Laravel Forge vs Render
| Laravel Forge | Render | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | $25/mo |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Web | api, Web |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Paid from | 12 /mo | 25 /mo |
| Deployment targets | Laravel VPS, DigitalOcean, AWS, Hetzner, Linode, Vultr, custom servers | web services, static sites, private services, background workers, cron jobs, workflows, Docker containers, Postgres, Key Value |
| Self-hosted option | No | — |
| Deployment audit log | Yes | Yes |
| Rollout strategies | — | rolling |
| Deployment rollback | — | Yes |
| Concurrent deployments | — | 1 deployments |
Both are listed in Best Deployment Automation Software. On The Geeks Club, Render scores higher on our published basis.