Custom Laravel web apps, built to ship and scale.
From a single page MVP to a multi tenant SaaS serving thousands of users, we build production grade Laravel web applications that load fast, handle real load, and stay maintainable for years. Greenfield builds, replatform projects, and long term partnerships.
- Multi tenant SaaS, business systems, customer portals, internal tools
- Real time features with Livewire 3, Reverb WebSockets, broadcasting
- Scalable architecture with Horizon, Redis, queue workers, read replicas
- Two week sprint cadence with working demos at the end of every cycle
The work of building serious web apps in PHP.
Web applications, not brochure websites.
A Laravel web application is a server rendered or hybrid web product built using the Laravel PHP framework. It serves logged in users, holds state in a database, runs business logic, and supports workflows. Examples include multi tenant SaaS platforms, customer portals, internal business systems, marketplace platforms, healthcare and fintech backends, learning management systems, real time dashboards, and APIs that power mobile apps.
Laravel handles the heavy lifting (routing, authentication, database access, queues, real time events, testing, security) so engineering teams can focus on the business logic that actually differentiates a product. The framework runs over 1.5 million live websites today and is used in production by FedEx, BBC, Razorpay, Disney Hotstar, and Pfizer.
Signs Laravel is the right pick.
If three or more of these describe your project, Laravel is almost always the most efficient choice.
Logged in users with workflows
Your product has users who log in, perform actions, and the system needs to remember state across sessions.
Custom business logic
Off the shelf software cannot model your business rules. You need a system built around your specific workflow.
Multi tenancy or SaaS
You serve multiple customers with isolated data, subscription billing, and per tenant configuration.
API for mobile or partners
You need a documented REST or GraphQL API that mobile apps, partners, or third parties consume.
Real time features
Live notifications, collaborative dashboards, chat, order tracking, or anything that updates without a page refresh.
Long term product
You expect to run this product for three or more years and want clean, maintainable code your team can take over later.
Everything you need to ship and operate a Laravel web app.
Not just code. We deliver the full stack of work that makes a web application actually go to production and stay there.
Architecture & data model
ERD, component diagram, and module boundaries documented before any code is written. You keep the architecture doc regardless of whether we go forward.
UI/UX design & Figma files
Wireframes and high fidelity Figma designs alongside the code. Designed with your brand and reviewed before each sprint.
Full custom Laravel codebase
Eloquent models, controllers, services, jobs, events, and policies. Modular, tested with Pest, static analysed with Larastan. The code is yours from commit one.
Real time & reactive features
Live updates, notifications, presence, and reactive UI built with Livewire 3, Reverb WebSockets, and broadcasting. No SPA framework overhead.
API layer (REST or GraphQL)
Sanctum or Passport authenticated, OpenAPI documented, versioned, and load tested. Ready for mobile apps, partners, or future expansion.
Admin panel & internal tools
Filament 3 powered admin panels, custom resources, role based access, and dashboards. Saves months of internal tool development time.
Security & audit ready
OWASP aware coding, encrypted storage, audit logs, role based access, and security headers. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 aware delivery on request.
CI/CD & zero downtime deploy
GitHub Actions, Forge, or Vapor pipelines with atomic releases, environment specific config, automated rollback, and staging that mirrors production.
Six steps from idea to production.
Predictable two week sprints, working demos at the end of every cycle, no death march weekends. The boring parts are where the trust gets built.
Discovery & Architecture
Two week sprint. We map requirements, propose an architecture with ERD and component diagram, and lock scope, timeline, and team before any code is written.
UI/UX & Database Design
Wireframes and Figma alongside the database schema. Reviewed and signed off before the build sprint starts. Iterated weekly with your input.
Sprint Development
Two week sprints with working demos at the end of every cycle. Engineers ship in feature branches with Pest tests, Larastan checks, and CI on every PR.
QA & UAT
Dedicated QA covers functional, cross browser, security, and load testing. Your team runs UAT on a staging environment that mirrors production exactly.
Zero Downtime Deployment
Deploy through Forge, Vapor, or GitHub Actions with atomic releases, environment specific configuration, and automated rollback paths.
Post Launch Support
Uptime monitoring, security patching, performance tuning, and feature iteration under a defined SLA tier. Bronze, Silver, or Gold.
The tools we actually use, every day.
Production tested, not buzzword driven. We pick the simplest tool that fits the problem.
Laravel core
Frontend & reactive UI
Admin & dashboards
Real time & queues
API & auth
Infrastructure & testing
A Laravel web app we shipped.
One detailed snapshot from our 1300 plus delivered projects.
Multi tenant learning platform serving 40K plus learners across 12 countries
"Acquaint Softtech took our Laravel app from a 12 second cold start nightmare to sub second response times in three sprints. They did not just write code. They reshaped our architecture and trained our in house team along the way."
A scaling EdTech platform was running on a Laravel 6 monolith that could no longer handle peak load. Page loads were taking 8 to 12 seconds during exam windows, queues were backing up, and the team could not ship new features safely without breaking existing ones. They needed a modernised architecture, multi tenancy for new enterprise clients, and a path that did not require shutting the platform down for migration.
Over four months, we migrated the application from Laravel 6 to Laravel 11 with a modular architecture, moved heavy work to Horizon backed queues with Redis, introduced stancl/tenancy for multi tenant isolation, added Cashier for subscription billing, and used Pennant for feature flags. We rebuilt the dashboards with Livewire 3 for live updates, set up Forge with atomic deploys, and handed over architectural decision records (ADRs) for the in house team. Migration was rolled out tenant by tenant with zero data loss.
Three ways to engage on a Laravel web app build.
