Laravel Vapor vs Cleavr

Laravel Vapor9.3Visit Cleavr8.6Visit

Higher score Laravel Vapor #2 in Laravel Hosting 9.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Laravel Vapor

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

• Laravel Vapor fits best

  Teams needing serverless Laravel on AWS

• Cleavr fits best

  Developers managing Laravel VPS infrastructure

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Side by side

Feature	Laravel Vapor 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Cleavr 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.6
Ranking	#2 in Laravel Hosting	#7 in Laravel Hosting
Best for	Teams needing serverless Laravel on AWS	Developers managing Laravel VPS infrastructure
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	—	$5.50/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	5 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email	Email, Community, Docs
Integrations	8 integrations	16 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Laravel Vapor 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, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5	Not checked yet
Backup retention	3 days	Not checked yet
Deployment method	Ci/cd	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Autoscaling web and queue infrastructure with managed AWS services Includes staging, rollbacks, backups, Redis, and queue management Free Sandbox plus unlimited projects and deployments on paid plans	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	Paid plans start at $39 per month Sandbox is limited to one project and 10 deployments Platform is centered on AWS Lambda and related AWS services	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	Laravel Vapor is a serverless deployment and infrastructure platform for Laravel applications running on AWS. It is designed for teams that want Laravel environments managed through a platform rather than operated directly across… 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

• Laravel Vapor — where it wins

  • Autoscaling web and queue infrastructure with managed AWS services
  • Includes staging, rollbacks, backups, Redis, and queue management
  • Free Sandbox plus unlimited projects and deployments on paid plans

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid plans start at $39 per month
  • Sandbox is limited to one project and 10 deployments
  • Platform is centered on AWS Lambda and related AWS services

• 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

• Laravel Vapor9.3/10 · Free plan

  A deep AWS-based Laravel platform, with paid plans starting at $39 monthly.

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• Cleavr8.6/10 · 5-day trial

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

  Visit CleavrFull verdict →