Best Hosting for Laravel (2026)
Laravel likes SSH, queues, and enough RAM for workers. Cloudways leads overall for managed PHP; DigitalOcean leads when you DIY; Hostinger KVM is the budget VPS path.
Compare hosts
| Host | Plan | Price/mo | RAM | CPU | Storage | Bandwidth | Free SSL | Staging | Free migration | Support | Score | CTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CloudwaysBest overall | DO 4GB | $28 | 4 GB | 2 | 80 GB | 2 TB | Yes | Yes | Yes | chat | 8.9 | Check price |
DigitalOceanBest performance | Basic Droplet 4GB | $24 | 4 GB | 2 | 80 GB | 4 TB | No | No | No | ticket | 8.8 | Check price |
ScalaHosting | Managed VPS S2 | $29.95 | 4 GB | 2 | 50 GB | 3 TB | Yes | Yes | Yes | priority | 8.5 | Check price |
HostingerBest budget | KVM 2 | $8.99 | 8 GB | 2 | 100 GB | 8 TB | Yes | No | Yes | chat | 8.1 | Check price |
A2 Hosting | Turbo Boost | $22.99 | 4 GB | 2 | 40 GB | Unmetered* | Yes | Yes | Yes | chat | 7.0 | Check price |
SiteGround | GrowBig | $24.99 | 4 GB | 2 | 40 GB | Unmetered* | Yes | Yes | Yes | phone | 6.8 | Check price |
Top picks
Cloudways
DO 4GB
$28/mo
Score 8.9/10
Best overall managed lane for Laravel-friendly PHP stacks with staging.
Hostinger
KVM 2
$8.99/mo
Score 8.1/10
Best budget KVM for small Laravel apps.
DigitalOcean
Basic Droplet 4GB
$24/mo
Score 8.8/10
Best DIY performance and control for Forge/Envoyer-style workflows.
Who it’s for
Good fit
Laravel developers who need PHP 8.x, Composer, queues/workers, Redis-friendly setups, and either managed cloud or VPS control.
Who should skip
Skip if you are not shipping Laravel and only need basic WordPress.
How we scored
Scores are relative to this use case—not universal “best host” awards. We weight performance, price, ease, support, and features for how people actually ship this workload. Plan specs and prices are dated; refresh on a rolling schedule.
This page weights: Performance 30% · Price 20% · Ease 20% · Support 15% · Features 15%
FAQ
Is shared hosting enough for Laravel?
Only for tiny demos. Queues, schedulers, and concurrent requests push you to VPS or managed cloud quickly.
Do I need Redis?
Not mandatory on day one, but caches and queues get easier with Redis on the same VPS or as a managed add-on.