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Laravel vs Magento

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Laravel 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

Laravel scores 70/100 overall versus Magento's 35/100. Laravel has 50 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 Laravel and Magento

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

WhereLaravelMagento
Top 1,000 0.0% (0) 0.0% (0)
Top 10,000 0.6% (15) 0.1% (2)
Top 100,000 1.0% (282) 0.5% (125)
Wider web0.0%0.3%

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 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

70
Laravel
Modern · PHP
vs
35
Magento
Legacy · PHP
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Laravel
72
25
Laravel
Magento
performance Tie
65
65
Laravel
Magento
ecosystem Laravel
80
30
Laravel
Magento
ai readiness Laravel
74
30
Laravel
Magento
developer experience Laravel
80
40
Laravel
Magento
market trajectory Laravel
60
25
Laravel
Magento
cost of ownership Laravel
60
35
Laravel
Magento
Security details
Metric Laravel Magento
Total CVEs 50 600
Critical CVEs 5 78
Exploited (KEV) 0 6
CVEs last year 10 90
Avg CVSS 5.0 7.2
Security score 72/100 25/100
Acceptable
Laravel

Laravel scores 71/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Caution
Magento

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

Alternatives: shopify, nextjs

Quick facts
Laravel
Category: Backend
Language: PHP
First release: 2011
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 1.8%
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.