Dafny vs Why3

Dafny

5.6 #16 in Formal Verification Tools

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Why3

5.3 #30 in Formal Verification Tools

About Why3
DafnyWhy3
Free planNoYes
Free trialNoNo
Paid from—Free
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsLinux, macOS, self-hosted, Windowsapi, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
Free planYes—
Verification methoddeductivedeductive
Supported formalismscontractscontracts
CounterexamplesYesYes
Input languagesDafnyWhyML, micro-C, micro-Python, MLCFG, Coma
Deploymentself-hostedboth

Both are listed in Best Formal Verification Tools. On Freedom251, Dafny scores higher on our published basis.