ALTERNATIVES
Alternative To Laravel Forge
A developer-friendly server management platform with more features out of the box
Are you looking for a Laravel Forge alternative?
Ploi is the best solution to cover all your difficult server management tasks. Ploi helps you manage your servers securely without any difficult configuration.
Take a look at the features in the table below that we offer right out of the box to help you get started easily.
| Feature | ploi.io | Forge |
|---|---|---|
| DNS Management | ||
| Server Insights | ||
| Site Uptime Monitoring | ||
| File Explorer | ||
| Extensive Team Management | ||
| Beautiful Crafted Status Pages | ||
| Staging to Production Management | ||
| Whitelabel solution | ||
| Mobile App | ||
| Based in Europe 🇪🇺 | ||
| Docker Server Support | ||
| Scheduled Deployments | ||
| Tenants | ||
| Marketplace | ||
| Automatic File Backups | ||
| Automatic Database Backups | ||
| Website Isolation | ||
| Queue Management | ||
| Supported Server Types | Web server, Database server, Redis server, Valkey server, Worker server, Load balancer server, Storage server, MeiliSearch server, Elasticsearch Server, Docker server, Plain server, Email server | Web server, Load balancer server, Worker server, App server, Database server, Cache server, MeiliSearch server, OpenClaw server |
| Supported Operating Systems | Ubuntu, Debian | Ubuntu |
| Supported Backup Providers | Google Drive, Dropbox, Local, SFTP, FTP, Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, S3 | Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, S3 |
| Supported Server Providers | DigitalOcean, Vultr, UpCloud, Linode, Hetzner, Krystal, Hostinger, AWS EC2, Custom Provider | DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, Hetzner, AWS EC2, Laravel VPS, Custom Provider |
| 1-click Install Apps | WordPress, Statamic, Craft CMS, Matomo Analytics, Nextcloud, phpMyAdmin | WordPress, Statamic, phpMyAdmin |
| Notifications | Slack, Discord, E-mail, Telegram, Pushover, Microsoft Teams, Rocket.Chat, Google Chat, Custom Webhook, Native mobile push notifications | Slack, Email, Telegram, Discord, Custom Webhook |
| Support | E-mail, Ticket System, Discord |
* This feature list is not legally binding. It could be that they have updated features that are not reflected properly here.
We will always do our best to keep these lists up to date, if you notice we're running behind be sure to get us notified about any changes.
If you are part of the Laravel/Forge team and notice any misalignments, please get in touch.
Last updated on March 20th, 2026.