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Managed hosting · 4 alternatives · Cloudways iScore 60 (#2/5)

Every managed hosting provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Cloudways's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Cloudways's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

Ranked by iScore
  1. WP EngineKind of free offer: No free offer vs Free trial61#1/5
  2. KinstaKind of free offer: No free offer vs Free trial58#3/5
  3. FlywheelKind of free offer: No free offer vs Free trial55#4/5
  4. PressableKind of free offer: No free offer vs Free trial52#5/5

Where Cloudways stands against these 4

Cloudways's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Free tier
No. None of the 4 alternatives that document it has one either.
Entry paid plan
$11/month for the cheapest Cloudways Flexible server, as the pricing page's FAQ statesCheapest of the 5 that document it. Next: Pressable — $20.83/month for Signature 1, billed $250 a year.
Storage (entry plan)
25 GB NVMe on the 1 GB Micro server, the smallest DigitalOcean Basic size on the Premium (NVMe) option the…Highest of the 5 that document it. Next: Pressable — 20 GB on Signature 1, the cheapest plan; 35 GB on Signature 3.
Included bandwidth
1 TB of transfer a month on the 1 GB DigitalOcean Micro server, rising to 5 TB on the 8 GB Large serverHighest of the 4 that document it. Next: WP Engine — 75 GB per month on Essential plans, 550 GB on Core and 550 GB+ on Enterprise, measured as gigabytes…
Max request duration
300 seconds by default (the server's Execution Limit, which applies across the stack)Joint highest of the 3 that document it. Level with: Kinsta — 300 seconds (default PHP max_execution_time).

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