Ploi Cloud vs Harbor

Ploi Cloud8.9Visit Harbor8.5Visit

Higher score Ploi Cloud #4 in Laravel Hosting 8.9/10 5-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Ploi Cloud

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Harbor #8 in Laravel Hosting 8.5/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 3 features Visit Harbor

• Ploi Cloud fits best

  Scaling Laravel apps with managed services

• Harbor fits best

  Small Laravel apps needing simple managed hosting

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Side by side

Feature	Ploi Cloud 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Harbor 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.5
Ranking	#4 in Laravel Hosting	#8 in Laravel Hosting
Best for	Scaling Laravel apps with managed services	Small Laravel apps needing simple managed hosting
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	$50/unit/yr
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	5 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market
Features Ploi Cloud 3/3 · Harbor 2/3
Queue workers	✓	✓
Managed database	✓	✓
Staging environments	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
PHP versions	8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5	Not checked yet
Backup retention	Not checked yet	3 days
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	Git deployment with managed MariaDB, Redis, queues, and scheduler Daily database backups, logs, monitoring, DNS, TLS, and secrets Dedicated apps add high availability, SSH, and one-click rollback
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	Shared apps use shared MariaDB and Redis resources The platform is available through the web only Access involves an invite or waitlist
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… Read the review →	Harbor is managed hosting for Laravel developers and teams that want to deploy from Git without managing servers. It builds application images, provisions MariaDB and Redis, configures DNS and TLS, and runs web, queue, and scheduler… Read the review →

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

• Harbor — where it wins

  • Git deployment with managed MariaDB, Redis, queues, and scheduler
  • Daily database backups, logs, monitoring, DNS, TLS, and secrets
  • Dedicated apps add high availability, SSH, and one-click rollback

  Where it doesn't

  • Shared apps use shared MariaDB and Redis resources
  • The platform is available through the web only
  • Access involves an invite or waitlist

• Ploi Cloud8.9/10 · 5-day trial

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

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• Harbor8.5/10 · Paid

  A focused Laravel host with Git deployment, managed services, and low entry pricing.

  Visit HarborFull verdict →