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Cloudways
Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform (acquired by DigitalOcean in 2022) that lets you deploy applications on five leading cloud providers — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, and Google Cloud — without the complexity of server management. Offering pay-as-you-go pricing, a custom control panel, and an optimised NGINX/Varnish/Redis stack, Cloudways is ideal for developers, agencies, and growing businesses that want cloud-grade performance with managed simplicity.
Developers, agencies, WooCommerce stores, and growing businesses needing managed cloud hosting with choice of infrastructure provider
Pros
- Choose from 5 cloud providers (DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Google Cloud) with 65+ global data centres
- Pay-as-you-go pricing with no long-term contracts — pay hourly, billed monthly
- Optimised stack with NGINX, Varnish cache, Redis, Memcached, and PHP-FPM for excellent performance
- Free SSL, free migration, staging environments, and built-in Git deployment
- Vertical scaling — upgrade server resources with a click, no migration needed
Cons
- No cPanel or Plesk — uses a custom control panel that has a learning curve
- No email hosting included — must use a third-party email service
- No domain registration — domains must be purchased separately
- Entry-level plans are pricier than basic shared hosting
- Add-on costs for offsite backups and advanced support
Pricing Plans
WordPress Hosting
3 plansAutonomous Small
- Managed WordPress
- Autoscaling
- Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
- Redis + Object Cache Pro
- Free migration
- 100GB bandwidth
- 30k visits/month
Autonomous Growth
- Managed WordPress
- True Autoscaling
- Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
- Redis + Object Cache Pro
- Free migration
- 150GB bandwidth
- Unmetered visits
- 100 PHP Workers
Autonomous Scale
- Managed WordPress
- True Autoscaling
- 2 Baseline Servers
- Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
- Redis + Object Cache Pro
- Free migration
- 250GB bandwidth
- Unmetered visits
- 100 PHP Workers