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Orchec vs Laravel Forge

Laravel Forge is a hosted server management service from the Laravel team. Orchec serves Laravel too, alongside Node.js, Python, Go, Rust and Docker apps, and adds monitoring, logs, databases, fleet operations and an AI copilot.

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At a glance

Facts about Laravel Forge come from its own pages, checked on 9 October 2026. Prices are monthly, in US dollars, excluding tax.

	Orchec	Laravel Forge
Plans	Free (1 server), Pro $15 (5 servers, then $3 each), Team $39 (15 servers, then $2 each), Agency $99 (50 servers, then $1.50 each). A year costs 10 months.	Hobby $12 (1 server), Growth $19 (unlimited servers), Business $39 (unlimited, faster support), Enterprise custom. No free plan. [1]
Source code	Agent and CLI open source under Apache-2.0. Control plane source-available under FSL-1.1, becoming Apache-2.0 two years after each release.	Closed source. [1]
Self-hosting	Community free with unlimited servers. Business $990 a year.	Not offered; hosted only. [1]
Clouds	Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, Linode, UpCloud, Scaleway, Hostinger, or any Ubuntu or Debian server.	See their documentation.

Where Laravel Forge is stronger

A fair comparison names both sides. Here is where it may suit you better.

Built by the Laravel team, with Laravel-first defaults. [1]
Unlimited servers from the Growth plan. [1]

Sources

[1] Forge pricing, checked 9 October 2026.

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