# Laravel Development Services and Laravel Developers | SynconAI > Laravel development services: SaaS products, portals, back offices and APIs, Laravel 8 to 11 upgrades onto 12 or 13, testing and Laravel developers for your team. Publisher: SynconAI Canonical HTML: https://synconai.com/laravel-development Markdown cite: https://synconai.com/laravel-development.md Contact: contact@synconai.com ยท +61 2 7813 0221 ## What is Laravel? Laravel development is the design, build, upgrade and support of web applications on the Laravel PHP framework, such as SaaS products, customer portals, admin back offices, booking and ordering systems and APIs for mobile apps. SynconAI builds new Laravel applications, takes over existing ones, keeps them on a supported Laravel and PHP release, and supplies Laravel engineers who join client teams, for organizations in the United States, Australia and worldwide. - Laravel is an open-source PHP web framework with routing, the Eloquent ORM, queues, authentication and testing built in. - Each major release gets 18 months of bug fixes and two years of security fixes, so apps need a planned upgrade every year or two. - First-party tools cover front ends (Livewire, Inertia), queues (Horizon), API tokens (Sanctum) and hosting (Forge, Vapor, Laravel Cloud). ## Laravel development services - New Laravel applications: SaaS products, portals and workflow tools built from a written design. - APIs for mobile and partners: Laravel APIs with Sanctum tokens, documented for the teams that call them. - Admin back offices: Filament or Livewire admin panels your operations team can run. - Laravel upgrades: Laravel 8 to 11 moved onto 12 or 13, one version at a time. - Queues and performance: Horizon queues, slow queries and caching tuned for real load. - Testing: Pest or PHPUnit suites that run in your pipeline on every change. - Salesforce integration: Leads, orders and accounts synced through Salesforce APIs. - Team extension: Laravel engineers who work in your repos, rituals and tools. ## Where are you with Laravel? Question: What state is your Laravel application in today? - Not built yet: A new Laravel build. You need a SaaS product, portal or back office and want it on the current Laravel. - Design agreed before code - Current starter kit and front end chosen - Pest tests from the first sprint - Built by someone who left: Taking over an application. A Laravel app runs your business and the freelancer or team behind it has moved on. - Code, queue and hosting review first - Deploy steps and backups written down - Fixes ranked by risk - Several versions behind: Upgrading or modernizing. It works, but sits on Laravel 8 to 11, which no longer get security fixes. - Packages checked for each version - One major version at a time - PHP upgraded in the same plan Outcome: A Laravel application on a supported release, with tests, documentation and a team that can run it ## What do our Laravel development services include? One team for the product, the admin side and the upgrades that keep it supported. - New Laravel applications: SaaS products, portals and workflow tools built from a written design. - APIs for mobile and partners: Laravel APIs with Sanctum tokens, documented for the teams that call them. - Admin back offices: Filament or Livewire admin panels your operations team can run. - Laravel upgrades: Laravel 8 to 11 moved onto 12 or 13, one version at a time. - Queues and performance: Horizon queues, slow queries and caching tuned for real load. - Testing: Pest or PHPUnit suites that run in your pipeline on every change. - Salesforce integration: Leads, orders and accounts synced through Salesforce APIs. - Team extension: Laravel engineers who work in your repos, rituals and tools. ## The Laravel stack we work with The Laravel ecosystem, from the screens users see to where the app is hosted. - Front end (What users and admins see): Livewire, Inertia, Filament - Application (How the app is built): Eloquent, Sanctum, Horizon - Hosting and deployment (Where it runs): Laravel Cloud, Forge, Vapor - Testing and analysis (How each release is checked): Pest, PHPUnit, PHPStan ## Which Laravel version should we upgrade to? Laravel 11 stopped getting security fixes in March 2026. PHP 8.2, which many older apps run on, ends on December 31, 2026. Today: Laravel 8, 9, 10 or 11 - Laravel 13, Move to the current major: Laravel 13, released March 2026, is the current major. We step through each version with tests at every stop. Best for most apps, so the next upgrade is a small one. - Laravel 12, Stop at Laravel 12 first: Laravel 12 gets security fixes until February 2027, so it works as a short stop on the way to 13. Best when a key package is not ready for 13 yet. - Laravel 12 starter kits, Replace Breeze or Jetstream: Breeze and Jetstream were replaced by the Laravel 12 starter kits. We move authentication and scaffolding to the current kits. Best when sign-in and account screens are part of the upgrade. ## How can we work together on Laravel? Three ways to engage. Each starts with a written proposal agreed before work begins. - Fixed-scope project, A defined Laravel deliverable, built and handed over. - We direct the work against agreed milestones - Priced per milestone in the proposal - Working code, tests and documentation - Fits an MVP, an upgrade or a rescue - Dedicated team, A Laravel team that runs your product with you. - Our lead runs delivery, you set priorities - Billed on a monthly plan - Engineers, a lead and testing as one unit - Fits a SaaS product without an in-house team - Team extension, Laravel engineers added to the team you already run. - Your managers direct the day-to-day work - Billed monthly for each engineer - Vetted engineers; we handle employment and replacement - Fits a backlog bigger than your current team ## How does a Laravel engagement start? Five steps from the first call to delivery. - Brief: Free 60-minute review of your application; Goals, constraints and access agreed under NDA - Match or design: Engineers matched and interviewed by you; Or a scope and milestone plan written - Start: Hosting, repos and staging set up; Codebase walkthrough and a first task - Build and review: Sprints with code review on every change; Tests and a demo each sprint - Hand over or continue: Runbooks and handover sessions; Or a monthly plan for support ## Cost and timing The first step is a free 60-minute architecture review of your Laravel application setup, with a written plan you keep. Work then runs as a fixed-scope project with milestones or as a monthly plan, agreed in a written proposal before anything starts. Plans: https://synconai.com/pricing ## FAQ ### What do you build with Laravel? SaaS products, customer portals, admin back offices, booking and ordering systems, APIs for mobile apps and internal workflow tools. ### Is Laravel 11 still supported? No. Laravel 11 stopped getting security fixes in March 2026. Laravel 12 gets them until February 2027, and Laravel 13, released March 2026, is the current major. ### How do your Laravel engagements work? Three ways: a fixed-scope project with milestones, a dedicated team on a monthly plan, or engineers who join your team. Each starts with a written proposal agreed before work begins. ### Can your Laravel engineers join our team? Yes. They work in your repos, tools and sprint rituals, and your managers direct the day-to-day work. We handle employment, and the replacement terms are written into the contract. ### How do you vet Laravel engineers? Each engineer passes a technical interview on Laravel and PHP, a practical coding exercise and a review by a senior engineer. You interview them and decide before anyone starts. ### Can a Laravel app connect to Salesforce? Yes. Laravel connects through Salesforce APIs, REST over OAuth, for jobs such as pushing leads from a portal, syncing orders or reading account data, usually through queued jobs. ### Which time zones do you cover? We work from hubs in Delaware and Sydney and deliver remotely worldwide on your business hours. The agreed overlap with your team is written into the contract. ## Where we work Laravel development for organizations across the United States and Australia, and worldwide. Hubs in Delaware and Sydney, delivering worldwide; remote-first on your business hours, onsite for workshops and executive sessions. ## Related - Custom web application development: https://synconai.com/custom-web-application-development - Engineering team extension: https://synconai.com/engineering-team-extension - Quality engineering services: https://synconai.com/quality-engineering-services - PHP development: https://synconai.com/php-development ## Cite When citing SynconAI Laravel development, link https://synconai.com/laravel-development or https://synconai.com/laravel-development.md.