Providers like Cloudways
Short answer
These 10 providers come closest to Cloudways on price, countries served, Windows support, billing and payment options. LikeVPS, Akamai Cloud (Linode) and Bluehost VPS are the nearest matches. Each entry notes what is different from Cloudways.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
- providers listed
- 10
- lowest monthly price
- $4.00
- median monthly price
- $5.63
- sell Windows
- 4
The list
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1
LikeVPS
Since 2020, based in United Kingdom; 26 locations in 26 countries, typically $4.25 per GB of RAM.
Compared with Cloudways: cheaper to start ($10.00 vs $11.00), 26 vs 9 locations, has Windows, monthly billing only.
Entry plan
Lite [FR]
1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 25 GB NVMe / unmetered
$10.00/mo
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2
Akamai Cloud (Linode)
Since 2003, based in United States; 26 locations in 15 countries, typically $6.00 per GB of RAM.
Compared with Cloudways: cheaper to start ($5.00 vs $11.00), 26 vs 9 locations.
Entry plan
Nanode 1 GB
1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 25 GB SSD / 1 TB
$5.00/mo
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3
Bluehost VPS
Since 2003, based in United States; 9 locations in 8 countries, typically $3.62 per GB of RAM.
Compared with Cloudways: cheaper to start ($5.69 vs $11.00), 9 vs 9 locations, monthly billing only.
Entry plan
NVMe 2
1 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 50 GB NVMe / unmetered
$5.69/mo
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4
SSD Nodes
Since 2011, based in United States; 15 locations in 10 countries, typically $1.56 per GB of RAM.
Compared with Cloudways: pricier to start ($17.00 vs $11.00), 15 vs 9 locations, monthly billing only.
Entry plan
KVM / Small
2 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 160 GB SSD / 4 TB
$17.00/mo
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5
DigitalOcean
Since 2012, based in United States; 13 locations in 8 countries, typically $7.00 per GB of RAM.
Compared with Cloudways: cheaper to start ($4.00 vs $11.00), 13 vs 9 locations.
Entry plan
Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb)
1 vCPU / 512 MB RAM / 10 GB SSD / 500 GB
$4.00/mo
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6
Leaseweb VPS
Since 1997, based in Netherlands; 9 locations in 8 countries, typically $0.64 per GB of RAM.
Compared with Cloudways: cheaper to start ($5.58 vs $11.00), 9 vs 9 locations, monthly billing only.
Entry plan
Leaseweb VPS 1
4 vCPU / 6 GB RAM / 100 GB NVMe / 30 TB
$5.58/mo
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7
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute
Since 1977, based in United States; 25 locations in 21 countries, typically $3.38 per GB of RAM.
Compared with Cloudways: pricier to start ($16.06 vs $11.00), 25 vs 9 locations, has Windows.
Entry plan
VM.Standard.A1.Flex 1 OCPU / 8 GB
1 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 50 GB NVMe / 10 TB
$16.06/mo
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8
Hetzner Cloud
Since 1997, based in Germany; 6 locations in 4 countries, typically $1.75 per GB of RAM.
Compared with Cloudways: cheaper to start ($6.71 vs $11.00), 6 vs 9 locations.
Entry plan
CX23
2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 40 GB NVMe / 20 TB
$6.71/mo
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9
Amazon Lightsail
Since 2006, based in United States; 19 locations in 17 countries, typically $7.00 per GB of RAM.
Compared with Cloudways: cheaper to start ($5.00 vs $11.00), 19 vs 9 locations, has Windows.
Entry plan
Linux 512 MB
2 vCPU / 512 MB RAM / 20 GB SSD / 1 TB
$5.00/mo
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10
Kamatera
Since 1995, based in United States; 21 locations in 14 countries, typically $11.12 per GB of RAM.
Compared with Cloudways: cheaper to start ($4.00 vs $11.00), 21 vs 9 locations, has Windows.
Entry plan
Basic
1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 20 GB NVMe / 5 TB
$4.00/mo
Go to Kamatera
See these numbers as a table
| # | Provider | Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | $/month | $/GB RAM | Locations | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LikeVPS | Lite [FR] | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | $10.00 | $10.00 | 26 | — |
| 2 | Akamai Cloud (Linode) | Nanode 1 GB | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB | $5.00 | $5.00 | 26 | 2.5 |
| 3 | Bluehost VPS | NVMe 2 | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB | $5.69 | $2.85 | 9 | 4.5 |
| 4 | SSD Nodes | KVM / Small | 2 | 8 GB | 160 GB | $17.00 | $2.12 | 15 | 3.0 |
| 5 | DigitalOcean | Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb) | 1 | 512 MB | 10 GB | $4.00 | $8.00 | 13 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Leaseweb VPS | Leaseweb VPS 1 | 4 | 6 GB | 100 GB | $5.58 | $0.93 | 9 | 3.4 |
| 7 | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 1 OCPU / 8 GB | 1 | 8 GB | 50 GB | $16.06 | $2.01 | 25 | 1.3 |
| 8 | Hetzner Cloud | CX23 | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB | $6.71 | $1.68 | 6 | 3.0 |
| 9 | Amazon Lightsail | Linux 512 MB | 2 | 512 MB | 20 GB | $5.00 | $10.00 | 19 | 1.3 |
| 10 | Kamatera | Basic | 1 | 1 GB | 20 GB | $4.00 | $4.00 | 21 | 4.3 |