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.
Already on Laravel Forge? Ploi can take over that server as it is. Same machine, same IP, your sites stay up while it runs. See how the import works
| Feature | ploi.io | Laravel 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 |
Bring your Laravel Forge server to Ploi as it is
You keep the server. Ploi connects over SSH, scans what Forge set up and registers it in the panel. Nothing is copied to a new machine and the IP address does not change, so there is no DNS switch and no moment where visitors land on the wrong server.
- 1 In Ploi, open Servers, click Create server and pick Import server.
- 2 Choose Laravel Forge, fill in the IP and run the command we show you as root on the server. It only adds Ploi's SSH key.
- 3 Ploi scans the server and lists what it found. You tick the sites you want to bring over.
- 4 Start the import and watch the steps run. On a small server this takes about two minutes. Nginx is reloaded, never restarted, so nobody notices.
Questions first? Ask us.
- Sites keep their directory, system user and PHP version. The forge user and isolated site users become Ploi system users, with the SSH keys they already have.
- Certificates Forge issued keep working. Ploi installs certbot and rewrites the nginx config in its own layout, after checking it with nginx -t, so the next renewal runs through Ploi.
- Databases and database users are registered. MySQL only stores password hashes, so you set a new password from Ploi when you need one.
- Supervisor daemons, cron entries and ufw rules show up in the panel and are managed from there. Daemons restart once during the import.
- Git remotes are linked as repositories, so you can deploy from Ploi with the deploy key that is already on the server.
- The last step can remove Forge's access key and renewal scripts. It is optional and off by default if you want to keep Forge around for a while.