Pick the model that fits your stage, scope, and budget. Most clients start in one model and switch as the project evolves.
Dedicated Developer
- Full time, exclusive to your project
- 176 hours per month per engineer
- 5 day developer replacement clause
- Direct Slack and email access
Fixed Price MVP
- Discovery, design, build, QA, launch
- Project lead, developers, QA included
- Two week sprint demos throughout
- Post launch handover with documentation
Time & Material
- Hourly billing, weekly invoices
- Scale team up or down on demand
- Effective rate from $18 per hour long term
- Full transparency on hours worked
Questions teams ask before starting a web app project.
Cannot find your answer here? Speak directly to our team. No sales pitch.
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What is a Laravel web application?
A Laravel web application is a server rendered or hybrid web app built using the Laravel PHP framework. It can serve interactive dashboards, multi tenant SaaS products, customer portals, internal business systems, marketplace platforms, or anything that needs structured server side logic with a polished user interface. Laravel handles routing, database access, authentication, queues, real time events, and testing out of the box, so engineering teams ship faster than writing raw PHP and end up with code that is much easier to maintain over the years.
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How long does it take to build a web application with Laravel?
A focused MVP usually ships in 6 to 10 weeks with two engineers. A mid sized business application with several modules, third party integrations, and a polished admin lands in 3 to 5 months. Enterprise web platforms with multi tenancy, compliance work, and heavy custom logic typically run 6 to 12 months. The timeline depends on feature scope, decision speed, and how complete the specification is on day one. We share a week by week estimate after the discovery call.
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What types of web apps can be built with Laravel?
Almost any server backed web product. The common types we ship are multi tenant SaaS platforms, internal business systems, customer portals, marketplace and listing platforms, content management systems, fintech and payment backends, learning platforms, healthcare and telehealth tools, real time dashboards, and APIs that power mobile apps. Laravel scales from a single founder MVP all the way to enterprise grade systems running across multiple servers.
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Is Laravel suitable for large web applications?
Yes. Laravel is used in production by FedEx, Disney Hotstar, BBC, Razorpay, and Pfizer, all of which run very large web applications. For scale, we use queue workers with Horizon, Redis caching, read replicas, horizontal scaling on Forge or Vapor, and asynchronous job processing. We have shipped Laravel platforms serving 40,000 plus concurrent users and 80,000 plus loan applications per month on a single architecture.
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Does Laravel work for real time web applications?
Absolutely. Laravel ships with native real time support through Reverb (the official WebSocket server), broadcasting events through Pusher or Ably, and Livewire 3 for reactive UI without a separate SPA. Common real time features we build include live notifications, collaborative dashboards, chat, live order tracking, and presence indicators. For deeper real time work we pair Laravel with Livewire and Alpine.js. More on our Livewire development page.
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How much does Laravel web application development cost?
A focused Laravel web app MVP starts around $12,000 to $20,000. Most mid sized business apps land between $30,000 and $90,000. Enterprise platforms with multi tenancy, compliance, and integrations typically run $80,000 to $250,000. Dedicated Laravel developers at Acquaint Softtech start at $22 per hour or $3,200 per month full time. A full breakdown sits on our Laravel development cost page.
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How do you scale a Laravel web application?
Scaling Laravel is well understood. We profile bottlenecks with Telescope and Pulse, move heavy work to queues processed by Horizon, cache aggressively with Redis, introduce read replicas for the database, and horizontally scale the application layer through Forge or Vapor. For very large workloads we add CDN caching, edge functions, and asynchronous event driven flows. We have taken Laravel applications from a 12 second cold start to sub second response times in three sprints.
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Web application vs website in Laravel, what is the difference?
A website is mostly informational with limited interactivity. A web application has logged in users, data that persists, business logic, and workflows. Both can be built with Laravel, but a web application uses Laravel's full strength (authentication, authorisation, database modelling, queues, events, real time, testing) while a website often runs on a much lighter setup. If you log in, perform actions, and the system remembers state, you are looking at a web application.
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Do you build greenfield web apps or also rebuild existing ones?
Both. Roughly 60 percent of our Laravel work is greenfield, where we take a fresh idea or specification and ship the first production version. The other 40 percent is replatform work, where we modernise legacy PHP or migrate from CodeIgniter, WordPress, or older Laravel versions. For replatform projects we maintain feature parity, run shadow testing, and cut over with zero data loss. More on our migration services page.
What teams usually pair with this.
Web apps rarely live alone. Most clients combine web app development with one or more of these.
API Development
REST or GraphQL APIs for mobile apps, partners, and third party integrations.
Laravel Development Services
Bespoke business systems where off the shelf software falls short.
SaaS Development
Multi tenant SaaS with subscription billing, feature flags, and tenant isolation.
Maintenance & Support
Post launch monitoring, security patching, and feature iteration under SLA.
Livewire Development
Reactive interfaces and real time UX without a separate SPA framework.
Custom Development
Fully custom Laravel builds tailored to your business logic. Nothing off the shelf, everything fit for purpose.
Upgrade Services
Laravel version upgrades to current LTS with dependency management, deprecations handled, tests green.
Filament Development
Admin panels and internal tools built in days, not weeks. Filament resources, forms, tables, and dashboards.
Nova Development
Enterprise Laravel Nova admin panels, actions, metrics, and custom fields for large scale internal tooling.
Inertia Development
Modern SPAs with Laravel backend and Vue or React frontend. Full stack without the API layer overhead.
Hire Laravel Developers
Dedicated Laravel engineers from our pre vetted bench. Onboarded inside five business days. Replaceable on request.
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