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Laravel vs Gatsby

Security & risk comparison · Updated June 2026

How does Laravel compare to Gatsby 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 Gatsby's 60/100. Laravel has 50 total CVEs compared to Gatsby's 15, though its larger ecosystem contributes to a higher CVE count. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated June 2026)

Who actually runs Laravel and Gatsby

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

WhereLaravelGatsby
Top 1,000 0.0% (0) 0.5% (1)
Top 10,000 0.6% (15) 1.5% (39)
Top 100,000 1.0% (282) 0.9% (256)
Wider web0.0%0.1%

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 Gatsby

  1. b-cdn.net#108
  2. utorrent.com#1,445
  3. home.pl#1,783
  4. pusher.com#1,853
  5. wa.link#1,950

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

70
Laravel
Modern · PHP
vs
60
Gatsby
Modern · JAVASCRIPT
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Gatsby
72
78
Laravel
Gatsby
performance Tie
65
65
Laravel
Gatsby
ecosystem Laravel
80
25
Laravel
Gatsby
ai readiness Laravel
74
60
Laravel
Gatsby
developer experience Laravel
80
70
Laravel
Gatsby
market trajectory Laravel
60
25
Laravel
Gatsby
cost of ownership Gatsby
60
90
Laravel
Gatsby
Security details
Metric Laravel Gatsby
Total CVEs 50 15
Critical CVEs 5 1
Exploited (KEV) 0 0
CVEs last year 10 4
Avg CVSS 5.0 4.2
Security score 72/100 78/100
Acceptable
Laravel

Laravel scores 71/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Acceptable
Gatsby

Gatsby scores 60/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Quick facts
Laravel
Category: Backend
Language: PHP
First release: 2011
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 1.8%
Gatsby
Category: Ssg
Language: JAVASCRIPT
First release: 2015
Generation: Modern
Trend: Stable
Market share: 0.3%
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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 June 2026.