I also like Laravel, though nowadays Symfony wins it for me. But it's probably also a matter of taste. Doctrine's DataMapper vs. Eloquent's ActiveRecord patter

I also like Laravel, though nowadays Symfony wins it for me. But it's probably also a matter of taste. Doctrine's DataMapper vs. Eloquent's ActiveRecord pattern and the use of configuration in Symfony vs. convention in Laravel (e.g. facades) are my 2 main pain points with Laravel. But having 2 big frameworks is awesome, both are upping their game constantly and the whole ecosystem is benefitting. (E.g. I use Laravel's Homestead for Symfony development, but I might also use Blackfire.io to improve Laravel performance).