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Choose with eyes open.

What to weigh when comparing fortrabbit against another PHP hosting provider — and where to look when the one you're evaluating isn't covered here.

Choosing where to host a PHP project means weighing trade-offs that vary by provider: framework support, pricing model, EU residency, support quality, and how much server work you want to do yourself. The comparisons in this section cover the providers we hear about most in evaluation calls — each with a feature table, pricing examples, and migration notes. If you don't see the one you're looking at, browse the full hosting guide for over thirty more.

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Different by design

A platform purpose-built for PHP. More than the sum of its parts.

Pay in arrears

Daily prorated, post-paid billing. No upfront payment, no yearly commitment.

Modular pricing

Pay per component and scale each one from xs to 2xl on its own.

No dark patterns

No vendor lock-in, no upselling, no misleading messages.

Humans in support

Eye-level developer chat over the support bubble. No sales calls.

Developer-first

Git-push deploy, SSH access, bring your own code. No 1-click bloat.

Managed platform

A hardened, service-oriented PHP stack. Deploy code, skip the server admin.