Cloudways

RATING:

4.4

(83)

About Cloudways

Cloudways is a cloud hosting solution that helps businesses manage and assess the performance of cloud servers on a centralized platform. Professionals can protect servers using OS-level firewalls and secure confidential data through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)-based encryption. Cloudways allows organizations to create a whitelist of IP addresses for unrestricted networks and perform OS patches on servers. Managers can generate SFTP credentials, clone servers or individual sites, group applications and assign them to specific teams according to requirements. Additionally, it lets users prevent unauthorized data exploitation through two-factor authentication (TFA) functionality. Cloudways enables businesses to integrate the platform with various third-party applications...

Awards and Recognition

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Cloudways Pricing

Cloudways offers a 3-day free trial for new users, after which the software is available across 4 pricing tiers for 5 different data centers. Pricing and functionality are outlined below. DigitalOcean $10/month RAM: 1GB, Storage: 25GB, Bandwidth: 1TB $22/month RAM: 2GB, Storage: 50GB, Bandwidth: 2TB $80/month RAM: 8GB, Storage: 160GB, Bandwidth: 5TB Linode $12/month RAM: 1GB, Storage: 25GB, Bandwidth: 1TB $24/month RAM: 2GB, Storage: 50GB, Bandwidth: 2TB $90/month RAM: 8GB, Storage: 160GB, Bandwidth: 5TB VULTR $11/month RAM: 1GB, Storage: 25GB, Bandwidth: 1TB $23/month RAM: 2GB, Storage: 50GB, Bandwidth: 2TB $84/month RAM: 8GB, Storage: 160GB, Bandwidth: 5TB AWS $36.51/month RAM: 1.75GB, Storage: 20GB, Bandwidth: 2TB $86.77/month RAM: 3.75GB, Storage: 20GB, Bandwidth: 2TB $274.33/month RAM: 16GB, Storage: 20GB, Bandwidth: 2TB Google Cloud $33.30/month RAM: 1.70GB, Storage: 20GB, Bandwidth: 2TB $73.62/month RAM: 3.75GB, Storage: 20GB, Bandwidth: 2TB $226.05/month RAM: 15GB, Storage: 20GB, Bandwidth: 2TB

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Cloudways Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Cloudways

1 - 5 of 83 Reviews

User Profile

Dayley

Verified reviewer

Building Materials, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2021

Above & Beyond!

Overall I cannot really fault Cloudways. Their agents are fast at responding, know exactly how to fix problems that may occur, their pricing is clear and offered as a pay-as-you-go service so you only pay for what you use instead of buying a plan which you may never fill, their servers are easily scalable, they offer a wide variety of different servers to choose from; Digital Ocean, Google Cloud, AWS, VULTR, Linode, and AWS. They also throw in the ability to manage email addresses by using their third party affiliates Rackspace, they offer additional addons for managing DNS with another affiliate DNS Made Easy... basically, you can have everything managed by the Cloudways team so that you can worry less about your servers and hosting, giving you more time and freedom to spend on other matters of your business. Which is what every business needs.

PROS

They simplify absolutely everything for the user. So no more typical cPanel to navigate around servers and websites that you host, instead you have their own beautifully laid out, clean, and most importantly *understandable* menu system which is visually eye-pleasing. Simplicity at its best.

CONS

Although they have their live chat where there is always an agent waiting to help 24/7 (which most of the agents can answer your questions and resolve your problems there and then), the only downfall is their ticketing system. If your problem is a little more complexed and requires additional help, a ticket must be opened. The ticketing system can take a day or two to get a reply (which is no good if your website is experiencing problems and is down at that time).

Reasons for switching to Cloudways

The main reason I made the switch from my old host to Cloudways was because of the 24 hour support that Cloudways offer, and I could get a response to any question I may have immediately via live chat instead of waiting a day to be presented with what was often a pointless reply. I also like the simplicity and minimalistic layout of everything on the Cloudways system which simplifies what is usually a mind-boggling task with other hosts system layouts. Cloudways is extremely user-friendly compared to many previous hosts I have been with, thats for sure!

Pedro

Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2021

Cloud hosting for beginners and experts

it has been good, there are some features and ux improvements i wish It had, but overall I think it's worth it, my websites load fast and that's the most important thing

PROS

I like how you can be in control of all aspects of the server and the applications you run on it

CONS

The UX isn't as intuitive as it looks, and there are many similar options when you are setting up which makes it hard to choose a package

Reason for choosing Cloudways

Hostinger is very cheap, so cheap that it makes me doubt it's quality, but I did also pick up a server there just to have email hosting since cloudways doesn't have this feature for some reason

Reasons for switching to Cloudways

I came from siteground which I actually liked alot but it got very expensive and they were Doinf some changes which lead to alot of performance issues, I wanted to try something new and save money at the same time, after some research and the free trial, I decided to give it a go and have been very Content, but I wish there was a wordpress plugin to migrate easier

Eldar

E-Learning, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

2

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2024

Cloudways for WordPress - great speed, but not so easy to use

Cloudways is a great platform, but it might be a bit more advanced for beginners setting up their first website. While Cloudways offers excellent performance, its features might be overwhelming for someone just starting out.

PROS

1. Using Cloudways can provide your wordpress website some nice loadtimes and help with SEO performance. 2. The support team is good and helping.

CONS

1. The setup process can be challenging for new users. 2. Cloudways can be expensive, especially for beginners with small websites. 3. The management portal might not be the most user-friendly, especially at first.

Marc

Cosmetics, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed May 2023

Managed Webhosting for a good price with a very accessible server team.

I was able to run 2 E-commerce applications on one server with excellent performance. I like how they integrate Email and Cloudways Enterprise CDN into your server solution.

PROS

I do appreciate the customer service via chat. Usually, they respond in less than 5 min and are able to fix issues, that cause downtime on the website.

CONS

some of the administrative options like file and folder permissions can only be accessed through Customer Service. It be nice to be able to get that done by the user.

Reason for choosing Cloudways

you have a dedicated Server VM with good service.

Reasons for switching to Cloudways

nothing like having an expert that can quickly help you with Server and application issues.

Mohammed

Business Supplies and Equipment, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2019

Super System Super Fast Hosting

PROS

Fantastic user platform with fast hosting. Web Software to manage AWS, Linide or Google servers are simplified

CONS

Communication could be better. Payment option for PayPal recurring need to be introduced

Reasons for switching to Cloudways

Server management simplified and saves time managing and maintaining the servers