What's good about...

Cloudways logo 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

Cloudways logo Exoscale

  • Wide range of managed services at competitive prices
  • Offers GPUs such as the Nvidia A40, P100, and V100
  • Based in Switzerland, may ease compliance requirements

Price comparison

How do Cloudways's prices compare against Exoscale?

Example configuration Cloudways Exoscale
VM Small $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) $10.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny)
VM Medium $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) $67.20 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large)
VM Large $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL)
Block Storage -- $10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage -- $19.80 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer -- $25.00 / mo Network Load Balancer
Managed PostgreSQL -- $98.49 / mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4)
Managed Redis®* Included depending on plan $42.44 / mo 2 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2)
Free egress allowance 1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan 1 TB / mo per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) $20.00 $0.02 / GB

Exoscale GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
3080ti Small 1x 3080ti 12GB 12 56GB $1.04 Source
P100 Small 1x P100 16GB 12 56GB $1.17 Source
V100 Small 1x V100 16GB 12 56GB $1.38 Source
A5000 Small 1x A5000 24GB 12 56GB $1.52 Source
P100 Medium 2x P100 32GB 16 90GB $1.71 Source
3080ti Medium 2x 3080ti 24GB 24 112GB $1.93 Source
V100 Medium 2x V100 32GB 16 90GB $2.01 Source
A40 Small 1x A40 48GB 12 56GB $2.14 Source
P100 Large 3x P100 48GB 24 120GB $2.25 Source
V100 Large 3x V100 48GB 24 120GB $2.65 Source
A5000 Medium 2x A5000 48GB 24 112GB $2.81 Source
P100 Huge 4x P100 64GB 48 225GB $2.82 Source
V100 Huge 4x V100 64GB 48 225GB $3.32 Source
3080ti Large 4x 3080ti 48GB 48 224GB $3.56 Source
A40 Medium 2x A40 96GB 24 120GB $4.27 Source
A5000 Large 4x A5000 96GB 48 224GB $5.16 Source
A40 Large 4x A40 192GB 48 224GB $8.54 Source
A40 Huge 8x A40 384GB 96 448GB $17.06 Source

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 Cloudways and Exoscale offer:

Service Cloudways Exoscale
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
GPU-powered Servers --
Load Balancer --
Managed Containers --
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage --
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

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
Exoscale
Website www.exoscale.com
Headquarters Switzerland 🇨🇭
Founded 2011
Data Center Locations 7
Example Customers --

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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on May 5, 2025, and for Exoscale on Nov. 18, 2024.