Cloudways is a very original type of a web hosting company when compared to other popular brands in the industry (we’ll tell you why in a second in this Cloudways review).
They’ve made their name by making cloud servers easier to handle, especially if you want to take advanced of highly performant setups provided by some of the cloud hosting giants.
In this Cloudways review, you’ll find out:
Cloudways review: What is Cloudways?
Cloudways call themselves a “Managed Cloud Hosting Platform.”
Sounds fancy, but the concept is actually very straightforward:
They let you pick web server space powered by some of the industry’s giants, and then manage that server space for you.
Therefore, the first original detail about Cloudways’ offering is that they don’t actually host their own servers. Instead, they work with companies like DigitalOcean, Linode, Vultr, Amazon (AWS) and Google (Google Cloud), and only put their software layer on top of those hosts’ platforms.
In other words, when you get a server through Cloudways, you’re not actually getting it from Cloudways. Instead, the server is supplied by a third-party company, and Cloudways only makes it easy for you to work with that server.
“Isn’t it cheaper to just get the server from that original provider?” – you’re asking. Yes, I hear you. It is cheaper. But, if you’ve ever tried to configure an Amazon AWS instance to host a simple website, then you know how challenging it can be.
Platforms like AWS or DigitalOcean are not built with the casual user in mind – as in, user who wants to host their own website in a trustworthy place. They’re built to serve big organizations, app developers, web-based software, distributed databases, government projects, and all sorts of “pro level” things.
More or less, you have to be pro not only to be able to grasp how to use that server day to day, but even to configure it when you’re first starting up.
This is where Cloudways comes into play.
Their goal is to give you the power of, say, Amazon AWS, while also making it easy to use. Of course, it comes at a price. Speaking of which:
Features and pricing ⚙️?
What’s really appealing about Cloudways plans is how scalable they are and that basically anyone can find a setup that fits their budget – as long as your budget is more than $10/mo. But let’s take it from the top:
First, here are the companies that Cloudways supports as their cloud hosting providers. At the time of writing, they are:
- DigitalOcean
- Linode
- Vultr
- Amazon AWS
- Google Cloud
You can pick the exact server setup you want to get from either of these platforms. Basically, whatever your host of choice offers to their customers directly you can also get through Cloudways.
How much more expensive
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This article was written by Karol and originally published on WPKube.