Laravel March Product Updates
March was a big month for product updates. Laravel 13 brings first-party AI tooling to the framework, Laravel Cloud now has a free trial with no credit card required, and Forge adds managed PostgreSQL on Laravel VPS.
The Laravel Framework launched Laravel 13 with a first-party AI SDK, JSON:API resources, vector/semantic search, and expanded PHP attributes, along with Inertia v3 featuring a new Vite plugin, SSR in development, and Axios removed from the bundle.
Laravel Cloud announced a free trial with no credit card required, added GitHub SSO, shipped scheduled autoscaling for Business and Enterprise plans, and rolled out a redesigned usage page.
Laravel Forge added managed PostgreSQL databases on Laravel VPS, with built-in observability, read replicas, and automated backups.
Laravel Framework
- Laravel 13: Build AI-powered Laravel apps with a unified first-party SDK for text generation, agents, embeddings, and audio, plus native semantic search and JSON:API resources out of the box.
- Inertia v3: The new
@inertiajs/viteplugin eliminates setup boilerplate, SSR works in development without a separate Node process, and bundle size is smaller with Axios replaced by a built-in XHR client. - Starter Kits + Teams: All starter kits now come pre-configured with Laravel 13, Inertia v3, and full team management screens from day-one.
Read the full Laravel Framework changelog.
Laravel Cloud
- Free Trial: New signups no longer require a credit card. Sign up with just your name and email to get started with $5 in credits.
- Sign In with GitHub: Sign in or create your account with GitHub and since Cloud already uses that connection for source control, your repos are ready to go immediately.
- Redesigned Usage Page: A cleaner summary of your current spend, bandwidth, credits, and billing alerts, with drill-down into resource costs and application-level compute usage by environment.
Read the full Laravel Cloud changelog.
Laravel Forge
- Managed Databases: Laravel VPS now supports managed PostgreSQL databases. Create, monitor, and manage clusters directly from Forge with built-in observability, read replicas, and automated backups.
- Envoyer Deployment Indicator: Sites deployed via Envoyer are now clearly labeled in the Forge UI.
Read the full Forge changelog.