Cloud hosting providers, compared
Each provider is profiled from its own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
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Adoption share
Live-site counts from BuiltWith's Trends API, among the providers below that BuiltWith tracks — not a share of the whole category, and not every provider here is covered. Measured . Source: BuiltWith.
Alibaba CloudAlibaba Group's public cloud: Elastic Compute Service VMs, fixed-price Simple Application Server plans, block and object storage, networking, containers and managed databases worldwide.CivoCloud provider built around managed Kubernetes, also selling compute instances, managed databases, object storage, volumes, load balancers and NVIDIA GPUs, plus private cloud.ContaboGerman hosting company selling KVM virtual private servers, virtual dedicated servers and dedicated servers from data centers in Europe, the US, the UK, Asia and Australia.DigitalOceanCloud infrastructure provider offering Linux virtual machines, managed databases, object storage and an app platform across global datacenter regions.Google CloudGoogle's public cloud (Google Cloud Platform): Compute Engine virtual machines, Kubernetes, serverless containers, managed databases, storage and analytics in regions worldwide.HetznerGerman hosting company providing cloud virtual machines and dedicated servers from datacenter locations in Europe, the US and Singapore.Hostinger VPSKVM virtual servers with full root access, sold on prepaid multi-year terms, with a one-click catalog of Docker applications and weekly backups included.IONOS VPSIONOS's VPS product (VPS+): Linux and Windows virtual servers with root access on a 1-year term, with unlimited traffic and add-on block storage, private networks and extra VMs.KamateraCloud provider selling configurable virtual servers billed monthly or hourly, with block storage, private networks, load balancers, firewalls and managed services, from data centres worldwide.LeasewebDutch hosting company selling dedicated servers, VPS, public cloud, managed Kubernetes and colocation through regional sales entities, with data centers in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.Linode (Akamai Cloud)Akamai's cloud computing platform, formerly Linode, offering shared and dedicated CPU virtual machines, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, and block and object storage.netcupGerman hosting company selling KVM virtual servers and root servers with dedicated cores, plus web hosting and domains, from data centers in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the US and Singapore.Oracle CloudOracle's public cloud (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure): virtual machine and bare metal compute, block and object storage, networking, managed databases and Kubernetes in regions worldwide.OVHcloudCloud provider selling virtual private servers, Public Cloud instances, bare-metal dedicated servers, hosted private cloud and web hosting from data centers in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.RackNerdUS hosting company selling KVM virtual servers, dedicated and hybrid servers, shared and reseller hosting, and colocation from datacenter locations in North America, Europe and Asia.UpCloudFinnish cloud provider selling hourly-billed cloud servers, managed databases, managed Kubernetes, and block and object storage from 15 data centres in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific.VultrCloud provider offering virtual machines, bare metal servers, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, block and object storage, and a CDN across global data center locations.
Frontend and serverless
Adoption share
Live-site counts from BuiltWith's Trends API, among the providers below that BuiltWith tracks — not a share of the whole category, and not every provider here is covered. Measured . Source: BuiltWith.
AWS AmplifyAWS service for hosting full-stack web applications with a Git-based continuous deployment workflow, server-side rendering support, and delivery via the AWS content delivery network.Cloudflare PagesStatic and full-stack site hosting on Cloudflare's network, billed together with Workers compute.Cloudflare WorkersServerless runtime that executes JavaScript, TypeScript, Python and WebAssembly isolates in every Cloudflare data centre, with KV, queues and Durable Objects alongside.Deno DeployServerless platform for running JavaScript and TypeScript at the edge, with KV storage, sandboxes for untrusted code and multi-tenant subhosting.NetlifyPlatform for building and deploying web projects from Git to a global CDN, with serverless and edge functions.VercelFrontend cloud platform for modern web applications, with Git-driven deployments and a framework-aware CDN.
Application platforms
Adoption share
Origins in HTTP Archive's monthly crawl where its Wappalyzer fork detected each provider — not a share of the whole category. A provider is absent when no fingerprint exists for it, which is not the same as having no customers. Measured . Source: HTTP Archive.
Azure Container AppsServerless container platform on Azure that runs containerized applications and jobs without managing servers, scaling on HTTP, TCP or event rules.DigitalOcean App PlatformManaged platform that builds and runs apps from a Git repository or a container image, with per-container pricing and a free tier for static sites.Fly.ioRuns Docker images as lightweight VMs in chosen regions, billed on provisioned resources rather than plan tiers.Google Cloud RunGoogle Cloud service that runs container images as request-driven services, scaling instances automatically and down to zero between requests.HerokuManaged application platform that runs apps in containers called dynos, deployed from Git or Docker images, with add-on services such as Heroku Postgres.KoyebServerless platform that builds and runs containers, web services and Postgres across multiple regions, billed per second with scale-to-zero.NhostBackend platform bundling a Postgres database, GraphQL APIs, authentication, file storage and serverless functions behind one project and one bill.RailwayApplication platform that builds services from a repository or Dockerfile and bills plan fees that include usage credits.RenderManaged cloud platform that builds and runs web services, background workers, static sites and databases from Git repositories or Docker images.ZeaburDeployment platform that builds services from Git or Docker images and runs them on servers bought through it or brought by the user, billed as plan fees plus fixed-price servers.
Managed hosting
Adoption share
Live-site counts from BuiltWith's Trends API, among the providers below that BuiltWith tracks — not a share of the whole category, and not every provider here is covered. Measured . Source: BuiltWith.
CloudwaysManaged hosting by DigitalOcean for PHP apps such as WordPress, Magento and Laravel, run on servers you choose from DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS or Google Cloud.FlywheelManaged WordPress hosting aimed at freelancers and agencies, sold on annual plans metered by monthly visits, storage and bandwidth, with a Fastly-backed CDN.KinstaManaged WordPress hosting that runs each site in an isolated Linux container, with a Cloudflare-powered CDN and a choice of 30 data center locations.PressableManaged WordPress hosting from Automattic, priced per install on annual plans metered by monthly visits and storage, with Jetpack Security included.WP EngineManaged WordPress hosting with SSH-based Git push deployment, plan-tiered site and visit allowances, and origin data centers on Google Cloud, AWS and Azure.
Mass-market hosting
Adoption share
Origins in HTTP Archive's monthly crawl where its Wappalyzer fork detected each provider — not a share of the whole category. A provider is absent when no fingerprint exists for it, which is not the same as having no customers. Measured . Source: HTTP Archive.
DreamHostEmployee-owned shared web hosting sold on annual prepay, with per-plan visit caps, unmetered bandwidth and daily automated backups.HostingerShared web hosting sold on prepaid multi-year terms and managed through the hPanel control panel, with data centers in Europe, Asia, North America and South America.SiteGroundShared web hosting managed through the Site Tools control panel, sold on prepaid annual terms, with eleven data center locations across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
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