.NET Core vs Laravel in 2026: We Use Both, Here’s How We Decide

TL;DR .NET 10 (LTS, November 2025) handles 27.5M requests/second in benchmarks. Laravel 12 (February 2025) ships MVPs 40–60% faster but with lower raw throughput. Laravel wins for rapid MVPs, content platforms, and budget-conscious startups. .NET wins for enterprise systems, fintech, high-concurrency APIs, and long-term scalability. Developer cost: Laravel averages $15–40/hr offshore. .NET averages $25–50/hr offshore. We build on both .NET Core powers our logistics and fintech platforms, Laravel powers our invoicing product and SaaS projects. Our biggest client projects run on .NET Core. Limadi a multi-tenant logistics platform we’ve been building for a Danish client since it started as a transport management tool and is now scaling into a full enterprise logistics operating system handling 2,000+ stops per day. FePay a digital money transfer application built for the Denmark market with P2P transfers, QR payments, and wallet management. Both run on .NET Core. Both needed the performan