--- title: "Laravel Development Company | Cyan Orbit" description: "We build web applications and SaaS backends on Laravel, using Eloquent, queues and Horizon to ship features fast without losing structure as it grows." url: https://cyanorbit.com/technologies/laravel --- 1. [Home](https://cyanorbit.com/) 2. [Technologies](https://cyanorbit.com/technologies) 3. Laravel Backend # Laravel Development Company A PHP framework with enough structure to stay maintainable and enough convention to ship quickly. [Get a project estimate](https://cyanorbit.com/get-a-quote) [Talk to a developer](https://cyanorbit.com/contact) NDA on request · Free, no-obligation estimate · Reply within one business day NDA before discovery You own the code and IP on payment Code in your repository from day one A working demo every two weeks Senior engineers do the work [How we work](https://cyanorbit.com/process) Laravel is a full-featured PHP framework built around Eloquent, an ORM with an unusually readable query syntax, and a broad set of first-party tools (queues, scheduled tasks, notifications, file storage) that cover most of what a business application needs without reaching for third-party packages. That completeness is why Laravel remains one of the fastest paths from a blank repository to a working SaaS product or internal system, particularly for teams already comfortable with PHP. We use Laravel Horizon to manage and monitor Laravel's queue workers, which matters once a product has any meaningful volume of background work: emails, report generation, webhook processing, third-party API syncs. Livewire lets a Laravel application add server-driven interactivity without standing up a separate JavaScript frontend, which fits products that need dynamic UI but not the full complexity of a React or Vue single-page application. Fit ## When Laravel is the right choice, and when it is not ### Good fit - You are building a SaaS product, internal tool or marketplace where Laravel's ORM, auth scaffolding and queue system cover most of the application's needs directly - The team already knows PHP and wants a framework structured enough to keep a growing codebase consistent across developers - The product needs background job processing (emails, reports, third-party syncs) at meaningful volume, where Horizon gives visibility into queue health without extra tooling - You want server-driven interactivity (Livewire) without committing to a separate React or Vue frontend and the API layer that would require - You are modernizing an older PHP application and want a clear upgrade path within the same language rather than a full rewrite in a different stack ### Consider something else - The team is consolidating on a single language across frontend and backend (typically Node.js with TypeScript) and adding PHP would mean maintaining a second language and hiring pool - The application needs very high-throughput, low-latency real-time features at scale; Laravel can do websockets through Reverb or a third-party service, but this is not its strongest ground compared to Node.js or Go - You are building a thin API with no server-rendered pages and no need for Laravel's other batteries; a leaner framework or a different language carries less unused weight - The project requires the deepest possible compile-time type safety on a large codebase; PHP's typing has improved significantly but remains less strict by default than TypeScript, Go or C# What we build ## What we build with Laravel - ### SaaS application backends Multi-tenant architecture, subscription billing integration and role-based access built on Laravel's auth scaffolding and Eloquent models. - ### Background job processing with Horizon Queue workers for email, PDF generation, webhook processing and third-party API syncs, monitored through Horizon's dashboard for failed jobs and throughput. - ### Server-driven interactive UI with Livewire Dynamic forms, live search and reactive components rendered server-side, avoiding a separate frontend build and API layer for applications that do not need one. - ### Marketplace and e-commerce backends Order, inventory and payment logic built on Eloquent relationships, paired with a headless frontend or Laravel's own Blade templates depending on the project. - ### Legacy PHP modernization Migrating older, unstructured PHP applications into Laravel's conventions incrementally, module by module, to gain testability and maintainability without a full rewrite. Ecosystem ## Libraries and tools we pair it with - Eloquent ORM for database models and relationships - Horizon for queue monitoring and management - Livewire for server-driven reactive components - Laravel Sanctum for API token and SPA authentication - Laravel Nova or Filament for admin panel scaffolding - Pest or PHPUnit for testing - Laravel Forge or Envoyer for deployment ## Queues and Horizon as the backbone of background work Nearly every real application accumulates work that should not happen inside the request-response cycle: sending an email, generating a PDF, calling a slow third-party API. Laravel's queue system moves that work onto workers that process jobs asynchronously, and Horizon gives visibility into what is queued, what failed and why, which matters once a team is running enough background work that manually tailing logs stops being practical. We design queue architecture deliberately rather than defaulting everything to one queue: separating time-sensitive jobs (password reset emails) from bulk or slow jobs (report generation, large exports) onto different queues with different worker counts, so a backlog of slow jobs cannot delay something a user is actively waiting on. ## Livewire versus a separate React or Vue frontend Livewire renders components on the server and syncs state to the browser over AJAX requests, which gives a Laravel application dynamic, reactive UI without introducing a build step, an API layer, or a second team skill set. It fits products where the UI is form-heavy and CRUD-oriented and the team wants to stay inside one framework and one language. A separate React or Vue frontend