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Hugo vs Magento

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Hugo compare to Magento on security, AI-readiness, and total cost of ownership? We scored both across 7 dimensions using NVD/NIST CVE data, GitHub metrics, and our census of the Tranco top 100,000.

Key finding

Hugo scores 75/100 overall versus Magento's 35/100. Hugo has 5 total CVEs compared to Magento's 600, giving it a smaller vulnerability surface. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated October 2026)

Who actually runs Hugo and Magento

Share of sites with an identified platform, from WebPulse's scan of the Tranco top 100,000 and our Common Crawl census.

WhereHugoMagento
Top 1,000 1.9% (4) 0.0% (0)
Top 10,000 1.1% (29) 0.1% (2)
Top 100,000 0.6% (164) 0.5% (125)
Wider web0.2%0.3%

Highest-ranked sites on Hugo

  1. ntp.org#71
  2. doi.org#215
  3. brave.com#423
  4. verisign.com#672
  5. letsencrypt.org#1,144

Highest-ranked sites on Magento

  1. nespresso.com#4,787
  2. truper.com#9,191
  3. dyson.com#13,233
  4. sparkfun.com#13,293
  5. panini.com.br#14,843

Detected from each homepage's HTML, headers and cookies in September 2026. Methodology

75
Hugo
Modern · GO
vs
35
Magento
Legacy · PHP
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Hugo
92
25
Hugo
Magento
performance Tie
65
65
Hugo
Magento
ecosystem Hugo
65
30
Hugo
Magento
ai readiness Hugo
88
30
Hugo
Magento
developer experience Hugo
70
40
Hugo
Magento
market trajectory Hugo
35
25
Hugo
Magento
cost of ownership Hugo
90
35
Hugo
Magento
Security details
Metric Hugo Magento
Total CVEs 5 600
Critical CVEs 0 78
Exploited (KEV) 0 6
CVEs last year 1 90
Avg CVSS 3.0 7.2
Security score 92/100 25/100
Recommended
Hugo

Hugo scores 75/100. Verdict: Recommended.

Caution
Magento

Magento scores 35/100. Consider migrating to: shopify, nextjs.

Alternatives: shopify, nextjs

Quick facts
Hugo
Category: Ssg
Language: GO
First release: 2013
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 0.1%
Magento
Category: Ecommerce
Language: PHP
First release: 2008
Generation: Legacy
Trend: Declining
Market share: 0.8%
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Data sourced from NVD/NIST CVE database, GitHub API, and WebPulse framework scanner. Scores calculated using a 7-dimension model covering security, performance, ecosystem health, AI-readiness, developer experience, market trajectory, and cost of ownership. Updated October 2026.