Cloudways
vs
Hexabyte
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
- Affordable VPS instances with customizable specs
- S3-compatible object storage with no egress or API fees
- Offers dedicated servers
- EU-based with GDPR-friendly data storage
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Hexabyte | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $4.39 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | 60% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Medium VM | $88.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $11.08 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe | 87% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $20.01 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe | 87% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $6.81 /mo 1 TB (no egress or API fees) | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | 20 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $1.14 /TB per TB | 94% cheaper on Hexabyte |
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
Hexabyte offers 1 GPU model. We track no GPU listings from Cloudways. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudways | Hexabyte | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hexabyte only |
Hexabyte bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Cloudways | Hexabyte |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | Sweden |
| Locations | -- | 1 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Molnett, Region Västerbotten, Umeå Kommunföretag, Enduce |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | hexabyte.se |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Hexabyte on Sept. 18, 2026.