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Ruby on Rails vs Magento

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Ruby on Rails 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

Ruby on Rails scores 64/100 overall versus Magento's 35/100. Ruby on Rails has 180 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 Ruby on Rails and Magento

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

WhereRuby on RailsMagento
Top 1,000 3.3% (7) 0.0% (0)
Top 10,000 3.3% (85) 0.1% (2)
Top 100,000 3.0% (832) 0.5% (125)
Wider web0.9%0.3%

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

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

64
Ruby on Rails
Modern · RUBY
vs
35
Magento
Legacy · PHP
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Ruby on Rails
62
25
Ruby on Rails
Magento
performance Tie
65
65
Ruby on Rails
Magento
ecosystem Ruby on Rails
70
30
Ruby on Rails
Magento
ai readiness Ruby on Rails
72
30
Ruby on Rails
Magento
developer experience Ruby on Rails
70
40
Ruby on Rails
Magento
market trajectory Ruby on Rails
50
25
Ruby on Rails
Magento
cost of ownership Ruby on Rails
60
35
Ruby on Rails
Magento
Security details
Metric Ruby on Rails Magento
Total CVEs 180 600
Critical CVEs 18 78
Exploited (KEV) 2 6
CVEs last year 15 90
Avg CVSS 5.8 7.2
Security score 62/100 25/100
Acceptable
Ruby on Rails

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

Caution
Magento

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

Alternatives: shopify, nextjs

Quick facts
Ruby on Rails
Category: Backend
Language: RUBY
First release: 2004
Generation: Modern
Trend: Stable
Market share: 0.8%
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.