Cloudways
vs
Salad
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
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $14.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $99.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | -- Not listed |
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
Salad offers 35 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 | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type I, platform only |
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 | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | -- |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | salad.com |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Salad on Oct. 23, 2026.