Building Production SaaS with Laravel + Next.js in 2025

Laravel and Next.js remain my default stack for B2B SaaS. Laravel handles auth, billing, queues, and business logic; Next.js delivers SEO, fast dashboards, and a polished marketing site in one repo or two.

Architecture overview

I split marketing (Next.js static/ISR) from the authenticated app (Next.js client + Laravel API). Shared types via OpenAPI or Zod schemas keep contracts honest between teams.

Multi-tenancy patterns

• Single database with tenant_id scoping for most MVPs
• Stripe Customer + Subscription per tenant from day one
• Queue workers for webhooks, emails, and report generation
• Feature flags per plan tier stored in config, not hardcoded

Deployment that scales

Vercel for Next.js, Forge or ECS for Laravel, Redis for cache/queues, and S3 for uploads. CI runs Pest/PHPUnit and Playwright before any production deploy.