Laravel Forge vs HostPanel Laravel Hosting

Laravel Forge9.4Visit HostPanel Laravel Hosting9.0Visit

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

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

• Laravel Forge fits best

  Laravel teams wanting mature deployment automation

• HostPanel Laravel Hosting fits best

  Budget-conscious Laravel deployments

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Side by side

Feature	Laravel Forge 9.4/10 Visit ↗	HostPanel Laravel Hosting 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	9.0
Ranking	#1 in Laravel Hosting	#3 in Laravel Hosting
Best for	Laravel teams wanting mature deployment automation	Budget-conscious Laravel deployments
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$120/yr	£5/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	8 integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Laravel Forge 0/3 · HostPanel Laravel Hosting 3/3
Queue workers	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Managed database	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Staging environments	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
PHP versions	Not checked yet	8.3, 8.4
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	£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
Cons	No free plan is available Hobby includes only 1 external server Advanced support is limited to the Business plan	Hobby supports only one Laravel app and one worker No free plan is available The service is limited to web access through its dashboard
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 →	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 →

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

• 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

• Laravel Forge9.4/10 · Paid

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

  Visit Laravel ForgeFull verdict →
• HostPanel Laravel Hosting9.0/10 · Paid

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

  Visit HostPanelFull verdict →