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March 12, 2020

Symfony

Daniel Petrie | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Symfony

We use Symfony in our department for the backend of our applications. In the past, we used it for some microservices as well, but switched to a more performant language, as PHP was holding us back.
  • Good documentation
  • Well built component system
  • Choose what you want to use, not all-inclusive. Helps keep things small and more easily understood.
  • Config.yml definitions are fairly complex to write and understand.
  • Fairly quick to pick up and learn.
  • Can be used for multiple types of apps.
Symfony has a great following and finding relevant articles or looking into social channels for support is quite easy. I have no comments on any type of official support because I didn't ever need to look into it.

Do you think Symfony delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Symfony's feature set?

Yes

Did Symfony live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Symfony go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Symfony again?

Yes

Symfony is well suited for developing anywhere from simple to complex backends for web applications. I would even say it is suitable for developing APIs and services if you need to stay in the PHP realm. I see no major drawbacks to Symfony aside from the limitations of its core PHP language, not the framework itself.