHP | Java |
| **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 2026-09-01T17:27:36.363Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*