Ploi
Server management and deployment for PHP and Laravel teams
About Ploi
Ploi is a server management platform built primarily for Laravel and PHP developers who want to provision and manage VPS servers on DigitalOcean, Hetzner, AWS, Linode, Vultr, or Upcloud. It pairs a clean interface with strong Git deployment, zero-downtime deploys, supervisor/queue management, and Cloudflare integration.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Cleaner UI and more affordable than Laravel Forge at scale
- Strong Laravel conventions — Horizon, queues, schedulers all one-click
- Flat pricing including unlimited servers on Pro plan
Cons
- PHP/Laravel-focused — less polished for Node.js or Python stacks
- Smaller community than Forge for troubleshooting
- No email hosting
Key Features
Server Provisioning
One-click provisioning on DO, Hetzner, AWS, Linode, Vultr with NGINX, PHP, MySQL, Redis stack.
Git Deploy with Zero Downtime
Atomic deploys with release folders and automatic rollback on failure.
Supervisor & Cron UI
Manage Laravel queue workers, Horizon, and scheduled jobs from the web UI.
Free SSL & Wildcard Certificates
Let's Encrypt with DNS challenge for wildcard SSL.
Monitoring & Alerts
CPU, memory, disk usage graphs plus alerts via email, Slack, Discord.
Team Collaboration
Invite teammates with per-server and per-site permissions.
Backups to S3
Scheduled database and file backups to S3-compatible storage.
Built for Laravel
First-class Forge alternative with Laravel-specific deployment scripts.
Pricing
- 5 servers
- Unlimited sites
- Git deployment
- Free SSL
- Daily backups
- 15 servers
- Team members
- Advanced monitoring
- Priority support
- Unlimited servers
- Unlimited team members
- White-label options
- Phone support
Best For
Laravel agency multi-server
Manage 20+ client Laravel servers with Git push-to-deploy and shared team access.
WordPress on NGINX
Run WordPress on NGINX + PHP-FPM + Redis for better performance than Apache/cPanel stacks.
Zero-downtime deployments
Ship Laravel updates without dropping traffic using atomic release deploys.
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