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AWS vs Cloudways

AWS is a hyperscaler with a wide range of services. Cloudways offers a simplified managed hosting experience using AWS as an optional underlying infrastructure provider, abstracting its complexity.

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What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

Cloudways logo Cloudways

  • Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
  • Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
  • Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Cloudways?

VM Small

Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Cloudways Cloudways
$11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB)

VM Medium

Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
Cloudways Cloudways
$88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB)

VM Large

Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
Cloudways Cloudways
$149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB)

Block Storage

Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
Cloudways Cloudways
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Object Storage

Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
Cloudways Cloudways
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Load Balancer

Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
Cloudways Cloudways
--

Managed PostgreSQL

Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
Cloudways Cloudways
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Managed Redis®*

Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
Cloudways Cloudways
Included depending on plan

Serverless 25M Executions

Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Cloudways Cloudways
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Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Cloudways Cloudways
1-12 TB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Cloudways Cloudways
$20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider)

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
Cloudways Cloudways
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Available Models

AWS offers 18 GPU models.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) RTX PRO 6000(6) L40S(24) B200(1) B300(1) V100(6) L4(30) T4(21)
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Cloudways Cloudways
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Heads up: Prices are estimates from published rates for common setups and vary by region and usage; verify with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and Cloudways offer:

Service AWS Cloudways
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
Cloudways Cloudways
www.cloudways.com
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
Cloudways Cloudways
United States of America
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Cloudways Cloudways
2012
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Cloudways Cloudways
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Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Cloudways Cloudways
Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko

Alternatives to consider

Compare AWS and Cloudways against other cloud providers.

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Our data for AWS was last updated on Aug. 26, 2026, and for Cloudways on Feb. 12, 2026.