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
UpCloud
- Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
- Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
- Offers a 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
How do Cloudways's prices compare against UpCloud?
| Example configuration |
Cloudways
|
UpCloud
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|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $3.36 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $58.31 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Large | $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $179.42 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
| Block Storage | -- | $24.67 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | -- | $22.43 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | -- | $11.21 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $67.28 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | Included depending on plan | $56.07 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM |
| Free egress allowance | 1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan | -- |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth |
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
Company details
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Cloudways
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UpCloud
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|---|---|---|
| Website | www.cloudways.com | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2012 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | -- | 13 |
| Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Cloudways
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|
|---|---|
| Website | www.cloudways.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | -- |
| Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko |
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 13 |
| Example Customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on May 5, 2025, and for UpCloud on Jan. 10, 2025.