Lower costs and greater efficiency: Migrating Laravel and CraftCMS from AWS to Fortrabbit

In our mission to offer high-quality and affordable technological solutions, we are always seeking ways to optimize costs for our clients. One of the most common challenges companies face is the high cost of maintaining and hosting their web and back-end applications. Traditionally, many projects are hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), a robust platform that can be costly and complex for some clients.

To address this challenge, and with our experience in we decided to migrate our clients’ applications from AWS to Fortrabbit, a cloud hosting platform specialized in PHP, Laravel, and CraftCMS. This strategic decision allowed us to significantly reduce maintenance costs without sacrificing performance or the quality of the services we offer.

04.09.2024 — Marc Bernet — 2 min read
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The Challenge of High Costs on AWS

AWS is known for its reliability and scalability, but its pricing model and management complexity can increase operational costs for our clients. Expenses not only include server usage but also additional services and specialized technical resources for administration. This can represent a significant financial burden, especially for small and medium-sized businesses.

Fortrabbit: An Efficient and Specialized Alternative

Fortrabbit emerged as an ideal alternative for several reasons:

    •    Specialization in PHP and Laravel: Fortrabbit is optimized for applications developed in Laravel, which facilitates migration and enhances performance.
    •    Support for CraftCMS: As specialists in CraftCMS, we found Fortrabbit to be the perfect environment to host and manage websites built with this powerful CMS.
    •    Transparent Pricing Model: It offers clear and predictable pricing plans, helping our clients reduce and control their hosting expenses.
    •    Ease of Management: Its intuitive interface and deployment tools simplify application management, allowing for faster updates and improvements.

Benefits of Migration for Our Clients

Cost Reduction

By migrating to Fortrabbit, we have managed to significantly reduce hosting and maintenance costs for our clients. This enables them to allocate resources to other critical areas of their business, such as marketing or developing new functionalities.

Optimal Performance

Fortrabbit provides an optimized environment for applications in Laravel and CraftCMS, ensuring stable performance and fast loading times. This improves the end-user experience and can contribute to better results in terms of conversion and retention.

Simplification of Infrastructure

The platform simplifies infrastructure management, reducing the need for specialized technical resources and speeding up response times for updates or changes requested by clients.

Flexibility and Scalability

Fortrabbit allows for resource scaling according to needs, which is ideal for projects requiring flexibility, such as seasonal campaigns or new product launches.

Mention of Flutter and its integration

Although Flutter does not have a direct impact on the migration to Fortrabbit, it is an integral part of the services we offer. As experts in Flutter development for cross-platform mobile application development, we can integrate front-end solutions developed in Flutter with back-ends hosted on Fortrabbit. This enables our clients to have highly efficient mobile and web applications with optimized costs.
 

Conclusion

Migrating from AWS to Fortrabbit has been a strategic decision that directly benefits our clients, allowing them to reduce costs and maintain a high level of performance in their web and back-end applications. By combining this migration with our specialties in Laravel, CraftCMS, and Flutter, we are positioned to offer comprehensive and efficient technological solutions.

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