What's good about...

Cloudways logo 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

Cloudways logo Oracle Cloud

  • Great price-performance ratio
  • Wide range of server configurations and managed services
  • Comprehensive hybrid and multi-cloud solutions
  • 10 TB of free egress per month

Price comparison

How do Cloudways's prices compare against Oracle Cloud?

Example configuration Cloudways Oracle Cloud
VM Small $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) $10.42 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)
VM Medium $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) $27.53 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)
VM Large $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) $92.26 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex)
Block Storage -- $4.25 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage -- $25.57 / mo
Load Balancer -- $7.86 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL -- $70.56 / mo 4 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.Flex.E4)
Managed Redis®* Included depending on plan $27.94 / mo 2 GB RAM
Free egress allowance 1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan 10 TB / mo
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) $8.50 $0.0085 / GB

Oracle Cloud GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
BM.GPU.MI300X.8 8x MI300X 1536GB 56 2000GB $6.00 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 Oracle Cloud offer:

Service Cloudways Oracle Cloud
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry --
GPU-powered Servers --
Load Balancer --
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage --
Serverless Cron Jobs --
Serverless Functions --
Static Sites --
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

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
Oracle Cloud
Website www.oracle.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2016
Data Center Locations 39
Example Customers Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia

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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on May 5, 2025, and for Oracle Cloud on Sept. 30, 2024.