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Cloudways pricing and limits

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www.cloudways.com · Managed hosting
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Managed 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.

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Entry paid plan$11/month for the cheapest Cloudways Flexible server, as the pricing page's FAQ states. The plan cards open on DigitalOcean Basic with the Premium (NVMe) option, where the 1 GB Micro server is $14/month ($0.0208/hour). Servers are billed hourly.
Regions50+ data centers, per the pricing page, across five underlying clouds: DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS and Google Cloud. The features page gives a different count (58 data centers, 43 locations, 'three cloud providers').
Free tierNo — The only free offer is a 3-day Flexible trial with no card. There is no ongoing free plan.
CategoryManaged hosting

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 23 criteria comparedSources last checked

Cloudways pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
$11/month for the cheapest Cloudways Flexible server, as the pricing page's FAQ states source ↗
Pricing model
Pay-as-you-go per server: you pick a cloud provider and server size, are charged hourly for what you use, and are invoiced monthly in… source ↗
When the free offer ends
3 days source ↗
When you exceed a cap
Not cut off: bandwidth beyond the server's allowance is billed pay-as-you-go source ↗

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Cloudways plans and prices

Cloudways Flexible servers on DigitalOceanDigitalOcean Basic servers with the Premium (NVMe) option, the view the pricing page opens on. Prices are per server, billed hourly, and exclude tax. The Standard (SSD) option is cheaper and starts at $11 a month.
PlanRAMProcessorStorageBandwidthPrice
Micro1GB1 vCPU25GB NVMe1TB$14/month ($0.0208/hour)
Small2GB1 vCPU50GB NVMe2TB$28/month ($0.0417/hour)
Medium4GB2 vCPU80GB NVMe4TB$54/month ($0.0804/hour)
Large8GB4 vCPU160GB NVMe5TB$99/month ($0.1473/hour)

Cloudways Pricing & Plans: Simple Managed Cloud Hosting · read · every row quoted from this page

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Managed hosting for PHP apps such as WordPress, Magento and Laravel on a cloud server you pick from five providers, from $11 a month billed hourly, with unlimited apps per server, backups kept a week by default and a 3-day trial with no card needed.

Consider something else if…

You want an uptime guarantee or compliance from the host itself: Cloudways' only SLA covers its support console, it says a hosting platform alone cannot be PCI-compliant, no SOC 2 or ISO claim appears on its sites, and the CDN is a paid Cloudflare add-on.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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Cloudways pricing

7 criteria
Free tierNo — The only free offer is a 3-day Flexible trial with no card. There is no ongoing free plan.
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Kind of free offerFree trial
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Credit card to startNo
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When the free offer ends3 days.
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Entry paid plan$11/month for the cheapest Cloudways Flexible server, as the pricing page's FAQ states. The plan cards open on DigitalOcean Basic with the Premium (NVMe) option, where the 1 GB Micro server is $14/month ($0.0208/hour). Servers are billed hourly.
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Pricing modelPay-as-you-go per server: you pick a cloud provider and server size, are charged hourly for what you use, and are invoiced monthly in arrears. Each server lists a monthly and an hourly price. Bandwidth beyond the server's allowance is billed per GB, and AWS and Google Cloud prices vary by region.
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When you exceed a capNot cut off: bandwidth beyond the server's allowance is billed pay-as-you-go. The rate depends on the cloud: $0.02/GB on DigitalOcean, $0.12/GB on AWS, and $0.10 to $0.17/GB on Google Cloud depending on region.
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  • Cloudways Pricing & Plans: Simple Managed Cloud Hosting ↗

    “Cloudways follows a pay-as-you-go model for bandwidth usage. This means you only pay for the additional bandwidth you consume beyond your plan's limit. [...] On Amazon Web Services (AWS), bandwidth is billed on-demand at $0.12/GB for all regions. [...] On DigitalOcean, additional bandwidth is charged at $0.02/GB.”

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Limits

5 criteria
Storage (entry plan)25 GB NVMe on the 1 GB Micro server, the smallest DigitalOcean Basic size on the Premium (NVMe) option the pricing page opens on.
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Sites or apps includedUnlimited applications per server, limited by what the server's resources can support. The plan cards list Unlimited Websites.
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Monthly visits capNo visits cap: every Flexible server card on the pricing page lists Unlimited Visits. Traffic is limited by the server's size and its bandwidth allowance.
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Included bandwidth1 TB of transfer a month on the 1 GB DigitalOcean Micro server, rising to 5 TB on the 8 GB Large server. Extra transfer is billed per GB.
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Max request duration300 seconds by default (the server's Execution Limit, which applies across the stack). It can be changed; Cloudways recommends staying under 900 seconds.
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Deployment

2 criteria
Git deploymentSupported — Console pulls a chosen branch from a Git repo over SSH; auto-deploy on push needs a webhook or third-party tool.
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Scheduled jobsSupported — Server-side cron jobs set per application from the console. A one-click option also replaces WP-Cron with server cron.
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  • Cloudways Features ↗

    “Cron Job Manager Simplify cron job scheduling with our integrated Cron Job manager. Set rules and activate cron jobs in a few clicks.”

