Cloudways
Managed cloud hosting with flexible provider choice and one-click scaling
- Also known as
- cloudways
Available worldwide
What is Cloudways?
A platform that manages cloud servers across AWS, Google Cloud, and DigitalOcean, offering automated backups, staging environments, and 24/7 support with built-in performance optimization.
Cloudways pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $11/month with metered bandwidth and optional add-ons
Managed Cloud Hosting
Pay-as-you-go cloud hosting with configurable specs
- Cloud provider choice (AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean)
- 1-click staging and cloning
- Automated backups with one-click restore
- 24/7 expert support
- Free Cloudflare Enterprise
- Free Object Cache Pro + Relay
- Cloudways Copilot AI monitoring
Add-ons
- Premium CDN$4.99/mo
- WordPress Updates$3/mo
- Email Hosting$1/mo
- AWS Bandwidth$0.12 per GB
- GCP Bandwidth$0.10 per GB
What Cloudways does
The capabilities that matter for wordpress hosting, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Staging environments
- ✓
- Built in CDN
- ✓
- Free migrations
- ✓
- Git wp CLI access
- ✗
- Daily backups one click restore
- ✓
- Woocommerce optimized
- ✗
- Multisite support
- ✓
- Uptime SLA published
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Cloudflare
- WordPress
- Object Cache Pro
Cloudways alternatives
Other wordpress hosting we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- WordPress.comManaged WordPress hosting platform combining site hosting, security infrastructure, and publishing tools.medium · 52%
- KinstaManaged WordPress hosting designed for performance and reliabilitymedium · 72%
- Rocket.netManaged WordPress hosting with AI-native integrations and enterprise securitymedium · 52%
- PressableEnterprise-grade cloud infrastructure for WordPress sites with AI-powered management and expert supportmedium · 52%
- PantheonA unified platform for building, running, and governing WordPress, Drupal, and Next.js websites.low · 15%
- WordPress VIPlow · 7%
Compare Cloudways
Side by side against other wordpress hosting, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Cloudways, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.08 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 85 | 0.07 | 6.2 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.05 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.07 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.04 | 0.7 | ✓ |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Built in cdn, Free migrations, Multisite support, Staging environments, Uptime sla published, Daily backups one click restore | mediumsource · 2026-08-24 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-08-24 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-24 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sla pct | 99.99 | mediumsource · 2026-08-24 · 60% |