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
Netlify
- Specialized in Jamstack architectures: JS, APIs and Markup
- Extensive functionality such as forms, edge functions and analytics
- Generous free plan with 500 sites and 100 GB egress
Price comparison
How do Cloudways's prices compare against Netlify?
| Example configuration |
Cloudways
|
Netlify
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 | -- |
| Serverless 25M Executions | -- | $950.00 / mo 25M invocations (level 2 tier) |
| Free egress allowance | 1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan | 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $550.00 Billed $55 / 100 GB |
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 Netlify offer:
| Service |
Cloudways
|
Netlify
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | ||
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | -- | |
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Serverless Functions | -- | |
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Cloudways
|
Netlify
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | www.cloudways.com | netlify.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 16 |
| Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Twilio, Mattel, Google, Riot Games, Mailchimp |
|
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 |
|
Netlify
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | netlify.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | 16 |
| Example Customers | Twilio, Mattel, Google, Riot Games, Mailchimp |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on May 5, 2025, and for Netlify on Sept. 28, 2024.