# Cloudways

Cloudways provisions and manages servers on other people's infrastructure — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS and Google Cloud — through its own control panel.


Source: https://www.findhost.app/cloudways/
Last checked against the provider: 2026-08-09

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.cloudways.com
- pricing: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php
- x: https://twitter.com/cloudways
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudways
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cloudways
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Cloudways

### Identity

- founded: unknown
- headcount: unknown
- favorite: unknown
- ownership: unknown
- parent: unknown
- status: active

### Classification

- category: server-management
- whoManagesOs: unknown
- infraContract: resells-iaas
- runsOn: digitalocean, vultr, linode, aws, gcp
- cdnFrom: unknown
- useCases: cms, e-commerce
- audience: agency, smb
- wikidata: unknown

### Tech stack

- runtimes: unknown
- software: wordpress, laravel, magento
- specialisation: unknown
- sshAccess: unknown
- managedDatabases: unknown
- gpuCapacity: unknown
- persistentStorage: unknown
- backupsIncluded: unknown

### Deployment

- deployMethods: unknown

### Pricing

- pricingModel: hourly
- priceFrom: sm
- entryPrice: {"amount":11,"currency":"USD","period":"month"}
- priceTo: xl
- currencies: USD
- billingPeriods: hourly, monthly
- billingTiming: arrears
- exitWithin: unknown
- renewalMultiple: unknown
- freeTier: trial
- contractMinimum: unknown

### Regions and law

- regions: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown
- gdprDpa: unknown

### Other features

- energyClaim: unknown
- certifications: unknown
- greenWebId: unknown
- domainRegistration: unknown
- dnsHosting: unknown
- emailHosting: unknown
- cdnIncluded: unknown
- testDomain: unknown
- collaboration: unknown
- staging: unknown

### Support

- supportChannels: unknown
- supportHours: unknown
- supportTiering: unknown

### Automation

- mcpServer: unknown
- cliTool: unknown
- apiAvailable: public
- iacSupport: unknown

### Sources

- entryPrice: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php (read 2026-08-01)
- runsOn: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php (read 2026-07-31)
- infraContract: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php (read 2026-07-31)
- priceFrom: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php (read 2026-08-02)
- priceTo: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php (read 2026-08-02)
- currencies: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php (read 2026-08-02)
- billingPeriods: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php (read 2026-08-02)
- billingTiming: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php (read 2026-08-02)
- freeTier: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php (read 2026-07-31)
- pricingModel: https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php (read 2026-07-31)
- useCases: https://www.cloudways.com/en/ (read 2026-07-31)
- audience: https://www.cloudways.com/en/ (read 2026-07-31)
- software: https://www.cloudways.com/en/ (read 2026-07-31)
- apiAvailable: https://developers.cloudways.com/ (read 2026-08-09)

## Notes

Cloudways is [server management software](/categories/server-management/) rather than a hosting service in its own right: it provisions virtual machines on five infrastructure providers — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS and Google Cloud — and puts its own control panel over them. Billing is pay-as-you-go by the hour and invoiced in arrears, with a short trial ahead of it.

Because the servers sit on other providers' hardware, the locations on offer are whatever those providers operate, so the geography of a Cloudways account is decided upstream. It was acquired by [DigitalOcean](/digitalocean/) in 2022. WordPress hosting is a separately marketed product line.

## Worth knowing

The machine and the management layer arrive on one invoice. That is unusual for this category — most panels are billed separately from the server they run on — and it means the cost of the panel itself is not separable from the cost of the compute underneath it.

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