Cloudways
vs
Oracle Cloud
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
- 10 TB of free egress each month
- Same compute and storage prices in every region
- Flexible shapes with CPU and memory sized separately
- Oracle Database inside AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Always Free tier with Arm VMs and databases
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $14.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $3.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex, 12.5% burstable) | 76% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $99.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $44.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 55% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $89.28 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 40% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $4.25 /mo 100 GB (Balanced) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $26.49 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $119.65 /mo 2 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.E5.Flex) | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM (OCI Cache, Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Free Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $31.57 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | 10 TB / mo | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB (North America, Europe) | 57% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
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
Oracle Cloud offers 15 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.
| Framework | Cloudways | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High, US Government Cloud |
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 | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 45 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | www.oracle.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Oct. 21, 2026.