Cloudways
Managed Cloud Hosting Platform Simplified·cloudways.com
Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform that lets users deploy and manage WordPress, Magento, Laravel, WooCommerce and PHP applications on cloud providers such as DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS and Google Compute Engine. It offers 1-click app deployment, vertical scaling, built-in caching, security and 24/7 expert support, plus a fully managed autoscaling WordPress hosting option (Cloudways Autonomous) and an AI-powered troubleshooting tool (Cloudways Copilot).
What it's for
Features 20
- 1-click app deployment for WordPress, Magento, Laravel, WooCommerce and PHP
- 1-click staging environments with push/pull
- 24/7 live chat and ticketing support
- AI-powered diagnostics via Cloudways Copilot
- Automated backups with 1-click restore
- Built-in caching (Memcached, Varnish, Nginx, Redis)
- Choice of cloud providers: DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Google Compute Engine
- Cloudways API for custom automation
- Free Let's Encrypt SSL
- Free managed website migrations
- Free Object Cache Pro
- Git integration with auto-deploy
- Kubernetes-based autoscaling and load balancing (Autonomous)
- Layer 3/4/7 DDoS mitigation
- Real-time server monitoring with CloudwaysBot notifications
- Server-level firewall powered by Imunify360
- Support for multiple PHP versions (7.4–8.2)
- Team collaboration and Projects for managing multiple sites
- Vertical scaling of RAM, CPU and storage
- WordPress Vulnerability Scanner powered by Patchstack
At a glance
Integrations
Complianceself-reported
Pricing
Pricing shows promotional/current price pairs (e.g. '$11 $88') that appear inconsistent or duplicated for several tiers; Enterprise/Autonomous custom plan is quote-based. An additional set of Autonomous plan prices (Small $35, Medium $240, Large $995) also appears with mismatched specs.
Suitable for personal websites and simple blogs; DigitalOcean Standard tier; includes 5 Free AI Copilot Credits; Lightning Stack included.
2GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50GB Storage, 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
Suitable for growing businesses & moderate traffic; same specs as Micro as listed on the page.
2GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50GB Storage, 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
Marked 'Most Popular'; supports more demanding websites with higher traffic.
8GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160GB Storage, 5TB Transfer Bandwidth
Ideal for e-com stores and resource-intensive applications.
128GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 2560GB Storage, 11TB Transfer Bandwidth
Free for 3 days.
1 website, 1 baseline autoscale server, 150GB bandwidth, 20GB disk space, unmetered visits, 100 PHP workers/server
Best for growing businesses that need autoscaling. Additional charges: Disk $1/GB, Bandwidth $0.04/GB, Autoscaling $0.07/hr/server beyond baseline.
1 website, 1 baseline autoscale server, 150GB bandwidth, 20GB disk space, unmetered visits, 100 PHP workers/server
Best for WooCommerce; marked 'Most Popular'. Additional charges: Disk $1/GB, Bandwidth $0.04/GB, Autoscaling $0.10/hr/server beyond baseline.
1 website, 2 baseline autoscale servers, 250GB bandwidth, 50GB disk space, unmetered visits, 100 PHP workers/server
Best for LMS platforms & large WooCommerce stores. Additional charges: Disk $1/GB, Bandwidth $0.04/GB, Autoscaling $0.12/hr/server beyond baseline.
1 website, 3 baseline autoscale servers, 1000GB bandwidth, 100GB disk space, unmetered visits, 100 PHP workers/server
Quote-based; expert consultation to match plan to requirements.
Custom resource allocation and baseline capacity
30% off on all plans (Cloudways Flexible)