Atlas Cloud
vs
Cloudways
What's good about each
- Fully sovereign infrastructure hosted in Iceland
- Free ingress and egress traffic
- Tier 3 data center, ISO 27001 certified
- Self-service provisioning via UI, CLI, API, Terraform, and Ansible
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
- Flat-priced Node.js hosting with PostgreSQL on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Atlas Cloud | Cloudways | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $76.69 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB storage (a4) | $14.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | 82% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Medium VM | $147.48 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 40 GiB storage (a5) | $99.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | 33% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Large VM | $294.96 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM, 160 GiB storage (a7) | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | 49% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Block storage | $11.47 /mo 100 GiB Block Storage | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $100.68 /mo 1 TiB stored, S3-compatible | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | Included depending on plan | |
| Egress allowance | Both ingress and egress are free. Unlimited free egress | 1-12 TB / mo | |
| Egress | Free Egress is always free | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | Free on Atlas Cloud |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Atlas Cloud | Cloudways |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Iceland | USA |
| Locations | 1 | -- |
| Example customers | -- | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko |
| Website | www.atlascloud.is | www.cloudways.com |
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Our data for Atlas Cloud was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Cloudways on Oct. 2, 2026.