HostPanel Laravel Hosting vs DockHosting

HostPanel Laravel Hosting9.0Visit DockHosting8.8Visit

Higher score HostPanel Laravel Hosting #3 in Laravel Hosting 9.0/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit HostPanel

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

• HostPanel Laravel Hosting fits best

  Budget-conscious Laravel deployments

• DockHosting fits best

  Teams wanting a free cross-platform Laravel PaaS

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Side by side

Feature	HostPanel Laravel Hosting 9.0/10 Visit ↗	DockHosting 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.8
Ranking	#3 in Laravel Hosting	#5 in Laravel Hosting
Best for	Budget-conscious Laravel deployments	Teams wanting a free cross-platform Laravel PaaS
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	£5/mo	$9/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Integrations	6 integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features HostPanel Laravel Hosting 3/3 · DockHosting 2/3
Queue workers	✓	✓
Managed database	✓	✓
Staging environments	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
PHP versions	8.3, 8.4	8.2, 8.3
Backup retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment method	Git	Git
Our review
Pros	£5 monthly Hobby plan with Git deploys, SSL, and DDoS protection Supports atomic releases, rollback, queues, Horizon, and scheduler Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and persistent staging environments	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
Cons	Hobby supports only one Laravel app and one worker No free plan is available The service is limited to web access through its dashboard	Free apps sleep when idle Free plan limits each app to 1 GB RAM The service is identified as being in public beta
Our verdict	HostPanel Laravel Hosting is a managed Laravel service for developers and teams running side projects, production applications, or larger workloads. It operates from a UK London datacentre and supports PHP 8.3 and 8.4 on its… Read the review →	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 →

Strengths and trade-offs

• HostPanel Laravel Hosting — where it wins

  • £5 monthly Hobby plan with Git deploys, SSL, and DDoS protection
  • Supports atomic releases, rollback, queues, Horizon, and scheduler
  • Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and persistent staging environments

  Where it doesn't

  • Hobby supports only one Laravel app and one worker
  • No free plan is available
  • The service is limited to web access through its dashboard

• 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

• HostPanel Laravel Hosting9.0/10 · Paid

  A low-cost Laravel host with practical deployment, queue, database, and staging tools.

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• DockHosting8.8/10 · Free plan

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

  Visit DockHostingFull verdict →