Cleura
vs
Cloudways
What's good about each
- All infrastructure located in EU (Sweden and Germany) for full data sovereignty
- OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
- Transparent pricing with per-second billing
- €50 free trial credit for new users
- Strong focus on compliance and regulated industries
- 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
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cleura | Cloudways | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.05 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Public) | $11.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | 27% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Medium VM | $87.58 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Public) | $88.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | Within 5% |
| Large VM | $175.16 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Public) | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | 15% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Block storage | $11.30 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $33.11 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | Included depending on plan | |
| Load balancer | $38.91 /mo Octavia LBaaS | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1-12 TB / mo | |
| Egress | $32.48 /TB €0.02875 / GB | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | 38% cheaper on Cloudways |
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 | Cleura | Cloudways |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 6 | -- |
| Example customers | Miljödata, Clavister, Spintr, Boost.ai | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko |
| Website | cleura.com | www.cloudways.com |
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Our data for Cleura was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Cloudways on Sept. 18, 2026.