What is Phoenix?
Phoenix is an Elixir-based web framework for building real-time, interactive applications with built-in GraphQL and REST API support and production-scale reliability.
Phoenix pricing
We don't have Phoenix's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Phoenix does
The capabilities that matter for web frameworks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Rendering model
- Server-side
- File-based routing
- -
- Language
- Elixir
- Server components
- ✓
- Streaming SSR
- ✓
- Built-in API / backend routes
- ✓
- First-class TypeScript
- -
- Fast refresh / HMR
- -
- Edge runtime support
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Absinthe
- Relay
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 6 (4 in the last 12 months), max severity HIGH sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Phoenix alternatives
Other web frameworks we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Phoenix, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release cadence | 93 | 0.07 | 6.2 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 72 | 0.08 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 45 | 0.12 | 5.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.08 | 4.8 | ✓ |
| Security score | 67 | 0.05 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Stars | 82 | 0.03 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.05 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 26 | mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Language: Elixir · Rendering: ssr · Api routes: Yes · Streaming ssr: Yes · Server components: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-08-16 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Elixir | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-08-26 · 95% |