Filament is an admin panel builder for Laravel; Pubner is a full CMS that includes the admin panel, the client-facing site, and tools that reduce routine work after launch: Content autopilot, visitor AI chat, and Telegram inquiries. If you only need an internal admin, Filament is excellent and free. If you're shipping websites to clients, Filament is where your work starts — Pubner already includes the site and the workflow for keeping it current.
What is Filament?
Filament is a free, open-source admin panel framework for Laravel. It's the UX standard for Laravel admin panels: forms, tables, and CRUD interfaces in minutes, with a large plugin ecosystem. Filament AI generates Blade components and admin forms. What Filament is not: a CMS. There's no client-facing site, no templates, no content delivery — you build all of that yourself.
What is Pubner?
Pubner helps makers create and publish business sites, then keep them updated without constant manual work. You control what appears on the site. Content autopilot prepares content drafts for approval, new inquiries arrive in Telegram, and visitor AI chat can answer using the site's content. Solo is $19/month or $190/year for 1 site; Studio is $49/month or $490/year for up to 5 sites. Full Export provides editable Twig themes and content as portable JSON, not the Pubner backend runtime.
Filament vs Pubner: side by side
| Filament | Pubner | |
|---|---|---|
| Admin panel | ✅ best-in-class | ✅ ready out of the box |
| Client-facing site | ❌ build it yourself | ✅ Twig themes + routing |
| Runs itself after launch | ❌ n/a — it's an admin, not a public site | ✅ Content autopilot (scheduled drafts), AI chat (24/7, autonomous) |
| Owner notifications | ❌ none built in | ✅ Telegram assistant — inquiries in real time, weekly pulse digest |
| API | ❌ build it yourself | ✅ included |
| Multi-site management | ❌ one app = one project | ✅ Hub, isolated tenants |
| RBAC | 🟡 partial (plugin) | ✅ built in |
| AI | 🟡 generates admin forms | ✅ Content autopilot + AI chat + Telegram assistant + conversational page builder |
| Code ownership | ✅ it's your app | 🟡 Full Export — Twig themes + portable JSON; backend runtime not included |
| Price + AI | Free | Solo $19/mo or $190/yr (1 site) / Studio $49/mo or $490/yr (5 sites); AI included, no top-ups |
When Filament is the better choice
Filament wins when you're building a custom internal tool or a one-off application admin. It's free, mature, and its ecosystem is unmatched in the Laravel world. If there's no client-facing website in the project, you don't need Pubner.
When you need more than an admin panel
Filament AI helps generate admin resources. Pubner leads a maker from client brief to a published site, then reduces routine work after launch: Content autopilot prepares drafts for approval, visitor AI chat can answer using the site's content, and new inquiries arrive in Telegram. Full Export provides Twig themes and JSON content, not the Pubner backend runtime.