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
Vercel
- Superb developer experience, from git push to deployed globally in seconds
- First class support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- Great API to issue custom domains for SaaS projects
- Very active community and plenty of learning resources
Price comparison
How do Cloudways's prices compare against Vercel?
Example configuration |
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VM Small | $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | -- |
VM Medium | $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | -- |
VM Large | $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | -- |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $151.38 / mo 1440h compute, 50 GB storage, 10 GB read/mo 5 GB write/mo |
Managed Redis®* | Included depending on plan | $90.72 / mo 10 req/s @ $0.35 per 100k reqs |
Serverless 25M Executions | -- | $108.75 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration |
Free egress allowance | 1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan | 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $150.00 $0.15 / GB (Edge) |
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 Vercel offer:
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Block Storage | -- | |
Content Delivery Network (CDN) | ||
Managed Containers | -- | |
Managed MySQL | -- | |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
Managed Redis®* | ||
Object Storage | -- | |
Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
Serverless Functions | -- | |
Static Sites | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
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Website | www.cloudways.com | vercel.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2012 | 2015 |
Data Center Locations | -- | 18 |
Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post |
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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 |
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Website | vercel.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2015 |
Data Center Locations | 18 |
Example Customers | Box, Runway, Sonos, eBay, The Washington Post |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on May 5, 2025, and for Vercel on May 6, 2025.