Cloudways
vs
EmpirioLabs AI
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
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | EmpirioLabs AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $88.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | -- Not listed | |
| 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
EmpirioLabs AI offers 19 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Cloudways. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudways | EmpirioLabs AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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-- | $2.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | EmpirioLabs AI only |
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-- | $19.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | EmpirioLabs AI only |
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-- | $10.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | EmpirioLabs AI only |
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-- | $2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | EmpirioLabs AI only |
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-- | $6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | EmpirioLabs AI only |
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-- | $1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | EmpirioLabs AI only |
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-- | $1.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | EmpirioLabs AI only |
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-- | $0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | EmpirioLabs AI only |
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-- | $0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | EmpirioLabs AI only |
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-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | EmpirioLabs AI only |
EmpirioLabs AI bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Cloudways | EmpirioLabs AI |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed MySQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
| Fact | Cloudways | EmpirioLabs AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 6 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | -- |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | empiriolabs.ai |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for EmpirioLabs AI on Sept. 29, 2026.