Cloudflare vs Cloudways

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Cloudflare

Consolidates many edge services under one platform: DNS, Load Balancing, caching, image optimization, serverless functions
Massive edge network that can handle large DDoS attacks
Very generous free tier, affordable paid plans

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 Cloudflare's prices compare against Cloudways?

Example configuration	Cloudflare	Cloudways
VM Small	--	$11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB)
VM Medium	--	$88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB)
VM Large	--	$149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB)
Object Storage	$19.86 / mo 1 TB	--
Managed Redis®*	--	Included depending on plan
Serverless 25M Executions	$82.50 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms duration	--
Free egress allowance	--	1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	Free for most services	$20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider)

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Cloudflare and Cloudways offer:

Service	Cloudflare	Cloudways
Block Storage	--
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Load Balancer		--
Managed Containers	--
Managed MySQL	--
Managed Redis®*	--
Object Storage		--
Serverless Cron Jobs		--
Serverless Functions		--
Static Sites		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)	--

Company details

	Cloudflare	Cloudways
Website	cloudflare.com	www.cloudways.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2009	2012
Data Center Locations	285	--
Example Customers	Polestar, Carrefour, DHL, Hemnet, Shopify	Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko

	Cloudflare
Website	cloudflare.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2009
Data Center Locations	285
Example Customers	Polestar, Carrefour, DHL, Hemnet, Shopify

	Cloudways
Website	www.cloudways.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2012
Data Center Locations	--
Example Customers	Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko