Cloudways
vs
Exoscale
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
- Flat-priced Node.js hosting with PostgreSQL on every plan
- Locations in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Croatia
- 1 TiB of monthly egress included per instance
- Managed databases from PostgreSQL to Kafka and ClickHouse
- Nvidia GPUs from RTX 3080 Ti to RTX PRO 6000
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Exoscale | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $14.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | 25% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Medium VM | $99.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | 32% cheaper on Exoscale |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | 11% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | Identical |
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
Exoscale offers 7 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Cloudways.
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 | Exoscale |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | USA | Switzerland |
| Locations | -- | 8 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | -- |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | www.exoscale.com |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Exoscale on Oct. 21, 2026.