Laravel Forge alternatives
At 1 server with 10 sites, Laravel Forge costs $12 a month. 1 server control panel costs less, from $0 (Coolify). The closest match, Plesk, covers 81% of what Laravel Forge does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Laravel Forge does
Core: Git push deploys (partly), Always-on app servers (partly), Workers and cron jobs, Bring your own cloud, Sites and apps on your server, Cloud server provisioning, Hosted dashboard.
Important: Full-stack framework support (partly), Databases from the dashboard (partly), Root-access virtual servers (partly), Automated site backups (partly), Team roles and permissions (partly), Server health monitoring (partly), Multi-server scaling (partly).
Also has: Static site hosting (partly), Global multi-region compute (partly), Persistent volumes (partly), Templates and add-on marketplace (partly), EU data sovereignty (partly), Docker and any-language apps (partly), Client and reseller accounts (partly), Firewall & malware protection (partly), API, CLI and AI agents (partly).
Alternatives to Laravel Forge at 1 server with 10 sites, best match first
- Plesk: $13.55/mo Yearly-billed EUR price, converted; status unconfirmed (Web Admin (1 server, up to 10 domains)). It covers 81% of Laravel Forge; missing or partial: Cloud server provisioning (partly), Hosted dashboard (partly), Multi-server scaling. Free plan: none.
- Coolify: free Self-hosted free; Cloud $5/mo + $3 per extra server (Self-hosted edition (free), 1 server with 10 apps and 1 admin). It covers 78% of Laravel Forge; missing or partial: Workers and cron jobs (partly), Bring your own cloud (partly), Cloud server provisioning (partly), Root-access virtual servers, Global multi-region compute. Free plan: Self-hosted edition is free forever with unlimited servers, apps and users; you supply the servers.
- cPanel: $53.99/mo Monthly price inferred from 8.4% annual saving (Pro tier (30-account cap), Cloud/VPS list price, monthly billing, 1 server). It covers 75% of Laravel Forge; missing or partial: Cloud server provisioning (partly), Hosted dashboard, Server health monitoring. Free plan: none.
Other kinds of products that cover part of Laravel Forge
- Heroku (Hosting): covers 73% of Laravel Forge; missing or partial: Cloud server provisioning, Hosted dashboard, Client and reseller accounts
- Railway (Hosting): covers 73% of Laravel Forge; missing or partial: Cloud server provisioning, Hosted dashboard, Client and reseller accounts
- Render (Hosting): covers 73% of Laravel Forge; missing or partial: Cloud server provisioning, Hosted dashboard, Client and reseller accounts
- Hostinger (Web & WordPress hosting): covers 31% of Laravel Forge; missing or partial: Sites and apps on your server, Cloud server provisioning, Hosted dashboard, Team roles and permissions, Server health monitoring
Prices at every size
- Laravel Forge: 1 server with 10 sites $12/mo, 5 servers, 50 sites and 3 users $19/mo (Excludes your cloud server bill)
- Plesk: 1 server with 10 sites $13.55/mo, 5 servers, 50 sites and 3 users $67.74/mo (Yearly-billed EUR price, converted; status unconfirmed)
- Coolify: 1 server with 10 sites free, 5 servers, 50 sites and 3 users free (Self-hosted free; Cloud $5/mo + $3 per extra server)
- cPanel: 1 server with 10 sites $53.99/mo, 5 servers, 50 sites and 3 users $269.95/mo (Monthly price inferred from 8.4% annual saving)
The panel or management fee only, per month on monthly billing; the servers you rent cost extra and aren't included. A free self-hosted edition counts as $0 when it allows commercial use and covers the scenario.
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