Laravel Forge vs Serversinc
Forge sets up a PHP stack on your server and runs a deploy script. Serversinc runs every app as a container, whatever it's written in.
Checked against Laravel Forge's public pricing and docs on 2026-09-27.
What Laravel Forge is, and what Serversinc is
Both get your apps running. Here is how each one does it.
Laravel Forge provisions a server with Nginx, PHP, a database and Redis, then deploys each site by running a deploy script on the box. It supports Laravel, PHP, Node.js, Next.js and Nuxt, with zero-downtime deploys on a single server. Plans are flat: $12, $19 or $39 a month.
Serversinc manages the server and runs your applications as containers. A Laravel app, a Node service and a Go binary deploy the same way: build from GitHub or pull an image, check health, then swap. You pay £5 a month for your first three servers and £2 for each after.
What the bill looks like
Forge Hobby is $12 a month for one external server. Growth is $19 and Business is $39, both with unlimited servers.
- 1 server
- Laravel Forge $12/mo (Hobby) Serversinc £5/mo
- 3 servers
- Laravel Forge $19/mo (Growth) Serversinc £5/mo
- 10 servers
- Laravel Forge $19/mo (Growth) Serversinc £19/mo
- 25 servers
- Laravel Forge $19/mo (Growth) Serversinc £49/mo
- Meter
- Laravel Forge Flat plan; Hobby is capped at one external server Serversinc Server count; builds, bandwidth and seats aren't billed
List prices in each vendor's own currency. Server costs from your cloud provider are billed separately on both sides unless stated.
Side by side
Deploys, databases, backups, alerts and automation.
- Stack
- Laravel Forge Nginx, PHP, MySQL or Postgres and Redis; also Node.js, Next.js and Nuxt Serversinc Anything that runs in a container
- Sources
- Laravel Forge GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket Serversinc GitHub, and Docker images from any registry
- Deploys
- Laravel Forge A deploy script on the server, zero-downtime on one server Serversinc Build from GitHub or pull an image; rolling or recreate, gated on a health check
- Failed deploys
- Laravel Forge Health checks and heartbeats after deploy Serversinc A failed health check rolls back before traffic moves
- Databases
- Laravel Forge MySQL or Postgres on the server, plus managed databases Serversinc Postgres, MySQL or MariaDB with users, schemas and grants
- Backups
- Laravel Forge Database backups Serversinc Database and volume backups to S3, R2, B2 or Spaces, with retention and locks
- Servers
- Laravel Forge Laravel VPS, major cloud providers, or a custom server Serversinc Import any Linux server, or provision on DigitalOcean or Hetzner
- Automation
- Laravel Forge REST API and CLI Serversinc REST API, per-application deploy triggers and an MCP server
Both are good tools. Pick the one that fits.
Where each one is the stronger choice, stated plainly.
Pick Laravel Forge if
- Your apps are PHP or Laravel and you want them on Nginx and PHP-FPM, not in containers.
- You deploy from GitLab or Bitbucket.
- You run 20 or more servers and want one flat price.
- You want Laravel VPS servers provisioned in seconds.
Pick Serversinc if
- You run PHP next to Node, Go, Python or anything else in a container.
- You want a failed health check to stop a release before traffic moves.
- You want volume backups as well as database backups, in a bucket you own.
- You run fewer than ten servers and want the bill to follow the fleet.
Laravel Forge vs Serversinc, answered
Connect your first server
Import a server you already run, or provision one on your own cloud account. The first three servers are £5 a month.