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Laravel and PHP development, from someone who ships in it daily

APIs, admin panels, SaaS backends, and legacy Laravel upgrades — built and documented by the developer who writes the code.

Laravel 10 / 11PHP 8.2+MySQL / PostgreSQLSanctum / PassportLivewire / FilamentRedis & Horizon queuesPest / PHPUnitAWS / DigitalOcean deployment

Starting at

[PLACEHOLDER: starting price for Laravel / PHP Development]

Final price depends on scope — a small API differs a lot from a multi-tenant SaaS backend. Confirmed after a free scoping call.

  • REST or GraphQL APIs with authentication, rate limiting, and documented endpoints (OpenAPI/Postman)
  • Admin panels and internal dashboards, built with Filament or a custom UI
  • Subscription billing and multi-tenant architecture for SaaS products
  • Background jobs and queues for emails, exports, and long-running tasks

What we build

How this typically works

  1. 01

    Scoping call

    We go through what exists today (if anything), what's broken or missing, and what "done" looks like for this phase of the project.

  2. 02

    Quote and plan

    Small, well-defined work gets a fixed price. Ongoing or fuzzy-scope work gets an hourly rate with logged time. Either way, you see the plan before anything is billed.

  3. 03

    Build in milestones

    Work ships in reviewable chunks — a working API endpoint, a functioning panel screen — not one big reveal at the end.

  4. 04

    Handover

    You get the source code, a short README for setup/deploy, and a support window for fixes after launch.

If your product runs on PHP, there’s a good chance it runs on Laravel — and Laravel development is the core of what this studio builds day to day. Not as one of sixty-three items on a services menu, but as the main thing: APIs, admin panels, SaaS backends, and the unglamorous work of keeping an existing Laravel app healthy as it grows.

Who this is for

This page is for you if you’re in one of these situations:

If none of that matches what you need, that’s fine — say so on a call and we’ll either scope something different or point you toward what will actually solve your problem.

What we build in Laravel

APIs and backends. REST or GraphQL APIs for web and mobile clients, with token-based authentication (Sanctum or Passport), rate limiting, and background jobs for anything that shouldn’t block a request — sending emails, generating exports, processing uploads. Every API ships with documentation your frontend team can actually use, not a promise to “write docs later.”

Admin panels and dashboards. Most internal tools don’t need to be custom-built from scratch — Filament gets you a fast, maintainable admin panel with role-based access and CRUD screens in a fraction of the time a bespoke UI would take. When a project genuinely needs a custom-built panel (uncommon workflows, heavy customization), we build that instead and say so upfront.

SaaS and multi-tenant applications. Subscription billing (Stripe is the default, but not the only option), tenant isolation, and an architecture designed to support growth instead of requiring a rewrite at your next funding round or customer milestone.

Legacy Laravel upgrades. Old Laravel versions accumulate deprecated packages, unpatched vulnerabilities, and code nobody wants to touch. We audit first — what’s actually broken versus just old — then upgrade in a way that doesn’t require freezing feature work for months.

How the engagement works, in practice

Every project starts with a scoping call — free, and not a disguised sales pitch. We talk through what exists, what you need, and what a reasonable first milestone looks like. From there:

Typical timelines: a focused API or admin panel module usually ships in 1–3 weeks; a Laravel version upgrade depends heavily on codebase size and test coverage, and gets a firm timeline only after the audit. Full pricing detail, including starting figures once confirmed, lives on /pricing/.

Technologies used

Laravel 10/11, PHP 8.2+, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Sanctum/Passport for auth, Livewire and Filament for admin UIs, Redis and Horizon for queues, Pest or PHPUnit for automated tests, and deployment to AWS or DigitalOcean with CI/CD via GitHub Actions where useful.

What affects the price

Scope clarity matters more than raw feature count — a well-specified 10-endpoint API is often cheaper and faster than a vague “build me a backend” request with the same endpoint count, because ambiguity is what actually costs time. Beyond that: whether it’s a new build or an existing codebase (audits add time upfront but reduce risk), whether you need deployment/CI-CD included, and whether tests are required for every endpoint or just the critical paths.

If Laravel is only part of what you need, these usually come up alongside it:

Ready to talk about your Laravel project?

Send over what you’re working with — new build, existing codebase, or “not sure yet” — and get a fixed quote or a short list of scoping questions within 24 hours.

[PLACEHOLDER: case study for Laravel / PHP Development] — ask about similar projects on a scoping call.

faq

Laravel / PHP Development FAQ

Do you work with an existing Laravel codebase, or only new builds?

Both. For an existing codebase, we start with a short audit — reading the code, checking test coverage, and flagging anything risky — before quoting for fixes, new features, or an upgrade.

Can you build just the API and let our team build the frontend?

Yes. Backend-only engagements are common. You get a documented API (OpenAPI or a Postman collection) that your frontend team can integrate against without needing to ask us how each endpoint behaves.

What Laravel packages and tools do you actually use?

Sanctum or Passport for authentication, Horizon for queue monitoring, Filament for admin panels, and Pest or PHPUnit for tests — plus whatever your project already depends on. We don't rip out working tooling just to use our preferred stack.

Do you handle deployment as well as development?

Yes, if you want that. We can deploy to AWS, DigitalOcean, or your existing infrastructure, and set up a CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions is the most common choice) so future deploys don't need a developer standing by.

How do you price a Laravel upgrade (e.g. Laravel 8 to 11)?

We audit the codebase first — dependencies, deprecated APIs, test coverage — then quote a fixed price for the upgrade itself, since the scope is knowable once the audit is done. Hourly billing only applies if you want extra feature work bundled into the same engagement.

Is this a solo engagement, or is there a team?

The Laravel and PHP work itself is done by one senior developer — the founder — so you're not paying for coordination overhead between multiple backend engineers. If a project also needs frontend, DevOps, or design work outside that, a specialist is brought in for that specific piece.

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