Cloudways
vs
Fluidstack
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
- Managed Slurm and Kubernetes clusters on bare metal
- Active and passive cluster health checks with observability
- ClusterMAX Gold rating from SemiAnalysis
- Custom data centers built for a single customer's workload
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Fluidstack | 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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Cloudways | Fluidstack |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Managed MySQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
| Fact | Cloudways | Fluidstack |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 4 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | -- |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | www.fluidstack.io |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Fluidstack on Sept. 18, 2026.