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At a Glance
Django
Django
Star Rating
(170)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (47.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Symfony
Symfony
Star Rating
(28)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (50.0% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Django vs Symfony

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Django easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Django overall.

  • Django and Symfony both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Symfony is the preferred option.
  • When assessing product direction, Django and Symfony received similar ratings from our reviewers.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Django
No pricing available
Symfony
No pricing available
Free Trial
Django
No trial information available
Symfony
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
149
9.1
25
Ease of Use
8.6
150
7.7
25
Ease of Setup
8.0
56
7.8
9
Ease of Admin
8.8
52
6.2
7
Quality of Support
8.3
138
8.5
24
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
43
8.0
5
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
147
9.0
23
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Django
Django
Symfony
Symfony
Django and Symfony share no categories
Unique Categories
Django
Django is categorized as Python Web Frameworks
Symfony
Symfony is categorized as PHP Web Frameworks
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Django
Django
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
47.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
30.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
21.8%
Symfony
Symfony
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
50.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
46.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
3.8%
Reviewers' Industry
Django
Django
Computer Software
26.7%
Information Technology and Services
16.4%
Internet
5.5%
Financial Services
4.2%
Education Management
4.2%
Other
43.0%
Symfony
Symfony
Internet
23.1%
Information Technology and Services
19.2%
Computer Software
19.2%
Program Development
11.5%
Marketing and Advertising
7.7%
Other
19.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
Django
Django
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Computer Software

Django made development easy for developers. It has inbuilt modules that can be reused. To write SQL queries it provides Django ORM which has simple syntax. Better for rapid development.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Computer Software
GC
Verified User in Computer Software

1. Resource's for learning Django is quite less. 2. Many of the utilities are untrustable.

Symfony
Symfony
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Simón B.
SB
Simón B.
Verified User in Computer Software

It's intuitive command line to generates code, entity classes and controller classes. The easy way to integrate with multiple APIs and multiple frontend languages

Most Helpful Critical Review
James H.
JH
James H.
Verified User in Internet

There are so many ways to do things that the documentation and the support on third party QA sites answers old questions or alternative ways that may not be possible anymore. The third party bundles can get complicated to add to your app. It uses a lot of...

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Django
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Discussions
Django
Django Discussions
What is the best way use?
3 comments
Swapnil G.
SG
The most effective approach to utilizing the Django web framework involves several key practices to ensure successful web application development. Here are...Read more
What is Django used for?
2 comments
Akshay Kumar G.
AG
Short and simple answer, The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines. Its great for developing backend and full stack applicationsRead more
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Symfony
Symfony Discussions
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