Cloudways vs FluidStack

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

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

FluidStack

Deploy GPU workloads without having to manage infrastructure
Affordable prices, wide range of GPU options
Clusters can be reserved to lock-in savings
24/7 support with a 15-minute response time

Price comparison

How do Cloudways's prices compare against FluidStack?

Example configuration	Cloudways	FluidStack
VM Small	$11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB)	--
VM Medium	$88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB)	--
VM Large	$149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB)	--
Managed Redis®*	Included depending on plan	--
Free egress allowance	1-12 TB / mo	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider)	--

FluidStack GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Nvidia L40S	1x L40S	48GB	24	64GB	$1.30	Source
Nvidia A100 80GB PCIe	1x A100	80GB	32	128GB	$1.80	Source
Nvidia H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	48	256GB	$2.89	Source
Nvidia H100 SXM	1x H100	80GB	48	256GB	$3.19	Source
H200	1x H200	141GB	48	256GB	On Request	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 FluidStack offer:

Service	Cloudways	FluidStack
Block Storage		--
Content Delivery Network (CDN)		--
GPU-powered Servers	--
Managed Containers		--
Managed MySQL		--
Managed Redis®*		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)		--

Company details

	Cloudways	FluidStack
Website	www.cloudways.com	www.fluidstack.io
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded	2012	2017
Data Center Locations	--	4
Example Customers	Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko	Character.ai, Playground, Samsung Research, Krisp, Codeway

	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

	FluidStack
Website	www.fluidstack.io
Headquarters	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded	2017
Data Center Locations	4
Example Customers	Character.ai, Playground, Samsung Research, Krisp, Codeway