Laravel + React full-stack developer — one senior, both sides
Laravel API plus React or Inertia frontend, auth, queues, deploy. GigEasy and Imohub ship this stack. Fixed monthly price.
Who this is for
Founder who wants a classic modern LAMP++: Laravel API plus React or Inertia frontend, shipped by one senior.
The pain today
- Most agencies split backend and frontend across two vendors.
- Coordination overhead between vendors eats 20 to 30% of the budget.
- Your backend engineer cannot write Tailwind; your frontend engineer cannot write Eloquent.
- Hiring two seniors is slower and more expensive than needed.
The outcome you get
- One senior engineer owning Laravel plus React end-to-end.
- Decision framework for Inertia vs Next.js vs separate SPA, written down.
- Auth, queues, deploy, migrations — all under one owner.
- Fixed monthly price, daily async updates, 14-day money-back.
What the full-stack Laravel + React engagement covers
The engagement covers: product scoping (discovery week), Laravel API (REST or GraphQL, Eloquent, queues, policies), React frontend (Vite-based SPA, Next.js, or Inertia — picked per use case), authentication (Sanctum plus React SPA, Fortify with Inertia, or a custom flow), state and data (React Query for server state, Zustand for UI state, forms via React Hook Form), Tailwind styling with tokens, testing (Pest plus PHPUnit on Laravel, Vitest plus React Testing Library on React), deploy (Laravel on AWS ECS Fargate, React on Vercel or behind Cloudfront, or Inertia co-located on Laravel's host), and observability. One engineer, one schedule, one source of accountability.
GigEasy — Laravel + React in 3 weeks
GigEasy (SITE-FACTS §6) shipped an investor-ready fintech MVP on Laravel plus React plus PostgreSQL plus Redis plus Docker plus Pulumi plus AWS in 3 weeks. Barclays and Bain Capital-backed. The full-stack ownership is what compressed the timeline from the typical 10 weeks. One engineer making one set of decisions — not three vendors coordinating. That is the case for Laravel plus React by one senior, with a real published reference.
Inertia vs Next.js vs separate SPA
Three options, picked per use case. Inertia: Laravel routing plus React or Vue frontend, no separate API layer. Great for internal tools and admin dashboards. Next.js: React frontend with its own routing and SEO, Laravel as a separate API. Great for public products that need Vercel-native hosting and RSC. Separate Vite-based SPA: React plus Laravel API over the network. Great when the SPA ships to a different domain or mobile web app. The right pick is a one-page decision framework, written during discovery, never re-litigated.
Pricing and guarantees
Applications subscription at $3,499 per month flat. 2 to 4 day delivery cycles. Daily async updates. Weekly 30-minute call. 14-day money-back in the first two weeks. Cancel anytime. Work Made for Hire — every commit across Laravel and React is yours.
Recent proof
A comparable engagement, delivered and documented.
Built and shipped an investor-ready MVP from scratch
Built the entire technological base and delivered MVP in just 3 weeks, enabling a successful rapid launch and investor demo.
Frequently asked questions
The questions prospects ask before they book.
- Inertia or separate React SPA?
- Inertia for internal tools and admin dashboards — faster to build, one deploy. Separate SPA for public products with SEO needs, multi-client scenarios, or when the frontend deploys separately.
- Can you do Laravel + Next.js instead of Laravel + React?
- Yes — that is a separate combo page (laravel-nextjs-mvp-development). Next.js is a React framework; the decision between vanilla React SPA and Next.js is about SSR, SEO, and hosting, not about the React library itself.
- TypeScript on the React side?
- TypeScript by default on every new React project. Laravel stays PHP typed via PHPStan or Larastan for static analysis.
- How do you handle auth across Laravel + separate React SPA?
- Laravel Sanctum with SPA authentication flow (cookie-based, CSRF-protected). React calls /sanctum/csrf-cookie, then logs in, then all subsequent requests include the session cookie. Clean, battle-tested.
- Real-time (websockets) in this stack?
- Laravel Reverb (or Pusher) plus Echo on the React side. Typical setup handles chat, live updates, collaborative features well.
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