Cloudways
vs
Daytona
What's good about each
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
- Runs AI-generated and untrusted code in isolated sandboxes
- Sandboxes run as containers, or Linux, macOS or Windows VMs
- Pay as you go, billed per second
- Up to 8 AMD or NVIDIA GPUs per sandbox
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Daytona | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $47.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB disk | 77% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Medium VM | $88.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $238.85 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disk | 63% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.78 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 5 GB free | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | -- Not listed |
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.
GPUs
Daytona offers 7 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Cloudways. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudways | Daytona | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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-- | $2.27 /GPU/hr Spot | Daytona only |
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-- | $3.59 /GPU/hr Spot | Daytona only |
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-- | $1.74 /GPU/hr Spot | Daytona only |
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-- | $2.61 /GPU/hr Spot | Daytona only |
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-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | Daytona only |
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-- | $0.57 /GPU/hr Spot | Daytona only |
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-- | $3.44 /GPU/hr Spot | Daytona only |
Daytona bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
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 | Cloudways | Daytona |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | -- |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Meta, Cohere, n8n, SambaNova, WRITER, Turing |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | www.daytona.io |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Daytona on Sept. 18, 2026.