# Affordable PHP hosting with MySQL

Source: https://www.fortrabbit.com/php-hosting/affordable
Published: 2026-10-01
Reviewed: 2026-10-01

> Affordable PHP hosting with MySQL on fortrabbit: €3.50 a month for the smallest stack with a database, €5 to €10 for a small site. Priced per component, billed per day.


fortrabbit is affordable managed PHP hosting with MySQL, priced per component and per day, with no bundled tiers. The smallest environment, PHP XS with storage, traffic and one daily backup, costs €2.50 a month; adding the smallest MySQL plan makes it €3.50. A small production site with a database lands between €5 and €10, and a Craft CMS or Laravel app with a 512 MiB PHP plan, 1 GiB MySQL, 2 GiB storage and three backups comes to €19. Every component scales on its own, so a growing database does not force a larger PHP plan. Storage, traffic and MySQL autoscale into the next plan when they fill up; PHP is sized by hand. Billing runs in arrears by the day: book a component for three days, pay for three days, and a deleted environment stops costing money the same day. Prices are the same number in EUR and USD. Every new app starts with seven free days, no credit card, and there is no minimum term.

## PHP and MySQL prices per component

The [pricing page](/pricing) lists every step in between.

| Component | Smallest | Largest | Autoscales |
| -- | -- | -- | -- |
| PHP | XS, 128 MiB, 2 processes: €1 | 2XL, 4 GiB, 12 processes: €50 | No |
| MySQL | XS, 128 MiB: €1 | 3XL, 40 GiB, 7 GiB memory: €240 | Yes |
| Storage | XS, 512 MiB: €0.50 | 3XL, 32 GiB: €32 | Yes |
| Traffic | XS, 32 GiB: €0.50 | 2XL, 1 TiB: €64 | Yes |
| Backups | XS, 1 copy: €0.50 | 2XL, 48 copies: €64 | No |
| Jobs | XS, 1 job: €1 | 2XL, 32 jobs: €60 | No |

MySQL and jobs are optional, the rest is part of every environment. The [components concept](https://docs.fortrabbit.com/platform/concepts/components) explains how plans and sizes fit together.

## Three affordable stacks, priced

| | Side project | Small site | Agency client |
| -- | --: | --: | --: |
| PHP | XS €1 | SM €2 | MD €4 |
| MySQL | – | XS €1 | LG €8 |
| Storage | XS €0.50 | SM €1 | MD €2 |
| Traffic | XS €0.50 | XS €0.50 | SM €1 |
| Backups | XS €0.50 | XS €0.50 | SM €4 |
| Per month | €2.50 | €5 | €19 |

[Staging environments](/php-hosting/with-staging-environments) book their own components and usually sit in the first column.

## Not on the bill

TLS certificates, the test domain, SSH, GitHub deploys with builds, team members and support chat. The [cost breakdown](/us/cost-breakdown) shows where the money goes.

## FAQ

### Is there a free plan?

**A trial** — Every new app runs seven days for free, with any component in any size and no credit card. After that, billing is per component, in arrears, by the day.

### What happens when a site outgrows its plan?

**One component grows** — Storage, traffic and MySQL autoscale into the next plan when they fill up. PHP is sized by hand in the dashboard and takes effect within minutes. No other component changes.

### Are prices different in USD?

**Same number** — Every plan costs the same figure in EUR and USD. The currency follows the payment method.

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- [Pricing](/pricing)
- [Components](/platform/concepts/components)
- [Cost breakdown](/us/cost-breakdown)