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Laravel

How to monitor Laravel application performance in 2025

Set up request tracing, slow query detection, and infrastructure alerts for your Laravel app — without Datadog's price tag.

8 min read · APM · Laravel · PHP
Comparison

The best Datadog alternative for PHP developers in 2025

Datadog costs $34+/host/month. Here's a detailed comparison of MonitorKit, New Relic, Sentry, and other alternatives for PHP teams.

6 min read · Comparison · Pricing
Infrastructure

PHP-FPM monitoring: the metrics that actually matter

Most PHP teams don't monitor PHP-FPM until it causes an outage. Here's what to watch, why it matters, and how to set up alerts.

7 min read · PHP-FPM · Linux · Monitoring

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