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The best Laravel hosting in 2026

Your Laravel app is ready, and it needs a home with no server to maintain. Here are the hosts that take it as it is, and what each one allows when your AI agent is the one deploying.

By Grégoire Mougeolle, co-founder of Nextmap. Facts checked on November 2, 2026. How this comparison is made.

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The right choice depends on your app

  • Do you want to stay within the official Laravel ecosystem? Choose Laravel Cloud: a push deploys, and the app goes to sleep when nobody is using it1.
  • Must each branch have its own full copy of production, database included? Choose Upsun: it clones production for each branch2.
  • Must your Laravel app stay in France, deployed by your AI agent? Choose while: your agent gets a Dockerfile ready to build, and the database is backed up every day.

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The comparison

HostYour AI agentThe databaseIn FranceTo get started
Laravel CloudA skill for Claude Code, through the command line3PostgreSQL from Neon, with point-in-time recovery4No: Frankfurt, Ireland or London5Starter at $5 per month, with $5 of usage included6
UpsunMCP server in beta, read-only by default7Managed PostgreSQL, one backup per day kept for 2 days by default8Yes, two regions9First project and first user free, under conditions. Beyond that, €9 per project and €10 per user, per month, plus resources10
Clever CloudLocal MCP server, still young11PostgreSQL free in DEV, then from €4.90 per month12Yes, by default13PostgreSQL from €4.90 per month, plus the app depending on its size12
whileMCP server with OAuth: sensitive actions wait for your approvalPostgreSQL backed up every day, point-in-time recovery over 14 days14Yes, with Nextmap, a French company€0 to get started, then €13.75 per month for an app and its database

Laravel Cloud, by the Laravel team

Laravel Cloud is Laravel’s official hosting: a push is all it takes, and the app goes to sleep when nobody is using it1.

Upsun, production cloned for each branch

Upsun, formerly Platform.sh, clones all of production for each branch, database included2.

Clever Cloud, PHP in France by default

Clever Cloud runs your apps in France by default13, with many languages.

while, your Laravel app deployed by your agent

Your AI agent deploys your Laravel app over MCP, with a Dockerfile ready to build, its PostgreSQL database backed up every day, its queues and its scheduled jobs. Sensitive actions, like deleting a production database, wait for your approval, your keys stay out of your agent’s reach, and everything runs in France.

Next steps

Sources

  1. Laravel Cloud, overview, accessed November 2, 2026
  2. Upsun, platform overview (llms.txt), accessed November 2, 2026
  3. Laravel, the official agent skills (Laravel Cloud), accessed November 2, 2026
  4. Laravel Cloud, PostgreSQL, accessed November 2, 2026
  5. Laravel Cloud, regions, accessed November 2, 2026
  6. Laravel Cloud, pricing, accessed November 2, 2026
  7. Upsun, the MCP server, accessed November 2, 2026
  8. Upsun, backups, accessed November 2, 2026
  9. Upsun, regions, accessed November 2, 2026
  10. Upsun, pricing, accessed November 2, 2026
  11. Clever Cloud, the MCP server (mcp-simple-server), accessed November 2, 2026
  12. Clever Cloud, PostgreSQL pricing, accessed November 2, 2026
  13. Clever Cloud, application regions, accessed November 2, 2026
  14. while, tested backups, accessed November 3, 2026

Questions

Does Laravel Cloud host in France?

No: its European regions are Frankfurt, Ireland and London5.

MySQL or PostgreSQL?

Laravel works with both. while’s database is PostgreSQL, and Laravel connects to it without changing anything in your code.

Can my agent deploy a Laravel app on while?

Yes, over MCP: your agent gets the file that builds the app ready-made, adds the database and deploys.

Connect your agent, it takes care of the rest

To paste into your agent

Read while.sh/agents, then deploy my app with while.

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