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Cloudways
Managed cloud hosting across DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Google Cloud
Managed hosting layer on top of 5 IaaS providers. Abstracts server management, SSL, caching, backups, staging. Best for WordPress, Magento, Laravel. Acquired by DigitalOcean (2022).
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomous — Free Trial | Free | 3-day free trial. 1 server, 20 GB disk, 150 GB bandwidth. |
| Flexible — DO Micro | $11/mo | DigitalOcean-backed. 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB storage, 2 TB bandwidth. Starting tier. |
| Flexible — DO Medium | $88/mo | 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB, 5 TB bandwidth. |
| Autonomous — Growth | $100/mo | WordPress-optimized autoscaling. 1 baseline server, 20 GB disk, 150 GB bandwidth. |
| Autonomous — Scale | $200/mo | 2 baseline servers, 50 GB disk, 250 GB bandwidth. |
| Flexible — DO 8XL | $342/mo | 24 vCPU, 128 GB RAM, 2.56 TB storage, 11 TB bandwidth. |
| Autonomous — Plus | $400/mo | 3 baseline servers, 100 GB disk, 1 TB bandwidth. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom autoscale, volume pricing. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | acquired by | DigitalOcean (2022) | Ownership |
| — | affiliate payout | $125 - $500 per paying referral (tiered by volume) | Affiliate program |
| — | autoscale | Autonomous plans only | Auto-scaling |
| — | backups | automated + on-demand | Backup options |
| — | cdn addon | Cloudflare Enterprise $4.99+/domain/month | CDN add-on |
| — | free migrations | 1 free migration per app | Included service |
| — | free ssl | Let's Encrypt included | Free SSL |
| — | managed security | server-level firewall + malware scans | Security included |
| — | promo first 3 months | 30% off Flexible plans | Current promo |
| — | providers | DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode (Akamai), AWS, Google Cloud | 5 cloud providers to choose from |
| — | staging | 1-click staging environment | Staging included |
| — | support 24 7 | chat + tickets | Support tier |
| — | unlimited sites | Host unlimited apps on a server | Unlimited apps per server |
Features
- Autonomous (WordPress) — Fully managed WordPress with autoscaling. · docs
- Backups — Automated daily + on-demand. Retention configurable.
- Bot Protection — Cloudflare Enterprise bot filtering add-on.
- Bot Scaler — Autonomous: auto-scale based on traffic patterns.
- Breeze (WP cache plugin) — In-house WordPress caching plugin.
- CloudwaysCDN — Built-in CDN add-on (StackPath-backed).
- Flexible Plans — BYO-sized servers on any of 5 providers. Full control over stack.
- Free Let's Encrypt SSL — 1-click cert install + auto-renewal.
- Free Migration — 1 free app migration per plan. Cloudways team moves your site.
- Horizontal Scaling — Auto-scale app servers (Autonomous plans).
- Malware Protection — Add-on ($4/app/month). Scan + clean.
- Object Cache Pro — Included on certain plans. Redis-backed object cache for WP.
- SafeUpdates — Automated WordPress plugin/theme updates with rollback.
- Staging Environments — 1-click staging clones with push-to-live.
- Team Collaboration — Invite team members with granular role permissions.
- Thunderstack (Optimized) — Apache + Nginx + Varnish + Redis + Memcached preconfigured for speed.
- Vertical Scaling — Resize server specs without migration.
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| rest-api | Cloudways API | rest | v1 |
| platform-ui | Cloudways Platform (web UI) | other | — |
| ssh | Server SSH Access | other | — |
| sftp | SFTP | other | — |
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