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Infrastructure

3 criteria
Edge networkLimited — Cloudflare Enterprise CDN is a paid add-on, from $4.99 per domain a month. It is not included by default.
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Regions50+ data centers, per the pricing page, across five underlying clouds: DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS and Google Cloud. The features page gives a different count (58 data centers, 43 locations, 'three cloud providers').
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Uptime SLANo hosting uptime SLA from Cloudways. Its only SLA covers the availability of the support platform console and support response times, and it says so explicitly. For server uptime it links to the SLAs of the underlying clouds (DigitalOcean, AWS EC2, Google Compute Engine, Vultr, Linode).
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Data

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Backup retentionAutomated off-site server backups run daily and are kept for one week by default. Retention can be set from 1 to 4 weeks. Off-site backup storage is billed at $0.033/GB per server.
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Support

1 criteria
Support on entry paid plan24/7/365 live chat and ticketing on every plan. The Standard support SLA targets a 3-hour response on high-priority tickets and 12 hours on normal ones. Advanced support is a paid add-on at $100/month; Premium adds Slack and phone.
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Compliance

4 criteria
GDPR / data residencyThe customer picks the data center for each server, including EU locations such as Frankfurt and Amsterdam. Cloudways' own sites publish no data processing addendum or residency commitment.
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PCI DSSNot PCI-DSS compliant on its own. Cloudways says a hosting platform alone cannot be fully PCI-compliant and points to the PCI-DSS Level 1 infrastructure of AWS, Google Compute Engine and Linode. Application-level PCI duties stay with the customer.
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Role-based access controlTeam members: the account owner grants Billing and Support access separately. Flexible console access is either Full (all servers and apps) or Limited (chosen servers and chosen actions such as start, stop, scale or viewing credentials).
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Dedicated infrastructureEach Flexible server is a cloud server the customer launches on the chosen provider. The features page describes these as dedicated environments with dedicated resources, not shared hosting. The pricing page describes only DigitalOcean's General Purpose and CPU Optimized types as coming with dedicated resources; Basic, the cheapest, is not.
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Cloudways pricing questions

How much does Cloudways cost?

$11/month for the cheapest Cloudways Flexible server, as the pricing page's FAQ states. The plan cards open on DigitalOcean Basic with the Premium (NVMe) option, where the 1 GB Micro server is $14/month ($0.0208/hour). Servers are billed hourly.

Cloudways Pricing & Plans: Simple Managed Cloud Hosting · read

How does Cloudways charge?

Pay-as-you-go per server: you pick a cloud provider and server size, are charged hourly for what you use, and are invoiced monthly in arrears. Each server lists a monthly and an hourly price. Bandwidth beyond the server's allowance is billed per GB, and AWS and Google Cloud prices vary by region.

Cloudways Pricing & Plans: Simple Managed Cloud Hosting · read

Does Cloudways have a free tier?

No free tier; the free offer is a free trial.

Cloudways Pricing & Plans: Simple Managed Cloud Hosting · read

Does the Cloudways free offer expire?

3 days.

How To Subscribe Flexible Trial | Cloudways Help Center · read

Do you need a credit card to start on Cloudways?

No.

How To Subscribe Flexible Trial | Cloudways Help Center · read

What happens if you exceed Cloudways's limits?

Not cut off: bandwidth beyond the server's allowance is billed pay-as-you-go. The rate depends on the cloud: $0.02/GB on DigitalOcean, $0.12/GB on AWS, and $0.10 to $0.17/GB on Google Cloud depending on region.

Cloudways Pricing & Plans: Simple Managed Cloud Hosting · read

What uptime does Cloudways guarantee?

No hosting uptime SLA from Cloudways. Its only SLA covers the availability of the support platform console and support response times, and it says so explicitly. For server uptime it links to the SLAs of the underlying clouds (DigitalOcean, AWS EC2, Google Compute Engine, Vultr, Linode).

Cloudways Services Support Service Level Agreement · read

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