Cloudways
Short answer
Cloudways sells VPS servers in 9 locations across 8 countries, starting at $11.00 a month for DigitalOcean Micro (1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM). It is number 37 of 41 in our overall ranking and rated 4.6/5 by 3,766 Trustpilot reviewers.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
A good fit for
- short-lived test servers thanks to hourly billing
- public services that need DDoS filtering
- teams that want the server managed for them
Look elsewhere if
- you need Windows Server
- you want a money-back guarantee
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean Micro | Flexible on DigitalOcean (Standard) | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB SSD | 2 TB | $11.00 | $5.50 |
| DigitalOcean Small | Flexible on DigitalOcean (Standard) | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB SSD | 2 TB | $24.00 | $12.00 |
| DigitalOcean Medium | Flexible on DigitalOcean (Standard) | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | 5 TB | $88.00 | $11.00 |
| DigitalOcean 8XL | Flexible on DigitalOcean (Standard) | 24 | 128 GB | 2560 GB SSD | 11 TB | $342.00 | $2.67 |
| DigitalOcean Premium 48GB | Flexible on DigitalOcean (Premium NVMe) | 12 | 48 GB | 960 GB NVMe | 8 TB | $388.00 | $8.08 |
| Vultr High Frequency 1GB | Flexible on Vultr (High Frequency NVMe) | 1 | 1 GB | 32 GB NVMe | 1 TB | $16.00 | $16.00 |
| Linode 1GB | Flexible on Linode (Akamai) | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB SSD | 1 TB | $14.00 | $14.00 |
Monthly list prices in US dollars, converted from the provider's own currency. Highlighted row: cheapest plan. Current prices on the provider's site.
Where the servers are
What's included
- NVMe storage
- DDoS protection
- Snapshots
- Backups (paid)
- IPv6
- IPv4 included
- API
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Private networking
- Unmetered traffic
- Managed option
Images: Debian (fixed managed stack). Virtualization: KVM (underlying DigitalOcean/Vultr/Linode droplets). Panel: Cloudways Platform (Flexible console).
Rules and support
Acceptable use. The provider's terms address crypto mining, spam, VPN, proxies, Tor, torrents, IPTV, scraping. Read them before running anything in those categories.
Support. 24/7/365 live chat and tickets on all plans (3h high-priority response target); Advanced ($100/mo) and Premium (custom, phone/Slack) support add-ons
Uptime SLA. No uptime percentage published; support-response SLA with 5% monthly-fee credit per missed hour. Money-back. None published.
How it stacks up
- Its entry plan is cheaper than 18% of providers in the directory.
- On price per GB of RAM it beats 3% of them.
- Its 9 locations put it #22 of 41 for footprint.
- It ticks 9 of the 18 feature boxes we track, against an average of 9.
- Among 37 providers with 50+ Trustpilot reviews, its 4.6 ranks #5.
Where Cloudways appears on this site
- VPS in Bangalore#3 of 3
- VPS in San Francisco#3 of 3
- VPS with a free trial or credit#11 of 12
- VPS with hourly billing#12 of 15
- VPS with managed servers#13 of 17
- VPS in Toronto#13 of 13
- VPS in India#15 of 15
- VPS for learning Linux and DevOps#17 of 40
- VPS in Canada#17 of 17
- VPS with dedicated CPU cores#17 of 17
- 2 GB RAM plans#18 of 29
- VPS for WordPress sites#19 of 40
- VPS in Australia#19 of 19
- VPS in Sydney#19 of 19
- VPS in New York#19 of 19
- VPS in Oceania#19 of 19
Similar providers
- LikeVPS$10.00/mo, 26 locations
- Akamai Cloud (Linode)$5.00/mo, 26 locations
- Bluehost VPS$5.69/mo, 9 locations
- SSD Nodes$17.00/mo, 15 locations
- DigitalOcean$4.00/mo, 13 locations
- Leaseweb VPS$5.58/mo, 9 locations
Questions
Where are Cloudways's servers?
North America: New York, San Francisco, Toronto; Europe: Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London; Asia: Bangalore, Singapore; Oceania: Sydney.
What is Cloudways's cheapest plan?
DigitalOcean Micro at $11.00 a month (Lowest card on the official pricing page ($11/mo). The page shows Micro and Small with the same 2 GB/1 vCPU/50 GB/2 TB specs and the same $0.0357/hr rate (which equals about $24/mo), so the Micro specs may be smaller than displayed; verify in the console. Includes managed stack, free SSL, staging, firewall, 24/7 chat support.).
Can I pay Cloudways with crypto or PayPal?
Accepted methods: card, paypal.
Profile built from 17 pages on cloudways.com and related sites, checked October 14, 2026.