Laravel FTW.
January 05, 2026

Laravel FTW.

Evelyn Dickinson (She/Her) | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Laravel PHP Framework

We collect, aggregate, and distribute vehicle data for the vast majority of US auto dealerships. I have developed an ETL/Reverse ETL application entirely in Laravel that receives, processes, and distributes data files in a variety of formats. We exchange upwards of 2 million records a day. Laravel has made this process a dream.

Pros

  • Top notch documentation, and training resources (Laracast).
  • Excellent and active developer community.
  • Amazing database abstraction layer.
  • Fantastic Ecosystem of supporting products, Forge, Vapor, Nova, etc.

Cons

  • Performance at massive scale could use addressing.
  • There are some overhead issues (N+1 query, etc.) that require careful optimization to avoid.
  • The framework is constantly being updated, requiring our team to dedicate significant resources to keeping our code current.
  • Laravel saves our clients significant time and costs as it radically reduces development time and complexity for data-driven web applications.
  • "The integration of Laravel Forge, AWS EC2, and GitHub CI/CD creates a seamless infrastructure workflow that significantly reduces engineering overhead and operational costs.
  • The Framework is open source which saves licensing fees.
The excellent documentation and training available via Laracast make it very easy to bring developers new to the framework up to speed very quickly. Developing with Laravel is a joy.
Symphony is much more challenging to learn and requires a longer development cycle than Laravel. Django is a Python framework similar to Laravel, but it is very opinionated. Everything must be done the Django way, and it is a bit more restrictive than Laravel. It does have a better built-in security stack. Express.js is a microframework that excels at handling communication pipelines at scale. However, it requires a lot of asynchronous coding, which adds a great deal of complexity.

Do you think Laravel PHP Framework delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Laravel PHP Framework's feature set?

Yes

Did Laravel PHP Framework live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Laravel PHP Framework go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Laravel PHP Framework again?

Yes

I would say that Laravel is not a suitable framework for high-frequency, high-volume, real-time interaction or processing millions of records in batch operations. It shines for standard database web applications (CRUD, Admin Panels, etc.) and is a fantastic multi-developer framework.

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