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Custom Laravel applications for London businesses that have outgrown WordPress and SaaS.
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When plugins and spreadsheets are the bottleneck, a bespoke Laravel application gives you clean logic, proper multi-user roles and a codebase that stays maintainable.
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When to use Laravel vs a SaaS tool
SaaS tools are the right choice when your workflow is standard. When it isn't — when you need custom user roles, unusual pricing logic, integrations that don't have connectors, or a workflow that five different SaaS tools currently handle badly — a bespoke Laravel application is cheaper in the long run than paying for five subscriptions and gluing them together with Zapier. The tipping point is usually when the monthly SaaS bill exceeds £500, the team is working around the tool's limitations daily, or you're storing sensitive data in systems you don't control.
How we scope a custom application project
We start with a discovery session mapping the current workflow — what your team does today, in what order, in which tools. From that we produce a functional specification: what the application needs to do, what each user role can see and do, what integrates with what. The specification is what we quote against. Development runs in two-week sprints with a staging environment you can review throughout, so there are no surprises at handover.
How a Laravel and Next.js split works
For most of our London builds, Laravel runs the backend as an API while Next.js 15 powers the interface, deployed to Cloudflare Pages. This split keeps your business logic, authentication and data in a robust, well-tested Laravel codebase, while the frontend stays fast, SEO-friendly and easy to iterate on independently. The same Laravel API can serve a web dashboard, a public marketing site and a React Native mobile app without duplicating logic. It also means a frontend redesign never risks your core data layer, and you can scale the two tiers separately as load grows, rather than redeploying one monolith every time anything changes.
Keeping your Laravel application secure and maintained
A bespoke application is an asset that needs upkeep, not a one-off purchase. Laravel and its dependencies ship security patches regularly, and an unmaintained app drifts out of date within months. Our care plans, from £150 per month, cover framework and dependency updates, security monitoring, backups, uptime checks and a budget of development hours for small changes. We also build automated tests and a deployment pipeline into every project, so updates ship safely rather than risking a fix in production. Every build includes two weeks of post-launch support, after which a retainer keeps the codebase healthy and your data protected.
“Goggle Studio built our new site in under 3 weeks. Enquiry volume went up noticeably from the first month — the design is exactly right for our clients. Wouldn't go anywhere else.”
James T.
Trade Services, East London
From our blog
Laravel Development London: Custom Web Applications That Scale
When a London business outgrows WordPress plugins, spreadsheets and off-the-shelf SaaS tools, Laravel is usually the next conversation.
Common questions
Frequently asked
Is Laravel the right framework for my project?+
Laravel is a strong choice for data-heavy web applications — CRMs, booking platforms, client portals, internal tools, multi-tenant SaaS products and marketplaces. It has excellent support for complex authentication, real-time features, queue systems and scheduled tasks. For simpler marketing sites we recommend Next.js. For mobile apps we use React Native with a Laravel API backend.
Can you take over an existing Laravel application?+
Yes — we do Laravel audits and handovers regularly. We review the existing codebase, database structure and deployment setup, produce a health report, and agree a handover plan. Legacy codebases often need refactoring before new features can be added cleanly; we'll be upfront about what that involves before any work begins.
Do you provide hosting for Laravel applications?+
We recommend and configure hosting on Laravel Forge with DigitalOcean, Hetzner or AWS depending on your scale and compliance requirements. We set up the server, deployment pipeline and monitoring. You own the infrastructure and have full access at all times.
How long does a custom application build take?+
A focused Laravel application (a client portal, booking system or CRM with defined scope) typically takes six to twelve weeks. Larger multi-role platforms with complex logic take three to six months. We scope and price in phases so you can go live with core features and extend incrementally.
How much does a Laravel application cost in London?+
A bespoke Laravel application starts at £3,000 for a focused tool with a clear, contained workflow. More involved platforms with multiple user roles, payment and subscription handling, third-party integrations and reporting dashboards typically sit higher, and a fully custom build starts at £5,000. We scope from a functional specification and quote against it, so you see the cost before development starts rather than facing an open-ended hourly bill.
Can the same Laravel backend power a mobile app?+
Yes. We architect Laravel projects API-first, so the same backend can serve your web application and a React Native mobile app for iOS and Android without rebuilding the logic. Mobile app builds start at £5,000. Designing the API to support mobile from the outset is far cheaper than retrofitting it later, so it is worth flagging at the scoping stage even if the app comes in a later phase.
How long does it take to build?+
Most projects take 2–4 weeks from briefing to launch. More complex builds with custom functionality typically take 4–6 weeks.
Will the site rank on Google?+
Yes. Every site we build ships with technical SEO, semantic HTML structure, Core Web Vitals optimisation, and schema markup. We also offer SEO service pages tailored to your sector.
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