Laravel Vapor review
A deep AWS-based Laravel platform, with paid plans starting at $39 monthly.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
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 individual AWS services. Developers deploy through the Vapor CLI, including from CI/CD pipelines, while Vapor provisions application environments and associated infrastructure. Supported capabilities include production and staging environments, native or Docker-based PHP runtimes, and PHP 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5.
Pricing is structured around a free Sandbox and two unlimited plans. Sandbox covers one project, 10 deployments, and an Amazon-supplied domain. Unlimited Monthly costs $39 per month and includes unlimited projects and unlimited deployments. Unlimited Annual costs $399 per year with the same project and deployment allowances. The paid tiers are therefore aimed at teams deploying multiple projects or needing an ongoing production plan, while Sandbox provides a limited way to work with the platform.
Vapor’s strongest case is its breadth across the Laravel deployment lifecycle. It supports autoscaling web and queue infrastructure, managed RDS and Aurora Serverless databases, automatic backups, point-in-time restoration, Redis cache management, DNS, custom domains, SSL certificates, deployment rollbacks, queue monitoring, and failed-job management. Its AWS ecosystem includes Lambda, SQS, RDS, Aurora Serverless, ElastiCache Redis, CloudFront, S3, and SES. Choose Vapor when serverless Laravel on AWS and managed infrastructure are central requirements; teams seeking a smaller deployment surface or a platform outside this AWS-centered model should consider alternatives.
Laravel Vapor pros and cons
- 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
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