I guess it would depend on the scope of the project. We often times use OctoberCMS at work and really love working with it. I also use Laravel for a handful of my own projects that don't seem suited for OctoberCMS.
My recommendation would be to install a copy of OctoberCMS and see if the backend suits your needs. OctoberCMS themes are static and don't require constant DB queries. Of course a simple plugin can be written to use the DB instead. OctoberCMS also has their own "Builder" plugin which will help with the creation of DB tables, and various other plugin assets. Can be very useful.