Cloudways vs Sevalla

Cloudways focuses on managed hosting for specific applications (WordPress, PHP) on IaaS, while Sevalla offers a fully managed PaaS platform for deploying containers, databases, and static sites.

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

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

Sevalla

Supports auto-deploy on git push, Docker image deployments, autoscaling, background workers, hibernation and more
Fully managed platform: containers, databases, caches, and static sites
Available in 25 locations and 260+ PoP (partnership with GCP and Cloudflare)
No seat based pricing, only usage based

Price comparison

How do Cloudways's prices compare against Sevalla?

Example configuration	Cloudways	Sevalla
VM Small	$11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB)	$18.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM (CPU optimized C1)
VM Medium	$88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB)	$160.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8GB RAM (Standard S4)
VM Large	$149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB)	$320.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16GB RAM (Standard S5)
Block Storage	--	$30.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	--	$20.00 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	--	Included with apps
Managed PostgreSQL	--	$145.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 8GB RAM (Database 4)
Managed Redis®*	Included depending on plan	$34.00 / mo 2GB RAM (Database 2)
Free egress allowance	1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan	100 GB (static sites)
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider)	$100.00 $0.1 / 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 Sevalla offer:

Service	Cloudways	Sevalla
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Managed Containers
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL	--
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage	--
Serverless Cron Jobs	--
Static Sites	--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)		--

Company details

	Cloudways	Sevalla
Website	www.cloudways.com	sevalla.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2012	2024
Data Center Locations	--	25
Example Customers	Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko	Smart11, Imaginary Space, Talentblocks, ClearEstate

	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

	Sevalla
Website	sevalla.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2024
Data Center Locations	25
Example Customers	Smart11, Imaginary Space, Talentblocks, ClearEstate