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    Next.js

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ANext.js is a React framework for production designed to give the best developer experience with all the features needed for production: hybrid static & server rendering, TypeScript support, smart bundling, and route pre-fetching. Next.js is open source and free to use on the MIT license.N/A

    Symfony

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASymfony is a PHP framework from French company SensioLabs.N/A
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    React (React.js)
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Laravel PHP Framework
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    React (React.js)
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    Laravel PHP Framework
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    React (React.js)
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    Next.jsSymfony
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    User Testimonials
    Next.jsSymfony
    Likelihood to Recommend
    VERCEL
    I love using Next.js — it's my go-to framework for new personal projects and work projects. The local development environment is quick, easy, and fun to use. The framework it uses, which puts an API that runs node in your pages subdirectory, is absolutely genius. No more middleware! It's good for quick projects and big projects alike. I wouldn't use Next.js if I did not want to heavily rely on serverless tech.
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    SensioLabs
    Any small project which you want to have ready in a couple of hours would be probably a bad candidate for using Symfony. Even the most seasoned senior developer can easily spend hours or days creating a small MVP with Symfony. While Symfony's learning curve isn't necessarily bad and will depend a lot on the architectural knowledge of the developer itself, because of the modularity required by Symfony you will need to spend a significant amount of time coding. If you are looking for a quick project, perhaps this framework isn't the best solution. Robust applications can benefit from Symfony's architecture. I have participated in projects on different industries including lead generation, marketing and even some micro-services for other industries which use Symfony. Because of how thorough the framework has been architected, you will have a reliable solution.
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    Pros
    VERCEL
    • Serverless API integration
    • MDX (Markdown) Support
    • Ease of Deployment via Vercel
    • SSR React Pages
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    SensioLabs
    • Sonata Admin for Symfony is very versatile and we've used it for both the admin part of our website (even created a landing page constructor using it) and for the ERP system we've developed for inside use.
    • It is easy to learn if you know PHP and the community is quite large so you can easily find experts to help you with issues.
    • It's good for high-load projects. We have used it for the back-end of a custom affiliate marketing system that currently processes over 180 million requests per day.
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    Cons
    VERCEL
    • Window sizing makes handling SSR pages odd, at times
    • React can be easier to statically deploy
    • Somewhat of a learning curve
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    SensioLabs
    • More powerful ecosystem of apps (paid and free)
    • Doctrine (which is the goto ORM) needs more work
    • Queue manager UI
    • Deployment options
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    Usability
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    SensioLabs
    It can be a little complex at the begining comapred to some other frameworks, but this gives very good structure and makes it bulletproof for scaling actually large applications. The framework is built in a way that you can start simple and bring incremental improvements to make sure your app responds to traffic, demand, and growing usage.
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    Support Rating
    VERCEL
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    SensioLabs
    There is a lot of community support but because Symfony is so flexible and unopinionated, there are too many ways to do things and if you lock yourself into one way, most of the advice online will not work for you.
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    Next.js takes the best parts of React and applies them to a full-stack dev environment. With a built-in serverless API, it's easy to boot up a web application in under an hour. With easy integration with tools like Firebase, Supabase, Stripe, and countless others, Next.js is a perfect tool for getting your idea out into the real world.
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    SensioLabs
    Symfony has become such a standard that many frameworks which previously may have been seen as competition, are actually adopting Symfony components to allow them to focus more on what makes their solution unique. Drupal 8 has replaced much of its low-level internal code with Symfony components. Laravel utilizes much from Symfony and builds on it. CakePHP was my preferred framework over Zend and CodeIgniter, but now I typically prefer Symfony or Laravel depending on the type of application and complexity of what I'm doing.
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    Return on Investment
    VERCEL
    • It's free!
    • It saves me a lot of time when writing serverless code
    • Deployment, via Vercel, is fast, quick, and easy to debug
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    SensioLabs
    • One negative thing to point out of Symfony is how painful it is to migrate legacy or relatively old projects from previous versions of Symfony into newer versions.
    • Symfony projects are usually reliable and provide the results you need.
    • Performance can be an issue sometime depending on the kind of project you are working on. Symfony can have some issues with cache.
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