Static SPAs and Vite builds belong on React Hosting. Artisan apps with PHP-FPM and MariaDB belong on Laravel Hosting. Here is how Australian teams should decide.
React vs Laravel Hosting in Australia
If you are launching on Melbourne NVMe servers, the first decision is not Starter vs Pro — it is which stack family fits how you ship.
Choose React Hosting when
- You deploy a static or SPA build (React, Vite, Next static export).
- Your API lives elsewhere (Laravel on another plan, serverless, or a third party).
- You want free SSL, Git-friendly deploys, and Australian latency without PHP-FPM.
- You run artisan apps with Composer and DocumentRoot on
public/. - You need PHP-FPM and MariaDB on the same account.
- You ship Vite/React or Inertia assets into Laravel, not as a standalone static host.
See the full React Hosting page for who should choose each tier.
Choose Laravel Hosting when
See Laravel Hosting for tier guidance.
A common split that works
Many Australian product teams put the SPA on React Hosting and the API on Laravel Hosting. That keeps static assets simple and gives Eloquent a real PHP stack.
What not to do
Do not buy React Hosting expecting MariaDB and artisan. Do not buy Laravel Hosting only to drop a marketing brochure that never needs PHP — React Hosting will be cheaper to operate.
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