Waterhole

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Self-hosted community forum software for Laravel. One-time license per site, includes one year of updates and support. No user/traffic limits.

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Active plans

Total changes

Last change

Jun 25, 2026

Price trend

no history

What we know about Waterhole’s pricing

Stable

Changes in 12 months

Cadence

Multiple changes per day

Direction

New plan recently added

Category position

Pricier than 92% of Communication tools (653 compared)

Current pricing

Development

monthly

Free

monthly$0/mo(Free (dev only))

Production

one time

$299

$299/site

Price history

Last 2 changes

Date	Plan	Change	Old	New	Δ%
Jun 25, 2026	Production	new plan	—	$299	—
Jun 25, 2026	Development	new plan	—	$0	—

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