Symfony

High Performance PHP Framework for Web Development

Also known as
symfony

What is Symfony?

Symfony is a powerful PHP framework for building scalable, high-performance web applications with reusable components and a strong community.

Independently observed

Symfony pricing

We don't have Symfony'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 Symfony 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.

Core
Rendering model
-
File-based routing
-
Language
PHP
Rendering
Server components
-
Streaming SSR
-
Fullstack
Built-in API / backend routes
DX
First-class TypeScript
-
Fast refresh / HMR
-
Deployment
Edge runtime support
-
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (4)

Independently observed
  • Drupal
  • Laravel
  • API Platform
  • Composer

Symfony alternatives

Other web frameworks we track, ranked by the same independent score.

Independent · unbought · dated

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 Symfony, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 49 / 100
low · 21%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Github Activity6318.001135.8
Price Level1006.00600.0
Capabilities2916.00462.5
Github Stars855.00423.8
Pricing Transparency258.00200.0
Integrations208.00160.8
Reliability08.000.0-
Release Cadence010.000.0-
Security Posture513.000.0-
Package Downloads026.000.0-
Stackoverflow Activity012.000.0-

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

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars31,113highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"language":"PHP","api_routes":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count4mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryPHPhighsource · 2026-08-03 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMIThighsource · 2026-08-03 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
Modelcommerciallowsource · 2026-08-03 · 40%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%