Ploi Cloud review
A strong Laravel hosting fit, but Craft CMS teams may need more application-specific tailoring.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Ploi Cloud is a managed cloud hosting platform for Laravel and other PHP applications. It suits development teams that want repository-driven deployments, managed infrastructure, and usage-based application hosting rather than a fixed hosting package. Teams can connect GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repositories, while Ploi Cloud builds container images, runs migrations, provisions SSL, and manages releases. Applications can run in selectable European or United States regions, with support for PHP versions 8.1 through 8.5.
Its strongest area is Laravel-specific deployment depth. Automatic application detection and configuration are paired with persistent queue workers, Horizon support, Laravel scheduling, automatic migrations, Octane, and Artisan commands. Zero-downtime releases, encrypted environment variables, real-time logs, metrics, and deployment tracking add operational visibility. Horizontal scaling is available for applications and workers, while staging-related capabilities support teams managing changes before production. This makes the platform particularly well aligned with custom Laravel deployments that need more than basic PHP hosting.
Pricing is usage-based and billed monthly in EUR. The Starter plan costs 13.88 EUR per GB per month and includes CPU with memory allocation, automatic SSL, zero-downtime deployments, and daily backups. A Starter hourly option is also available. Managed database hosting costs 14 EUR per month for one node and supports MySQL or PostgreSQL, with backups, monitoring, encrypted connections, and cloning. Object storage costs 10 EUR per 250 GB per month, while uptime monitoring costs 2.5 EUR per site per month. Laravel teams with variable infrastructure needs should consider it; Craft CMS teams seeking deeply tailored Craft workflows may prefer a more Craft-specific host.
Ploi Cloud pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Git deployments with automatic SSL and zero-downtime releases
- Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB services
- Scaling, logs, metrics, backups, and deployment tracking included
- Where it doesn't
- Pricing varies with allocated memory and instances
- Craft CMS-specific capabilities are not the main focus
- No free plan; the trial lasts five days
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