Multi tenant SaaS, built on Laravel to scale and bill cleanly.

Yes, Laravel is one of the most popular frameworks for building SaaS today. The ecosystem (Cashier for Stripe and Paddle billing, Pennant for feature flags, Sanctum for SPA auth, Horizon for queues, Pulse for performance, and the Stancl tenancy package for multi-tenancy) covers nearly every SaaS requirement out of the box. Production examples include Laravel Forge, Laravel Vapor, Statamic Cloud, and thousands of vertical SaaS platforms. We have shipped 40 plus Laravel SaaS products since 2007.

Multi-tenancy means serving multiple customers (tenants) from a single application while keeping their data, configuration, and users isolated. In Laravel we use three patterns. Single database with a tenant_id column (simplest, best for early stage). Single database with separate schemas (good middle ground for compliance and isolation). Database per tenant (strongest isolation, used for enterprise tier or regulated industries). The Stancl tenancy package handles all three patterns and we pick the right one during discovery.

Six steps. One, discovery (target tenants, pricing model, multi-tenant pattern, feature flag strategy). Two, architecture (tenancy approach, billing model, data isolation, infrastructure). Three, MVP build with the smallest feature set that proves the product (typically 8 to 12 weeks). Four, subscription billing through Cashier with Stripe or Paddle. Five, post launch instrumentation through Pulse for performance and Pennant for feature rollouts. Six, scale work as paying tenants grow (queues, caching, read replicas).

A Laravel SaaS typically costs $30,000 to $70,000 for an MVP, $80,000 to $200,000 for a production ready mid-market product, and $200,000 to $500,000 or more for an enterprise grade platform. The range depends on feature scope, multi tenancy complexity, number of integrations, billing sophistication, compliance requirements, and the region of your development team. The single biggest cost driver is scope; the second is region, with offshore teams in India costing 60 to 75 percent less per hour than US or UK agencies for comparable quality.

Notable Laravel SaaS in production include Laravel Forge (server provisioning), Laravel Vapor (serverless hosting), Statamic Cloud (CMS hosting), Fathom Analytics, Pingping, and many vertical SaaS platforms across HR, finance, edtech, and healthcare. Our own client work includes multi-tenant learning platforms serving 40K plus learners, lending SaaS processing 80K plus applications monthly, and recruitment SaaS serving HR teams across the UK and US.

We use Laravel Cashier, the official package that wraps Stripe and Paddle subscription APIs. Cashier handles plan management, trials, proration, coupons, invoicing, webhooks, and tax compliance. For US and EU SaaS we recommend Stripe through Cashier. For SaaS targeting global VAT and OSS compliance, Paddle through Cashier is often the better fit (Paddle acts as a merchant of record). Both options ship with full PCI compliance handled by the provider.

A typical Laravel SaaS has six layers. Routing and middleware (tenant resolution, auth, rate limiting). Tenancy layer (Stancl with the right isolation pattern). Billing (Cashier with Stripe or Paddle). Feature flags (Pennant for gradual rollouts and per tier features). Queues (Horizon backed Redis workers for emails, exports, integrations). Real time (Reverb WebSockets for live updates, broadcasting for notifications). Above all of this sits the admin (Filament or custom), analytics, and observability (Pulse, Telescope, Sentry).

A focused MVP launches in 8 to 12 weeks with two engineers. A mid sized SaaS with multi-tenancy, billing, feature flags, and a polished admin lands in 4 to 6 months. Enterprise SaaS with SSO, custom domains, white labelling, and compliance work typically runs 6 to 12 months. The timeline depends on feature scope, decision speed on the pricing model, and how complete the specification is on day one.

Yes. We have shipped Laravel SaaS platforms serving 40K plus active users across thousands of tenants on a single architecture. The standard scaling toolkit is single database multi-tenancy with proper indexing, Redis caching for tenant configuration, Horizon for heavy work, read replicas, and horizontal scaling on Forge or Vapor. For enterprise tier customers needing stronger isolation, we move them to database per tenant within the same codebase, no rewrite needed.

Yes, completely. Source code ownership and IP transfer terms are agreed in writing before kick off, the NDA is signed before any project discussions, and the repository is yours from commit one. There are no surprise licence fees later, no usage limits, and no white labelled dependencies that lock you in.