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Head-to-head · Laravel Hosting

Ploi Cloud vs fortrabbit Laravel Hosting

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 4 checks side by side
Higher score Ploi Cloud #4 in Laravel Hosting 8.9/10 5-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Ploi Cloud
fortrabbit Laravel Hosting #6 in Laravel Hosting 8.7/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit fortrabbit

Ploi Cloud leads on 0 checks, fortrabbit Laravel Hosting 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 scorePloi Cloud · 8.9/10
  • Free trialboth

Ploi Cloud scores higher on our rubric for laravel hosting: 8.9 against 8.7 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #6.

Ploi Cloud is the better fit for scaling Laravel apps with managed services. fortrabbit Laravel Hosting is the better fit for laravel teams needing environments and backups.

  • Ploi Cloud fits best

    Scaling Laravel apps with managed services

  • fortrabbit Laravel Hosting fits best

    Laravel teams needing environments and backups

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Side by side

Feature Ploi Cloud 8.9/10 Visit ↗ fortrabbit Laravel Hosting 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.9 8.7
Ranking #4 in Laravel Hosting #6 in Laravel Hosting
Best for Scaling Laravel apps with managed services Laravel teams needing environments and backups
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price — €1/mo
Free plan — —
Free trial 5 days 7 days
Free trial length 5 days · no card needed 7 days · no card needed
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Support Email, Live chat, Community, Docs · 24/7 Email, Live chat, Docs
Compliance GDPR SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS, 2FA
Integrations 10 integrations 6 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Ploi Cloud 3/3 · fortrabbit Laravel Hosting 3/3
Queue workers ✓ ✓
Managed database ✓ ✓
Staging environments ✓ ✓
Specs
PHP versions 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 PHP 8.2+
Backup retention Not checked yet Not checked yet
Deployment method Git Git
Our review
Pros
  • 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
  • GitHub and Git push deployment with Composer builds
  • Managed MySQL, workers, cron jobs, and multiple environments
  • Encrypted offsite backups with restore, SSH/SFTP, and automatic TLS
Cons
  • 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
  • Separate pricing for PHP, databases, storage, traffic, backups, and jobs
  • No free plan; the service is paid only
  • Focused on PHP 8.2+ rather than a broader documented runtime range
Our verdict

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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fortrabbit Laravel Hosting is managed cloud hosting for Laravel and other PHP applications. It suits developers, freelancers, agencies, startups, and small to medium-sized web applications that want hosted PHP runtimes, databases,…

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  1. Ploi CloudLaravel Hosting 8.95-day trial
  2. fortrabbit Laravel HostingLaravel Hosting 8.77-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • 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

  • fortrabbit Laravel Hosting — where it wins

    • GitHub and Git push deployment with Composer builds
    • Managed MySQL, workers, cron jobs, and multiple environments
    • Encrypted offsite backups with restore, SSH/SFTP, and automatic TLS

    Where it doesn't

    • Separate pricing for PHP, databases, storage, traffic, backups, and jobs
    • No free plan; the service is paid only
    • Focused on PHP 8.2+ rather than a broader documented runtime range
  • Ploi Cloud8.9/10 · 5-day trial

    A Laravel-focused managed cloud platform with strong deployment and operations tooling.

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  • fortrabbit Laravel Hosting8.7/10 · 7-day trial

    A component-based Laravel host for teams that need deployment workflows and managed infrastructure.

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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