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Laravel Hosting in Italy

Italian Laravel agencies often build for regulated buyers and need clean EU residency. Hostim runs Laravel in Falkenstein, with typical RTT around 28 ms to Rome and 22 ms to Milan. Garante asks tough GDPR questions — an EU operator answers them simply.

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# docker-compose.yml
services:
  web:
    image: my-laravel-app
    environment:
      - APP_ENV=production
      - DB_CONNECTION=mysql
  db:
    image: mysql:8
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Why Laravel on EU bare metal for Italy

Italy has the Garante, one of the strictest EU regulators (it was the first to block ChatGPT in 2023). Italian SaaS buyers in finance, healthcare and public sector want EU residency and a clear sub-processor list. Hostim runs your Laravel Dockerfile (PHP-FPM + Nginx or FrankenPHP) in Falkenstein, with managed MySQL and a separate queue worker. Background jobs and the Telescope dashboard run on the same project. The Italian market is heavy on Symfony and Laravel; both work the same way on Hostim — push a Dockerfile, get a running app.

Latency, residency and Italian regulators

Latency. Typical RTT from Rome to our Falkenstein region is around 28 ms. The Italian Garante has issued some of the largest GDPR fines in the EU and was first to block ChatGPT in 2023. Italian SaaS buyers care about EU data residency. Milan to Falkenstein is typically 22 ms; Rome is around 28 ms.

Regulator. Garante per la protezione dei dati personali.

Local law. Codice in materia di protezione dei dati personali (Italian data protection code). Hostim is operated by HOSTIM.DEV UG, a German company, with all data in Falkenstein, Germany — there is no transfer outside the EU for application data.

Local alternatives you may have considered: Aruba, SeeWeb, Register.it, Serverplan.

How Hostim runs Laravel

Laravel hosting was traditionally shared LAMP with FTP uploads. Modern Laravel deploys are container-based: PHP-FPM plus Nginx in one image, MySQL or PostgreSQL on a separate service, and a queue worker as a second container. Hostim runs this layout natively.

Deploy model

Push your Dockerfile. We run php artisan migrate on deploy, attach managed MySQL, and start a separate queue worker container that shares the same image. Storage is on a persistent volume — uploads survive deploys.

Common pitfalls

Two things often break: queue workers running as the same container as the web server (they should be separate), and the storage symlink not surviving a rebuild. Hostim solves both with explicit worker apps and persistent volumes.

Typical env vars

APP_KEY, APP_ENV, DB_CONNECTION, DB_HOST, QUEUE_CONNECTION

Questions

FAQ

Qual è la latenza da Milano e Roma?

Tipico RTT: Milano → Falkenstein 22 ms, Roma → Falkenstein 28 ms. Per applicazioni Laravel è impercettibile.

How is this different from Aruba or SeeWeb?

Aruba and SeeWeb are large Italian hosts but mostly sell shared hosting and VPS. Hostim is a managed Docker PaaS — you push a Dockerfile and get managed MySQL, HTTPS, backups and queue workers without OS-level work.

Garante è soddisfatto dell'hosting in Germania?

Sì. Hostim è gestito da una società tedesca, dati in Falkenstein, nessun trasferimento extra-UE. Il DPA è disponibile su richiesta.

Can I host a Symfony app the same way?

Yes. Symfony has the same deployment shape — PHP-FPM + Nginx or FrankenPHP, MySQL or PostgreSQL, queue worker. Push a Dockerfile and Hostim runs it.

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The numbers behind this

Platform figures from the published price list, docs and our own benchmark.

€2.50/month

Hostim entry app plan

Plan sa-1-1: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM. Flat price, billed hourly, no usage meter.

€0

Managed database free tier

PostgreSQL 256 MB, MySQL 256 MB, Redis 128 MB, volume 1 GB. No cap on how many free instances you create.

Included on every plan

Database high availability

PostgreSQL and MySQL run as a primary plus hot standby with automatic failover, shared plans included.

2,708 TPS

Managed PostgreSQL write throughput

pgbench, 4 clients, 300 s, plan drp-50 (2 vCPU / 4 GB). AWS RDS db.t4g.medium scored 1,080 TPS on the same test.

€0/GB

Traffic charges

No ingress fees and no per-GB egress line on app plans.

1 today (Falkenstein, Germany)

Regions

Bare metal, EU only, with more regions planned. No AWS, GCP or Azure underneath.

“Managed PostgreSQL runs as a replicated cluster with automatic failover on every plan, shared and dedicated alike.”

— Hostim.dev docs, managed PostgreSQL

Sources

  1. Hostim.dev price list — Hostim.dev (checked 2026-08-06)
  2. Pricing model — plan-based billing, no metering — Hostim.dev docs (checked 2026-08-06)
  3. Managed PostgreSQL — high availability and failover — Hostim.dev docs (checked 2026-08-06)
  4. PostgreSQL benchmark: AWS RDS vs Hostim vs self-hosted on Hetzner — Hostim.dev blog, July 2026 (checked 2026-08-06)