Softaculous has such a wide catalog of scripts and apps within its repository that in almost all cases the use case for your server will be addressed by several solutions that are only a few clicks away.
Considering the need for a Softaculous license in order to make the most advantage of the repository, there is little that can be done to adapt the stack to a single-instance, personal use server.
Laragon starts fast - instantly. All services in Laragon are compiled to native code so they run fast - much faster than Docker & Virtual Machines.
Laragon uses its own service manager so all services also start quickly & parallelly.
There's no hassle in unzipping files or anything - you simply run an installer, and you're done. Additionally, you can install new features (such as PHP 8), and even update, simply by downloading .exe files from a certain repo and running them.