Cloudways
vs
Nebius
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
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $14.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 61% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Medium VM | $99.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 28% cheaper on Nebius |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | Within 5% |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage |
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
Nebius offers 8 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Cloudways.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
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 | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | nebius.com |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Nebius on Oct. 19, 2026.