Laravel Subscriptions and associated features

Hello, I'm working on my first SaaS using Laravel and added Cashier with Paddle. I'm probably overthinking this but I would like to know the best way of adding features to each plan associated with Paddle subscriptions. I'm not asking for a "solve my issue" answer. I'm asking for advice and a suggestion for a course here in Laracast that can help me to understand this better.

Thanks!

martinbean

1 year ago

Best Answer

Level 80

@deryckoe I’d personally use Laravel’s own first-party feature flag package, Pennant, for this. You can then define and check features based on what plan your customers are subscribed to (if any):

Feature::define('members-area', fn (User $user) => $user->subscribed());

Or define limits based on the particular plan they’re subscribed to. For example:

Feature::define('team-limit', fn (User $user) => match (true) {
    $user->subscribedToPrice('price_gold') => 10,
    $user->subscribedToPrice('price_silver') => 5,
    $user->subscribedToPrice('price_bronze') => 2,
    default => 0,
});

deryckoe

1 year ago

Level 5

Thanks @martinbean for some reason I never got the notification about your answer and just continue trying. I ended up doing it with vanilla code, with no package. I'll take a look at Pennant. Thanks so much!

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