Flare asks you to remove Ignition before it installs. Our package never touches it: you keep your local error page. Here is the mapping, and what the move costs you.
Identifiers read on August 23, 2026 from the official Flare documentation. See the source
In this order, because this is the part to read before deciding. Quiet Guard is a narrower tool, and Flare also does performance monitoring. If you use even one of these, stay where you are:
What comes in exchange. The lines marked included are on every plan, Free among them; encrypted storage and application logs belong to the paid ones:
Both packages coexist. Install ours, leave yours in place, and compare what each reports for a few days.
Two variables instead of one, because you choose the server that receives. Everything else has a default.
Uninstall the package, delete its config file and its key. If you removed Ignition to install Flare, you can put it back: our package does not replace it.
Read from the official pages on the date shown, and limited to what they state. A row saying "not stated" means the page consulted does not say, not that the answer is no. See the source
| On Flare | On Quiet Guard | |
|---|---|---|
| Error retention | 30 days, on every plan | 7 days on Free, 30 on Indie, 90 on Studio |
| Data hosting | Not stated on the page consulted | France, OVH SAS in Roubaix |
The left column was read from the official documentation on the date shown. Check it: it may have moved since.
| On Flare | On Quiet Guard |
|---|---|
spatie/laravel-flare |
quiet-guard/laravel-monitor
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FLARE_KEY |
MONITOR_URL
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config/flare.php |
config/monitor.php
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php artisan vendor:publish --provider='Spatie\LaravelFlare\FlareServiceProvider' |
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=monitor-config
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composer remove spatie/laravel-ignition |
No equivalent, and none needed |
php artisan flare:test |
No equivalent yet |
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