Harbor comparisons
Harbor is compared head-to-head with Laravel Forge, Laravel Vapor and HostPanel Laravel Hosting and more: 7 head-to-heads in Laravel Hosting, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Harbor head-to-head
- Harbor vs Laravel Forge
- Harbor vs Laravel Vapor
- Harbor vs HostPanel Laravel Hosting
- Harbor vs Ploi Cloud
- Harbor vs DockHosting
- Harbor vs fortrabbit Laravel Hosting
- Harbor vs Cleavr
Harbor vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | PHP versions | Queue workers | Managed database | Staging environments | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Harbor | No | $50/unit/yr | Yes | Yes | 8.5 | ||
| 1 | Laravel Forge | No | $120/yr | 9.4 | ||||
| 2 | Laravel Vapor | Yes | PHP 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.3 | |
| 3 | HostPanel Laravel Hosting | No | £5/mo | 8.3, 8.4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 4 | Ploi Cloud | No | 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 5 | DockHosting | Yes | $9/mo | 8.2, 8.3 | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | |
| 6 | fortrabbit Laravel Hosting | No | €1/mo | PHP 8.2+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.7 |
| 7 | Cleavr | No | $5.50/mo | 8.6 |
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