DockHosting vs Harbor

DockHosting8.8Visit Harbor8.5Visit

Higher score DockHosting #5 in Laravel Hosting 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 3 features Visit DockHosting

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Harbor #8 in Laravel Hosting 8.5/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 3 features Visit Harbor

• DockHosting fits best

  Teams wanting a free cross-platform Laravel PaaS

• Harbor fits best

  Small Laravel apps needing simple managed hosting

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Side by side

Feature	DockHosting 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Harbor 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.5
Ranking	#5 in Laravel Hosting	#8 in Laravel Hosting
Best for	Teams wanting a free cross-platform Laravel PaaS	Small Laravel apps needing simple managed hosting
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$9/mo	$50/unit/yr
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market	Small business, Mid-market
Features DockHosting 2/3 · Harbor 2/3
Queue workers	✓	✓
Managed database	✓	✓
Staging environments	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
PHP versions	8.2, 8.3	Not checked yet
Backup retention	Not checked yet	3 days
Deployment method	Git	Git
Our review
Pros	Free plan includes three projects, HTTPS, and a managed database Git deployments support Composer caching and zero-downtime releases Queues, scheduled tasks, databases, backups, CLI, and logs are included	Git deployment with managed MariaDB, Redis, queues, and scheduler Daily database backups, logs, monitoring, DNS, TLS, and secrets Dedicated apps add high availability, SSH, and one-click rollback
Cons	Free apps sleep when idle Free plan limits each app to 1 GB RAM The service is identified as being in public beta	Shared apps use shared MariaDB and Redis resources The platform is available through the web only Access involves an invite or waitlist
Our verdict	DockHosting is a cloud hosting platform for developers deploying Laravel applications and other web workloads. It detects Composer projects, configures PHP-FPM, supports queue workers and scheduled tasks, and connects applications to… Read the review →	Harbor is managed hosting for Laravel developers and teams that want to deploy from Git without managing servers. It builds application images, provisions MariaDB and Redis, configures DNS and TLS, and runs web, queue, and scheduler… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• DockHosting — where it wins

  • Free plan includes three projects, HTTPS, and a managed database
  • Git deployments support Composer caching and zero-downtime releases
  • Queues, scheduled tasks, databases, backups, CLI, and logs are included

  Where it doesn't

  • Free apps sleep when idle
  • Free plan limits each app to 1 GB RAM
  • The service is identified as being in public beta

• Harbor — where it wins

  • Git deployment with managed MariaDB, Redis, queues, and scheduler
  • Daily database backups, logs, monitoring, DNS, TLS, and secrets
  • Dedicated apps add high availability, SSH, and one-click rollback

  Where it doesn't

  • Shared apps use shared MariaDB and Redis resources
  • The platform is available through the web only
  • Access involves an invite or waitlist

• DockHosting8.8/10 · Free plan

  A capable free Laravel PaaS with sleeping apps and practical paid upgrades.

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• Harbor8.5/10 · Paid

  A focused Laravel host with Git deployment, managed services, and low entry pricing.

  Visit HarborFull verdict →