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Laravel vs Ruby on Rails

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Laravel compare to Ruby on Rails 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 Ruby on Rails's 64/100. Laravel has 50 total CVEs compared to Ruby on Rails's 180, giving it a smaller vulnerability surface. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated October 2026)

Who actually runs Laravel and Ruby on Rails

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

WhereLaravelRuby on Rails
Top 1,000 0.0% (0) 3.3% (7)
Top 10,000 0.6% (15) 3.3% (85)
Top 100,000 1.0% (282) 3.0% (832)
Wider web0.0%0.9%

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 Ruby on Rails

  1. www.gov.uk#308
  2. duolingo.com#457
  3. goodreads.com#463
  4. openstreetmap.org#579
  5. service.gov.uk#666

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

70
Laravel
Modern · PHP
vs
64
Ruby on Rails
Modern · RUBY
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Laravel
72
62
Laravel
Ruby on Rails
performance Tie
65
65
Laravel
Ruby on Rails
ecosystem Laravel
80
70
Laravel
Ruby on Rails
ai readiness Laravel
74
72
Laravel
Ruby on Rails
developer experience Laravel
80
70
Laravel
Ruby on Rails
market trajectory Laravel
60
50
Laravel
Ruby on Rails
cost of ownership Tie
60
60
Laravel
Ruby on Rails
Security details
Metric Laravel Ruby on Rails
Total CVEs 50 180
Critical CVEs 5 18
Exploited (KEV) 0 2
CVEs last year 10 15
Avg CVSS 5.0 5.8
Security score 72/100 62/100
Acceptable
Laravel

Laravel scores 71/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Acceptable
Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails scores 65/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Quick facts
Laravel
Category: Backend
Language: PHP
First release: 2011
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 1.8%
Ruby on Rails
Category: Backend
Language: RUBY
First release: 2004
Generation: Modern
Trend: Stable
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.