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
- Flat-priced Node.js hosting with PostgreSQL on every plan
- 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 | $14.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $4.35 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | 69% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Medium VM | $99.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $10.96 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe | 89% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $19.79 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe | 87% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $6.74 /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) | $1.12 /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 don't currently list GPU prices for Cloudways.
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 Oct. 2, 2026, and for Hexabyte on Sept. 18, 2026.