Last month, I had to choose between Livewire and Inertia.js for a project.
The requirements were tricky:
✅ Strong SEO
✅ Fast navigation
✅ Smooth user experience
✅ Easy to maintain for our dev team

So, I built two small prototypes.

Livewire version
HTML was rendered on the server → Google could index perfectly.
Felt like a traditional Laravel site but with AJAX-powered snappiness.
No need to dive into Vue/React → faster onboarding for backend devs.
Downside? For highly interactive UIs, the constant server calls made it feel slightly slower.

🔹 Inertia.js version
Felt like a Single Page App → instant page transitions.
Could use React components fully → great for dynamic dashboards.
But needed extra SSR setup to get SEO on par with Livewire.

Conclusion?
For content-heavy, SEO-first projects → I’d go Livewire.
For app-like, highly interactive UIs → Inertia shines.
The beauty of Laravel? You can win either way – it’s all about matching the tool to the job.

💡 My advice: Don’t pick based on hype. Pick based on your project’s DNA.

Have you tried both? Which worked better for you?