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Laravel Notifications vs Mail: Why Always Choose Notifications
Why you should always choose Laravel Notifications over Mailables: cleaner architecture, multi-channel support, smarter routing, and true scalability.
Most developers start with the familiar:
Mail::to($user)->send(new WelcomeMail());
It works — but only for small projects.
As your application grows, Mailables become harder to maintain, harder to scale, and tightly coupled to email only.
At Grinev Studio, we use Laravel Notifications for nearly all outgoing messages — even when sending simple emails. Here’s why.
1. Notifications Scale — Mailables Don’t
Mail::to() locks you into one channel: email.
Notifications support multi-channel messaging out of the box:
- SMS
- Slack
- Database
- WebSocket broadcasts
- Push notifications
- Custom channels (Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord…)
When your product evolves, Notifications evolve with it. Mailables usually need to be rewritten.
2. Cleaner, Future-Proof Architecture
Your application logic becomes simple and decoupled:
$user->notify(new InvoiceCreated($invoice));
Whether you send this message by email today, SMS next month, or Slack next year — the business logic never changes.
This is the architecture we use at Grinev Studio: event-driven, flexible, and built to grow.
3. Queues Done Right
With Mailables, queuing requires extra configuration. With Notifications, it’s designed into the system:
class InvoiceCreated extends Notification implements ShouldQueue
Every delivery channel is queued automatically. Your app stays fast and stable.
4. Smarter Routing & Personalization
Notifications let you define how each user should receive messages:
public function routeNotificationForMail()
{
return $this->email;
}
This makes it easy to support:
- multiple emails per user
- admin-only routes
- team routing
- user-specific notification preferences
The Real Reason We Choose Notifications at Grinev Studio Notifications scale with the product. Mailables scale only with the developer.
If you’re building a real platform — SaaS, marketplace, admin system, internal tool — Notifications give you a flexible communication layer that won’t break as the system grows.
That’s why Laravel Notifications are the default choice for every serious project.
Roman Grinev Web Design & Web Development
Web Developer in Tacoma
