Laravel development services
We deliver Laravel development services for product teams building new PHP applications. We model the business rules, build the APIs and workflows, and own the architecture through launch and handover.
01Capabilities
Laravel applications built around your business rules
We design new Laravel applications around their business rules. For existing systems, we provide PHP modernization or Yii2 rescue.
- Booking
Booking and scheduling platforms
We build booking and scheduling systems for hospitality and leisure with availability, capacity, pricing and payments handled together. The application must resolve two customers booking the last slot at the same time.
- Commerce
Commerce and order platforms
We build the catalogue and order lifecycle, with ERP, fulfilment and accounting integrations. In e-commerce, that can mean a Laravel order and back-office layer alongside an existing storefront.
- Tenancy
Multi-tenant SaaS back ends and APIs
We define tenancy, roles and billing with the API contract a front end or mobile application will use. Our platforms and integration work establishes these boundaries before customers depend on them.
- Workflow
Submission and workflow systems
We build structured intake, review, approvals and document handling where business rules change over time. Laravel queues and scheduling handle background work separately from the request that starts it.
02Case studies
Laravel applications and refactoring in production
Booked It's Laravel refactor made the codebase more stable and easier to maintain and extend. The work below also includes commerce integration for JewelCandle and configurable submission management for meta-fusion.
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eCommerceEcommerce software development for JewelCandleJewelCandle, a mid-size European manufacturer of scented products, sells across seven EU countries (B2B and B2C) via online shops.10,000-plusProducts manufactured
HospitalityAdaptable booking platform for entertainment venuesunicrew developed a platform for Booked It that enhanced the customer experience for nightclub, entertainment center, and festival goers.600+Businesses using the platform
EntertainmentDevelopment of hybrid events softwareOur client, meta-fusion GmbH, has supported hybrid meetings and the digital processing of congresses and conferences for 18 years, and built the Digital Congress Resources (DCR) platform.
03Fit
Where Laravel fits in a new system
Laravel fits new web applications built around business workflows. We choose the foundation around the workload and what your organisation will maintain.
| Your situation | What we recommend |
|---|---|
| A new web product with PHP as the chosen language | Build with LaravelBuild the business workflows and APIs around a defined domain model. Establish tenancy and permissions as part of that design. |
| A working PHP platform being considered for replacement | Assess PHP modernizationBegin with PHP modernization. Establish a supported runtime and tests around critical business paths, then decide whether moving parts into Laravel serves the roadmap. |
| A small internal tool with an off-the-shelf product that fits | Use the subscriptionUse the existing product where its workflow and integrations meet the need. A custom application becomes relevant when business rules require control that the subscription cannot provide. |
| The product is really a data pipeline or a machine-learning system | Use PythonUse Python for the data pipeline or machine-learning core. Laravel can provide the surrounding application workflows where they are needed. |
| Realtime collaboration, streaming, or thousands of connections held open at once | Node.js or GoUse Node.js or Go for the real-time connections. Laravel can still own the business application around those services. |
| A regulated transactional core several teams will maintain for a decade | Java or .NETFor a regulated transactional core, we recommend Java or .NET. Treat the core's long-term maintenance as an architecture decision before choosing the surrounding application framework. |
Scope
We own the Laravel domain model, tenancy, permission boundaries and background-work behaviour, including how your engineers maintain the application after handover. unicrew has delivered projects since 2012 and has 100+ senior in-house engineers across six countries. We are a certified Laravel partner company and work under an ISO 27001:2022 certified information-security management system.
Laravel makes a new system fast to start. We keep the framework and put the business logic in domain services, not in controllers or models. You keep that delivery speed, and we schedule major-version upgrades rather than defer them.
Yaroslav HavrylivSenior Engineering Manager, unicrew04Delivery
Architecture decisions we settle before the first release
We settle application boundaries before Laravel's conventions become the long-term architecture.
- Model the domain before EloquentWe write down the business rules before mapping them to Eloquent models and database tables. Business logic lives in domain services, so the persistence model does not become the application design by default.
- Define tenancy and permission boundariesWe decide who can see and change each kind of data, how tenants are separated, and where those rules are enforced. The permission model is explicit before feature work spreads across the application.
- Design queues, retries and failed jobsWe define background jobs, schedules, retry behaviour and what happens after a job fails. These paths go through our QA and test automation practice alongside the interactive application.
- Establish the deployment pathWe set up the pipeline, database migrations, secrets and observability before substantial feature work. The deployment environment reflects production from the start; DevOps consulting covers the wider operational work.
05Client voices
What Laravel platform owners say
Our platform has been refactored to Laravel ensuring the code base is more stable, easier to maintain and easier to add new features. Their professionalism and quality of work have stood out in the partnership. We have had the code audited by a 3rd party who was extremely complimentary of the work.
The quality of their coding was outstanding to our standards. Overall, their work was key for us. They were dedicated to solving our problems as a customer; their team was collaborative, listened to us, and fully engaged in our space to commit to the project.
06Stack
The technologies around a Laravel application
Laravel is part of a PHP application architecture, with separate choices for the user interface and stored data.
07Questions
Questions before starting a Laravel application
A Laravel engagement starts with clear responsibilities for the application you will own.
Yes. You can hire Laravel developers through a managed development team, which includes unicrew delivery coordination.
We define the application requirements before choosing the architecture. For a complete application, our web development engagement includes ownership of the delivery outcome.
We recommend Laravel for new PHP product work. Symfony fits when explicit configuration is important for a complex domain, or when your organisation already has Symfony engineers and standards.
The decision accounts for the product requirements and the team that will maintain it.
We keep business rules separate from the framework and plan its version upgrades.
- Domain services hold business logic rather than controllers or models.
- Explicit database boundaries limit how a schema change affects the rest of the application.
- Major-version upgrades are scheduled as part of the application's maintenance.
A move to Laravel makes sense when the existing framework blocks defined product work and the application can change in stages.
We begin with supported PHP and tests around critical paths, then establish boundaries for moving functionality. That assessment and sequencing is legacy software modernization work.
We start with a technical scoping call about the product's workflow, first release and maintenance responsibilities.
You receive a written recommendation on the scope and architecture. Most engagements start within two to four weeks.
We quote Laravel work against the scope and engagement model.
- Time and materials: billed hourly, quoted per project.
- Fixed price: outcome based, quoted per project after scope assessment.
- Team extension: billed monthly per team member.
Define your first Laravel release
Tell us which workflow the application must support and what the first release must achieve. We return a written recommendation on the scope and architecture.