earns its complexity when the UI itself is the product's differentiator: a highly interactive dashboard, an editor, or something with complex client-side state that would fight against Livewire's server-round-trip model. We make this call project by project rather than defaulting to either option, since choosing wrong in either direction adds real rework later. - Livewire fits form-heavy, CRUD-oriented interfaces that do not need complex client-side state - A separate React or Vue frontend fits products where the interface itself is the differentiator - Both can coexist in one application, Livewire for admin screens and a separate frontend for the customer-facing product Services ## Services that use Laravel - [Web Application DevelopmentWe build the logged-in side of your product: dashboards, portals and workflow tools that handle real data volume, real permissions and real concurrent users.](https://cyanorbit.com/services/web-application-development) - [SaaS DevelopmentWe build multi-tenant SaaS products around tenant isolation, subscription billing and self-serve onboarding, architected to scale past your first cohort of customers.](https://cyanorbit.com/services/saas-development) - [E-commerce DevelopmentWe build storefronts on Shopify and WooCommerce, headless commerce front ends and custom checkout flows built around your catalog, pricing and fulfillment.](https://cyanorbit.com/services/ecommerce-development) - [CRM DevelopmentWe build the system that tracks a customer from first contact through renewal, whether that means a custom CRM or extending Salesforce, HubSpot or Dynamics.](https://cyanorbit.com/services/crm-development) - [Custom Software DevelopmentWe build software around the processes your business already runs on, so operations stop depending on spreadsheets, workarounds and tools that were never built for your workflow.](https://cyanorbit.com/services/custom-software-development) Industries ## Where we use it - [Retail & E-commerceInventory, POS and storefront software that stays in sync across every channel, with EDI wired in for your wholesale partners.](https://cyanorbit.com/industries/retail-ecommerce) - [Professional ServicesEngagement management, time tracking, and client portals built around the way consulting and advisory firms actually bill for their time.](https://cyanorbit.com/industries/professional-services) - [Real EstateListing, transaction and property management software built on RESO Web API data feeds and Fair Housing compliant search.](https://cyanorbit.com/industries/real-estate) - [EducationLearning platforms and student portals built on real rostering data, wired into Canvas, Google Classroom and your SIS through LTI 1.3.](https://cyanorbit.com/industries/education) FAQ ## Laravel FAQs Is Laravel a good choice for a SaaS product in 2026? Yes, particularly for products where Eloquent, built-in auth and Horizon's queue management cover most of the technical needs without assembling several separate libraries. Laravel's ecosystem (Nova, Cashier for billing, Sanctum for API auth) is mature enough to cover most of a SaaS product's non-differentiating infrastructure out of the box. What is Horizon and do we need it? Horizon is Laravel's dashboard and configuration layer for queue workers, showing job throughput, failures and wait times. You need it once background job volume grows past what is comfortable to monitor through logs alone, which for most active products happens within the first few months of launch. Can Laravel handle real-time features like live notifications? Through Laravel Reverb, its first-party websocket server, or a third-party service like Pusher. It works well for moderate real-time needs (notifications, live updates to a dashboard) but is not the framework we would reach for if real-time data was the primary, highest-scale feature of the product. Should we use Livewire or build a separate API with a React frontend? Livewire when the interface is form-heavy and CRUD-oriented and the team wants to avoid a separate frontend build and API layer. A separate React or Vue frontend when the UI itself needs to be highly interactive or is the product's main differentiator. Some applications use both for different sections. How do you modernize an older Laravel or plain PHP application? We assess what version the application is on and whether the codebase follows Laravel's conventions or has drifted from them, then plan an upgrade path version by version rather than a full rewrite, since Laravel provides upgrade guides between major versions. Plain, unstructured PHP applications usually need a longer, incremental migration into Laravel's structure. Compare ## Alternatives we also work with - [DjangoA batteries-included framework where the admin panel and the auth system are not something we have to build.](https://cyanorbit.com/technologies/django) - [Ruby on RailsConvention over configuration, so the decisions that do not matter get made for you.](https://cyanorbit.com/technologies/ruby-on-rails) - [.NETA statically typed, long-term-supported platform for backends that need to run correctly for a decade.](https://cyanorbit.com/technologies/dotnet) Insights ## Related guides - [6 min readHow Much Does Custom CRM Development Cost?Custom CRM development cost typically ranges from $40,000 for a focused pipeline tool to $250,000+ for a multi-team platform with automation and reporting.](https://cyanorbit.com/blog/crm-development-cost) - [8 min readHow to Build an MVP Without Wasting Budget on the Wrong FeaturesA practical guide to how to build an MVP: scoping the smallest viable version, validating demand, choosing an engagement model, and avoiding common mistakes.](https://cyanorbit.com/blog/how-to-build-an-mvp) - [7 min readHow Much Does MVP Development Cost?MVP development cost typically runs $15,000 to $60,000 for a single-workflow product, and $60,000-$150,000+ once billing or integrations are involved.](https://cyanorbit.com/blog/mvp-development-cost) ## Talk to a Laravel developer Share a few details about your project. 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