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Cloudways vs DigitalOcean

Higher score
Cloudways
8.8/ 10
DigitalOceanIndie
8.6/ 10
Across 4 measured dimensions: Cloudways wins 1, DigitalOcean wins 1 (2 tie / n/a)
[01]

Side by side.

8 dimensions
MetricCloudwaysDigitalOcean
Score
Winner: left
8.88.6
Δ 90 days
— flat— flat
Parent & badge
Winner: right
DigitalOcean
IndependentIndie
Founded
20112011
Best for
WooCommerce stores outgrowing shared hostingDevs who want a simple, predictable cloud bill
Price per mo
Winner: right
$11/ mo$4.00/ mo
Renewal multiplier
Tagline
Managed cloud on DO/Vultr/Linode/AWS/GCPDeveloper-friendly cloud, fair pricing, no surprises
[02]

What works, what doesn't.

Per provider
Cloudways4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • True monthly billing, no renewal hike
  • Choice of 5 cloud providers
  • Strong WooCommerce performance
  • Free migrations and built-in staging
– Cons
  • No cPanel, custom panel takes learning
  • No email hosting included
  • DigitalOcean ownership creates lock-in risk
DigitalOcean4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • Flat, predictable monthly pricing
  • Best-in-class documentation and tutorials
  • Clean API and Terraform support
  • Strong managed DB and Spaces offerings
– Cons
  • More expensive than Hetzner for comparable specs
  • Bandwidth overage fees at scale
  • Support is paid above basic tier
Make the call

Pick one and go.

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