Cloudways
vs
Zeabur
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
- Easy to use dashboard
- Automated SSL, deployments, and PR previews
- Framework detection, no need to write Dockerfiles
- Pre-built templates for databases, caches and more including automated backups
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cloudways | Zeabur | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $10.80 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | Within 5% |
| Medium VM | $88.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (team plan) | Within 5% |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $172.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (custom/enterprise plan) | 14% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | 10-100 GB, depends on plan | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $100.00 /TB $0.1 / GB | 80% cheaper on Cloudways |
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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Cloudways | Zeabur |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | Singapore |
| Locations | -- | 5 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | ChatHub, Bytebase, PodWise, Kanaries Data, Matter Labo |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | zeabur.com |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Zeabur on Sept. 18, 2026.