I'm working on a Laravel website for a travel company that's expecting up to 200,000 visitors in the next couple of years. Given that we don't have experience hosting a virtual server, I'm looking for recommendations on the best hosting platforms. Any insights would be really appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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For someone who isn’t comfortable with virtual servers, Laravel Forge alongside DigitalOcean is a good choice, or even Ploi for easier management. If you want an option that’s more hands-off, Cloudways is excellent for Laravel and can scale well with your expected traffic. Definitely avoid shared hosting like Hostinger for this level of visitor demand as you’ll need something more robust.
If you’re up for managing your own VPS, I'd definitely recommend DigitalOcean. It's a solid choice if you know what you’re doing!
If you're not familiar with managing a VPS, I suggest going with Laravel Cloud. If you were, then either Laravel Cloud or Forge would work great too!
Or consider Laravel Vapor if you're open to it, although there’s some uncertainty about its future since Cloud has launched.