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Head-to-head · Laravel Hosting

Laravel Forge vs Ploi Cloud

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 4 checks side by side
Higher score Laravel Forge #1 in Laravel Hosting 9.4/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Laravel Forge
Ploi Cloud #4 in Laravel Hosting 8.9/10 5-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Ploi Cloud

Laravel Forge leads on 0 checks, Ploi Cloud on 0, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 4 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreLaravel Forge · 9.4/10
  • Free trialonly Ploi Cloud
  • Most featuresPloi Cloud · 3 of 3

Laravel Forge scores higher on our rubric for laravel hosting: 9.4 against 8.9 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #4.

Laravel Forge is the better fit for laravel teams wanting mature deployment automation. Ploi Cloud is the better fit for scaling Laravel apps with managed services.

  • Laravel Forge fits best

    Laravel teams wanting mature deployment automation

  • Ploi Cloud fits best

    Scaling Laravel apps with managed services

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Side by side

Feature Laravel Forge 9.4/10 Visit ↗ Ploi Cloud 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.4 8.9
Ranking #1 in Laravel Hosting #4 in Laravel Hosting
Best for Laravel teams wanting mature deployment automation Scaling Laravel apps with managed services
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price $120/yr —
Free plan — —
Free trial — 5 days
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Support Email, Community Email, Live chat, Community, Docs · 24/7
Integrations 8 integrations 10 integrations
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Laravel Forge 0/3 · Ploi Cloud 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 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
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
  • Automatic Laravel detection, migrations, scheduling, queues, and Horizon support
  • Zero-downtime releases with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket deployments
  • Managed databases, scaling, logs, metrics, SSL, and daily backups
Cons
  • No free plan is available
  • Hobby includes only 1 external server
  • Advanced support is limited to the Business plan
  • Usage-based pricing starts at €13.88 per GB per month
  • No free plan, with additional charges for databases, storage, and monitoring
  • A newer platform, founded in 2025
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…

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Ploi Cloud is a managed cloud hosting platform for Laravel and other PHP applications. It is designed for developers who want repository-based deployments alongside managed infrastructure. Applications can connect to GitHub, GitLab, or…

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  1. Laravel ForgeLaravel Hosting 9.4Paid
  2. Ploi CloudLaravel Hosting 8.95-day trial

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

  • Ploi Cloud — where it wins

    • Automatic Laravel detection, migrations, scheduling, queues, and Horizon support
    • Zero-downtime releases with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket deployments
    • Managed databases, scaling, logs, metrics, SSL, and daily backups

    Where it doesn't

    • Usage-based pricing starts at €13.88 per GB per month
    • No free plan, with additional charges for databases, storage, and monitoring
    • A newer platform, founded in 2025

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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