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The Showdown

Laravel Novavsmoonshine

Why pay monthly fees for Laravel Nova when you can self-host moonshine for free? Let's look at the facts.

Laravel Nova

The Expensive Option

  • Closed Source (Black box)
  • Expensive monthly fees per user
  • Data stored on their servers
WINNER

moonshine

The Freedom Choice

  • 100% Open Source Code
  • Free forever (Self-hosted)
  • You own your data completely
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Calculate Your "SaaS Tax"

SaaS pricing is designed to scale with your success. See how much wealth transfers from your bank account to Laravel Nova's shareholders.

10 people
150100200+
$

*Estimated standard pricing for Laravel Nova. Adjust if needed.

Estimated Annual Waste
$1,440
Monthly Burn Rate$120
5-Year Projection$7,200
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
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Calculations based on 10 users at $12/mo.

Detailed Breakdown

0
Vue.js (Nova)
Blade + Alpine.js
1
$99+ per project
Free / MIT
2
Proprietary API
Fluent PHP API