Laravel Forge vs DockHosting

Laravel Forge9.4Visit DockHosting8.8Visit

Higher score Laravel Forge #1 in Laravel Hosting 9.4/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Laravel Forge

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

• Laravel Forge fits best

  Laravel teams wanting mature deployment automation

• DockHosting fits best

  Teams wanting a free cross-platform Laravel PaaS

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Side by side

Feature	Laravel Forge 9.4/10 Visit ↗	DockHosting 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.8
Ranking	#1 in Laravel Hosting	#5 in Laravel Hosting
Best for	Laravel teams wanting mature deployment automation	Teams wanting a free cross-platform Laravel PaaS
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$120/yr	$9/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Email, Community	Email, Tickets, Docs
Integrations	8 integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Laravel Forge 0/3 · DockHosting 2/3
Queue workers	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Managed database	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Staging environments	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
PHP versions	Not checked yet	8.2, 8.3
Backup retention	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment method	Not checked yet	Git
Our review
Pros	Zero-downtime deployments with retained releases for rollback Push-to-deploy from GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket Provisioning, SSL, monitoring, queues, schedulers, and databases	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	No free plan is available Hobby includes only 1 external server Advanced support is limited to the Business plan	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	Laravel Forge is a web-based server management and application deployment platform built by the Laravel team. It is designed for teams running Laravel and PHP applications, while also supporting vanilla PHP, WordPress, Statamic, static… 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

• Laravel Forge — where it wins

  • Zero-downtime deployments with retained releases for rollback
  • Push-to-deploy from GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
  • Provisioning, SSL, monitoring, queues, schedulers, and databases

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Hobby includes only 1 external server
  • Advanced support is limited to the Business plan

• 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

• Laravel Forge9.4/10 · Paid

  A focused choice for Laravel teams that want deep deployment and server automation.

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• DockHosting8.8/10 · Free plan

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

  Visit DockHostingFull verdict →