A side-by-side comparison of two web frameworks, based on the 19,160 Web Framework sites tracked by Site Stats Database.
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| Metric | CakePHP | Ruby on Rails |
|---|---|---|
| Websites | 214 | 4,821 |
| Market share | 1.1% | 25% |
| Share of top 10K sites | 0.01% | 0.92% |
| Share of top 100K sites |
|---|
| 0.02% |
| 0.70% |
| Rank | #7 | #1 |
|---|
| Median DR | 30 | 40 |
|---|
| Average DR | 32 | 41 |
|---|
| Median keywords | 1,080 | 1,005 |
|---|
| Median referring domains | 603 | 483 |
|---|
| Median domain age | 18 yrs | 14 yrs |
|---|
| Average domain age | 18 yrs | 15 yrs |
|---|
| Average monthly traffic | 30,842 | 148,453 |
|---|
| Combined monthly traffic | 6,600,275 | 715,690,188 |
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Monthly snapshots of each segment, 2026-06 to 2026-07. Website counts move when our catalog grows; the share of tracked sites is normalized, so it only moves when real prevalence changes.
Websites
Share of tracked sites
Combined monthly traffic
214 websites · rank #7
Top industries
Top markets
4,821 websites · rank #1
Top industries
Top markets
Ruby on Rails is used by more websites in our catalog: 214 use CakePHP and 4,821 use Ruby on Rails.
Ruby on Rails sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (CakePHP: 30, Ruby on Rails: 40).
Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, CakePHP went from 0.03% to 0.02% of all tracked sites, while Ruby on Rails went from 0.65% to 0.55%. CakePHP is gaining ground faster in our index.
0 websites in our catalog use both CakePHP and Ruby on Rails.
Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.
Citation
Site Stats Database. "CakePHP vs Ruby on Rails." Site Stats Database, July 1, 2026. https://sitestatsdb.com/technologies/web-frameworks/compare/cakephp-vs-ruby-on-rails
Site Stats Database tracks 214 websites using CakePHP and 4,821 using Ruby on Rails, each enriched with full monthly traffic history, authority, keywords, referring domains, and the complete detected tech stack. We detect every web framework by crawling each site's HTML, response headers, and DNS; traffic and SEO metrics come from DataForSEO and Ahrefs. Everything refreshes at least monthly.
See plans & pricing| English |
| 54 |
| 42,108 |
| 1,832 |
| 25 yrs |
| 720,375 |
| CakePHP |
| harborcompliance.com | English | 71 | 52,891 | 2,997 | 14 yrs | 372,041 | CakePHP |
| customguide.com | English | 46 | 43,695 | 3,924 | 26 yrs | 354,216 | CakePHP |
| arrl.org | English | 83 | 14,222 | 22,557 | 34 yrs | 349,475 | CakePHP |
| fastweather.com | English | 28 | 34,890 | 274 | 27 yrs | 271,812 | CakePHP |
| atlantaallergy.com | English | 41 | 7,743 | 730 | 27 yrs | 265,163 | CakePHP |
| chamberofcommerce.com | English | 84 | 221,276 | 20,721 | 28 yrs | 211,282 | CakePHP |
| wordinfo.info | English | 46 | 22,416 | 2,470 | 23 yrs | 181,371 | CakePHP |
| southcoasthealth.com | English | 27 | 18,149 | 941 | 9 yrs | 121,372 | CakePHP |
| English |
| 92 |
| 3,194,852 |
| 599,823 |
| 23 yrs |
| 93,161,954 |
| Ruby on Rails |
| amazon.jobs | English | 85 | 85,882 | 29,865 | 20 yrs | 35,562,690 | Ruby on Rails |
| census.gov | English | 91 | 421,731 | 206,634 | 28 yrs | 25,547,065 | Ruby on Rails |
| rtings.com | English | 78 | 381,939 | 32,717 | 14 yrs | 16,301,337 | Ruby on Rails |
| airbnb.com | English | 92 | 1,208,190 | 193,675 | 17 yrs | 12,640,984 | Ruby on Rails |
| kenhub.com | English | 74 | 325,196 | 39,758 | 15 yrs | 11,201,649 | Ruby on Rails |
| radiopaedia.org | English | 78 | 429,268 | 25,391 | 19 yrs | 9,949,747 | Ruby on Rails |
| parcelsapp.com | English | 82 | 46,466 | 7,013 | 9 yrs | 8,698,554 | Ruby on Rails |
| earthquaketrack.com | English | 62 | 23,729 | 4,184 | 15 yrs | 8,376,342 | Ruby on Rails |