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Head-to-head · Laravel Hosting

Laravel Vapor vs Ploi Cloud

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 4 checks side by side
Higher score Laravel Vapor #2 in Laravel Hosting 9.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Laravel Vapor
Ploi Cloud #4 in Laravel Hosting 8.9/10 5-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Ploi Cloud

Laravel Vapor leads on 1 check, Ploi Cloud on 0, and 3 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 Vapor · 9.3/10
  • Free planonly Laravel Vapor
  • Free trialonly Ploi Cloud

Laravel Vapor scores higher on our rubric for laravel hosting: 9.3 against 8.9 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #4.

Laravel Vapor offers free plan; Ploi Cloud doesn't. On deployment method, Laravel Vapor gives you Ci/cd where Ploi Cloud offers Git.

Laravel Vapor is the better fit for teams needing serverless Laravel on AWS. Ploi Cloud is the better fit for scaling Laravel apps with managed services.

  • Laravel Vapor fits best

    Teams needing serverless Laravel on AWS

  • Ploi Cloud fits best

    Scaling Laravel apps with managed services

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Side by side

Feature Laravel Vapor 9.3/10 Visit ↗ Ploi Cloud 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.3 8.9
Ranking #2 in Laravel Hosting #4 in Laravel Hosting
Best for Teams needing serverless Laravel on AWS Scaling Laravel apps with managed services
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price — —
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial — 5 days
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Support Email Email, Live chat, Community, Docs · 24/7
Compliance GDPR GDPR
Integrations 8 integrations 10 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Laravel Vapor 3/3 · Ploi Cloud 3/3
Queue workers ✓ ✓
Managed database ✓ ✓
Staging environments ✓ ✓
Specs
PHP versions PHP 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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…

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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 VaporLaravel Hosting 9.3Free plan
  2. Ploi CloudLaravel Hosting 8.95-day trial

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

  • 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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