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Documentation Index

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Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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Introduction

When you sign up, $5 in free credits is automatically applied to your account and valid for 14 days. Use them to ship your first application on Laravel Cloud—on us.

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Getting started

Sign up at cloud.laravel.com, select a plan, and add your payment details. Your $5 in free credits are applied automatically. Laravel Cloud promotion showing $5 in free usage credits for the Starter plan with a Get started button. Credits are consumed as you provision and run resources. How far they go depends on what you deploy and for how long.
Want a completely free trial? The Starter plan has no subscription fee, so your $5 in credits is all you need to get started.

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How far does $5 go?

Laravel Cloud compute and Serverless Postgres can scale to zero when your application is idle, which means they stop consuming credits until traffic returns. For many users, that makes the $5 go surprisingly far. Here are a few realistic examples:
ScenarioWhat is runningEstimated runtime
Weekend tinkererCompute + Serverless Postgres, awake about 1 hour per dayAbout 4 months
Active side projectCompute + Serverless Postgres, awake about 4 hours per dayAbout 5 weeks
Full-stack app with cacheCompute + Serverless Postgres + ValkeyAbout 3 weeks
Everything always onCompute, Serverless Postgres, Valkey, and WebSockets active with no hibernationAbout 7 days
These are estimates, not guarantees. Actual usage depends on the resources you provision, how long they stay active, and whether hibernation is enabled.

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When credits run out

Once your credits are exhausted or they expire after 14 days, you’ll simply be billed for your usage going forward. Your app stays online; nothing turns off and nothing changes. View plans and pricing