fortrabbit Laravel Hosting vs Cleavr

FLfortrabbit Laravel Hosting8.7Visit Cleavr8.6Visit

Higher score FL fortrabbit Laravel Hosting #6 in Laravel Hosting 8.7/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit fortrabbit

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Cleavr #7 in Laravel Hosting 8.6/10 5-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Cleavr

• fortrabbit Laravel Hosting fits best

  Laravel teams needing environments and backups

• Cleavr fits best

  Developers managing Laravel VPS infrastructure

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Side by side

Feature	FLfortrabbit Laravel Hosting 8.7/10 Visit ↗	Cleavr 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.7	8.6
Ranking	#6 in Laravel Hosting	#7 in Laravel Hosting
Best for	Laravel teams needing environments and backups	Developers managing Laravel VPS infrastructure
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	€1/mo	$5.50/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	7 days	5 days
Free trial length	7 days · no card needed	5 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Docs	Email, Community, Docs
Integrations	6 integrations	16 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features fortrabbit Laravel Hosting 3/3 · Cleavr 0/3
Queue workers	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Managed database	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Staging environments	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
PHP versions	PHP 8.2+	Not checked yet
Backup retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment method	Git	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	GitHub and Git push deployment with Composer builds Managed MySQL, workers, cron jobs, and multiple environments Encrypted offsite backups with restore, SSH/SFTP, and automatic TLS	Provisions and configures VPS servers across multiple cloud providers Automates Git deployment, health checks, hooks, and rollback Combines backups, monitoring, DNS, cron jobs, and process monitors
Cons	Separate pricing for PHP, databases, storage, traffic, backups, and jobs No free plan; the service is paid only Focused on PHP 8.2+ rather than a broader documented runtime range	Monitoring does not include alert settings or notifications No free plan is available The platform is web-based rather than a desktop application
Our verdict	fortrabbit Laravel Hosting is managed cloud hosting for Laravel and other PHP applications. It suits developers, freelancers, agencies, startups, and small to medium-sized web applications that want hosted PHP runtimes, databases,… Read the review →	Cleavr is a web-based server and deployment management platform for developers, web development shops, startups, indie hackers, learners, and managed hosting providers. It connects to supported VPS providers or custom servers, provisions… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• fortrabbit Laravel Hosting — where it wins

  • GitHub and Git push deployment with Composer builds
  • Managed MySQL, workers, cron jobs, and multiple environments
  • Encrypted offsite backups with restore, SSH/SFTP, and automatic TLS

  Where it doesn't

  • Separate pricing for PHP, databases, storage, traffic, backups, and jobs
  • No free plan; the service is paid only
  • Focused on PHP 8.2+ rather than a broader documented runtime range

• Cleavr — where it wins

  • Provisions and configures VPS servers across multiple cloud providers
  • Automates Git deployment, health checks, hooks, and rollback
  • Combines backups, monitoring, DNS, cron jobs, and process monitors

  Where it doesn't

  • Monitoring does not include alert settings or notifications
  • No free plan is available
  • The platform is web-based rather than a desktop application

• FLfortrabbit Laravel Hosting8.7/10 · 7-day trial

  A component-based Laravel host for teams that need deployment workflows and managed infrastructure.

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• Cleavr8.6/10 · 5-day trial

  A practical control layer for provisioning, deploying, and maintaining VPS applications.

  Visit CleavrFull verdict →