Cloudways
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 55% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $88.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 55% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 7% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 50% cheaper on Vultr |
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
Vultr offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Cloudways. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudways | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
GH200
1 config
|
-- | $1.99 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Vultr only |
|
A16
3 configs
|
-- | $0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Vultr only |
Vultr bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cloudways | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 33 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.