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Laravel vs Drupal

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Laravel compare to Drupal 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

Laravel scores 70/100 overall versus Drupal's 41/100. Laravel has 50 total CVEs compared to Drupal's 1200, giving it a smaller vulnerability surface. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated October 2026)

Who actually runs Laravel and Drupal

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

WhereLaravelDrupal
Top 1,000 0.0% (0) 4.2% (9)
Top 10,000 0.6% (15) 7.5% (192)
Top 100,000 1.0% (282) 7.2% (1,994)
Wider web0.0%4.4%

Highest-ranked sites on Laravel

  1. toyhou.se#1,430
  2. ihc.ru#2,766
  3. trafficjunky.net#2,876
  4. registry.in#2,898
  5. uba.ar#7,147

Highest-ranked sites on Drupal

  1. europa.eu#114
  2. nist.gov#239
  3. un.org#363
  4. noaa.gov#530
  5. unesco.org#627

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

70
Laravel
Modern · PHP
vs
41
Drupal
Legacy · PHP
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Laravel
72
35
Laravel
Drupal
performance Tie
65
65
Laravel
Drupal
ecosystem Laravel
80
40
Laravel
Drupal
ai readiness Laravel
74
40
Laravel
Drupal
developer experience Laravel
80
40
Laravel
Drupal
market trajectory Laravel
60
35
Laravel
Drupal
cost of ownership Laravel
60
35
Laravel
Drupal
Security details
Metric Laravel Drupal
Total CVEs 50 1200
Critical CVEs 5 89
Exploited (KEV) 0 8
CVEs last year 10 120
Avg CVSS 5.0 6.5
Security score 72/100 35/100
Acceptable
Laravel

Laravel scores 71/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Caution
Drupal

Drupal scores 42/100. Consider migrating to: nextjs, django, laravel.

Alternatives: nextjs, django, laravel

Quick facts
Laravel
Category: Backend
Language: PHP
First release: 2011
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 1.8%
Drupal
Category: Cms
Language: PHP
First release: 2001
Generation: Legacy
Trend: Stable
Market share: 1.5%
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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.