Laravel Vapor vs DockHosting

Laravel Vapor9.3Visit DockHosting8.8Visit

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

• Laravel Vapor fits best

  Teams needing serverless Laravel on AWS

• DockHosting fits best

  Teams wanting a free cross-platform Laravel PaaS

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Side by side

Feature	Laravel Vapor 9.3/10 Visit ↗	DockHosting 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.8
Ranking	#2 in Laravel Hosting	#5 in Laravel Hosting
Best for	Teams needing serverless Laravel on AWS	Teams wanting a free cross-platform Laravel PaaS
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	$9/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Email	Email, Tickets, Docs
Integrations	8 integrations	6 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Laravel Vapor 3/3 · DockHosting 2/3
Queue workers	✓	✓
Managed database	✓	✓
Staging environments	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
PHP versions	PHP 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5	8.2, 8.3
Backup retention	3 days	Not checked yet
Deployment method	Ci/cd	Git
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	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	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	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 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 →	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 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

• 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 Vapor9.3/10 · Free plan

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

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• DockHosting8.8/10 · Free plan

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

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