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 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
VM Small $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) $3.40 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) $58.89 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General)
VM Large $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) $181.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU)
Block Storage -- $24.92 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage -- $22.65 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer -- $11.32 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL -- $67.95 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Managed Redis®* Included depending on plan $56.62 / 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

Here are some managed services that Cloudways and UpCloud offer:

Service Cloudways UpCloud
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
Load Balancer --
Managed Containers --
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage --
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
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.