Cloudways
vs
Firebase
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
- Free Spark plan with no payment method needed
- Realtime sync in Firestore and Realtime Database
- SDKs for iOS, Android, web, Flutter and Unity
- Crashlytics, Analytics and Cloud Messaging at no cost
- Runs on Google Cloud in 40+ locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Firebase | 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 | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $39.24 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress, 1M download + 100k upload operations | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration · $0.40 / 1M invocations + Cloud Run CPU and memory rates | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | 360 MB/day on Hosting (~10 GB/mo) | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Hosting) | 87% cheaper on Cloudways |
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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cloudways | Firebase |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Some Firebase services only |
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 | Firebase |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 42 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | The New York Times, Duolingo, Venmo, Trivago, Ctrip, Gameloft |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | firebase.google.com |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Firebase on Sept. 18, 2026.