CloudStick · vs · Laravel Forge

The best
alternative to
laravel forge.

Forge is great for Laravel developers who know what they're doing. CloudStick is for everyone — faster deploys, an AI assistant, a full WordPress manager, and real support at any hour.

AI server assistant built-in
One-click deploys · avg 22 seconds
WordPress, Laravel, Node.js — one panel
CLOUDSTICK · LIVE
BENCHMARKS
DEPLOY TIME — LARAVEL + NGINX STACK
CloudStick21.1s
Laravel Forge~75s
3.6×
Faster
99.99%
Uptime
90s
First server

Where CloudStick
pulls ahead.

Forge is powerful but built for PHP engineers. CloudStick brings that power to every team member.

CAPABILITY
CLOUDSTICK
LARAVEL FORGE
Ease of use
AI-assisted UI
Developer-only dashboard
Deploy speed (avg)
~22 seconds
~75 seconds
AI server assistant
WordPress support
Full manager + Magic Link
Manual setup only
24/7 live chat support
Community forum only
Zero-downtime deploys
Pro plan only
Free migration
White-label panel
Business plan

The fine print,
printed plainly.

No asterisks. No "contact sales". Every capability, side-by-side.

/01Core Infrastructure
CLOUDSTICK
LARAVEL FORGE
Connected servers
Unlimited (paid plans)
Tiered by plan
Websites per server
Unlimited
Unlimited
Cloud providers
Any (AWS, GCP, DO, Vultr, Linode, Hetzner…)
Selected partners + custom
Multiple PHP versions
Visual database manager
SSH terminal via dashboard
/02Deployment & Automation
CLOUDSTICK
LARAVEL FORGE
One-click app installer
Laravel & PHP only
Git deployment
Average deploy time
~22s
~75s
Zero-downtime deploys
Pro plan only
Supervisord / queue jobs
CronJob manager
/03Security & Reliability
CLOUDSTICK
LARAVEL FORGE
Server firewall management
Free SSL
Wildcard SSL
Business plan only
SSH key management
Automated security updates
Free backup storage
Up to 40 GB
Paid add-on
/04Team & Support
CLOUDSTICK
LARAVEL FORGE
Team / collaborator seats
Up to 10
Business plan only
24/7 live chat
Support channel
Live chat + email
Community forum only
White-label panel
Business plan
Free migration assist
Priority support
Business plan

Pricing at a glance.

CLOUDSTICK
LARAVEL FORGE
Starting price
$9 / mo
$12 / mo (Hobby)
Free trial
10-day trial · no card
None
Unlimited servers
Pro + Business
Business plan ($39/mo)
Per-site fee
None
None
White-label panel
Business plan
Included backup storage
Up to 40 GB
Paid add-on

When the 502 arrived
at 02:47 on a Sunday.

Real support, real hours, real engineers.

CLOUDSTICK SUPPORT
RESOLVED 3m 42s

"502 bad gateway — Laravel app down after a deploy. Queue workers not responding."

02:47 · Sunday

"On it. PHP-FPM pool exhausted — restarting and bumping pm.max_children now."

02:48 · Alex, Sr. Engineer

"Back up. Workers draining the queue. I've tuned the pool config to handle your traffic spike."

02:51 · Alex, Sr. Engineer
LARAVEL FORGE SUPPORT
COMMUNITY FORUM

"502 bad gateway — Laravel app down after a deploy. Queue workers not responding."

02:47 · Sunday

Post your question in the community forum and another user may be able to help. Forge support is handled via GitHub discussions.

System message
— no official response —
38,400
Servers managed
across 47 countries
99.99%
Uptime SLA
tracked and guaranteed
2.1M
Deploys / month
avg 22s each
< 9 min
Median support reply
including nights and weekends
“
Forge is brilliant if you live in the terminal. We don't anymore. CloudStick gave our whole team server access without the 3am Slack messages asking someone to SSH in.
Priya MenonVP Engineering · Tidewater SaaS

Switch in minutes,
not days.

Our migration team handles the whole move — DNS, SSL, databases, apps and config. You watch. We work.

Start Migration Free
MIGRATION TIMELINE
0:00Connect new server
Any VPS or bare-metal, any provider
0:04Import sites & apps
Drag-and-drop or SSH credentials
0:31SSL provisioned
Wildcard or single-domain, automatic
1:12DNS cut-over ready
One-click propagation check
1:58Live on CloudStick
Old panel access auto-revoked

Questions you
might ask.

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