4 laravel hosting providers ranked by HostScore™ in 2026. No paid placements. No sponsors.
Laravel hosting runs the Laravel PHP framework with the services it expects: PHP 8.1+, Composer, a database, Redis for cache and queues, and a way to run queue workers and the scheduler. Plain shared hosting can serve a small Laravel app, but the best Laravel hosting gives you SSH, Composer, environment variables, and managed queues, usually a managed VPS control panel like Forge, Ploi, or Cloudways rather than a cPanel plan. As of 2026, the leading laravel hosting platforms are Cloudways, Exploit The Web Ltd, DigitalOcean, the established category leaders. Below them, every other provider is ranked purely by HostScore, an independent algorithmic rating combining trust signals, profile completeness, freshness, and performance. The leaders are pinned because they define the category; no platform pays for placement. Rankings update continuously as Google review, Trustpilot, and profile data refresh. Each profile lists pricing where available, plan tiers, supported features, and verified customer rating data from Google and Trustpilot. Use the rankings below to compare providers head-to-head, or use HostMatch (hostlist.io/match) for a personalised recommendation based on your specific project requirements, traffic volume, and geographic audience.
Laravel runs on PHP, so technically many hosts can serve it, but Laravel expects more than a basic PHP site. It wants Composer for dependencies, an .env file for configuration, a writable storage path, and ideally Redis for caching and queues. A host that only offers FTP and a cPanel makes a real Laravel deploy awkward; one with SSH and Composer makes it routine.
The Laravel community standard is a server control panel, not shared hosting. Tools like Laravel Forge, Ploi, and RunCloud provision a VPS on DigitalOcean, Hetzner, or Vultr and configure PHP, Nginx, the database, queues, and SSL for you, so you get a real server with a one-click deploy workflow. Cloudways offers a similar managed experience without touching the server directly.
Do not forget queues and the scheduler. Laravel apps lean on queued jobs for email, notifications, and background work, and on the scheduler for recurring tasks. Make sure your host can run a persistent queue worker and a cron entry for the scheduler. Shared hosting often cannot keep a worker alive, which is a common reason Laravel apps outgrow it.
Entries marked CATEGORY LEADER are the platforms that define this category and are editorially pinned to the top. They are developer platforms with limited public review data, so raw HostScore under-rates them. Every other position is ranked purely by HostScore. No platform pays for placement.
| Rank | Provider | HostScore | Google rating | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | Cloudways | 78/100 | · | HQ: Saint Julians, Malta |
| Leader | Exploit The Web Ltd | 42/100 | · | HQ: Taunton, UK |
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The community standard for Laravel is a VPS managed by a control panel like Laravel Forge, Ploi, or RunCloud, which provisions a server on DigitalOcean, Hetzner, or Vultr and configures PHP, Nginx, the database, Redis, queues, and SSL for you. Cloudways offers a similar managed experience. These give you SSH, Composer, and persistent queue workers, which plain shared hosting usually cannot.
You can run a small Laravel app on shared hosting that offers SSH, Composer, and a current PHP version, but it is limited: shared plans often cannot keep a queue worker running or run the scheduler reliably, and deploys are clumsy without proper SSH access. For anything beyond a hobby project, a managed VPS via Forge, Ploi, or Cloudways is the better fit and not much more expensive.
Laravel hosting via a control panel usually costs the price of a VPS (around $5 to $20 per month on DigitalOcean, Hetzner, or Vultr) plus the panel subscription (Forge and Ploi are roughly $8 to $20 per month, RunCloud similar). Cloudways bundles the server and management from around $10 to $15 per month. Shared Laravel hosting can be cheaper but trades away queues, SSH, and easy deploys.
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