Garden
8.3#1 in container development environmentsFrom $50 a monthFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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Laradock
6.0#31 in container development environmentsFree planFree planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
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| Fact | Garden | Laradock |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | Garden Core uses YAML declarations to make workflows reproducible and portable across developer machines and CI. | Services can be enabled as needed and configured through a shared .env file. |
| Integrations | Garden provides plugins for Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Pulumi and local scripts. | Listed services include NGINX, Apache, Caddy, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Grafana, Jenkins, and Keycloak. |
| Purpose | Garden is a DevOps automation tool for developing and testing Kubernetes apps faster. | Laradock provides a Docker-based PHP development environment with pre-configured containers for PHP, MySQL, Redis, and more than 100 services. |
| Requirements | Garden requires Git 2.14 or newer, and local service builds require a local Kubernetes installation. | Getting started requires Git and Docker with Docker Compose v2.20 or newer. |
| Security | A Garden community response states that the company is SOC 2 compliant and undergoes regular penetration testing. | The getting-started guide says the web server faces the frontend network while PHP-FPM, databases, caches, queues, and search services live on a backend network described as out of reach from outside. |
| Support | Garden directs users to Garden Discussions and its GitHub repository for help and issue reporting. | The help page directs users to open an issue, ask the community, email the project, or follow its security policy for vulnerabilities. |
Garden plans
- Free tierFree
- FreeFree
- Team$50 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- TeamPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
Laradock plans
- FreeFree
Pick Garden if…
Garden is designed for platform engineers, DevOps engineers and application developers running workloads on Kubernetes. It suits teams that need reproducible workflows, on-demand environments, dependency-aware caching or live synchronization during development.
Pick Laradock if…
Laradock suits PHP developers running one or more projects with configurable container services. It is designed for Laravel users but also covers several other PHP frameworks and applications.