Cloudways Flexible
Customizable managed hosting for WordPress, Magento, Laravel & PHP apps. Full control over server resources and cloud choice.
Managed DigitalOcean Cloud Hosting That Scales with You
Experience the power of DigitalOcean Droplets with the ease of Cloudways’ fully managed hosting, offering fast, secure, and scalable deployments with no server management. Perfect for teams building and growing apps without the operational overhead.
*3-day free trial, no credit card needed
Trusted by 100,000+ businesses and counting.
Thousands Rely on Cloudways to Power their WordPress Sites
Fully Optimized Stacks
Cloudways’ caching stack, featuring Memcached, pre-installed Nginx, Apache, Varnish, and Redis, ensures your sites are up at all times.
Managed Yet Under Your Control
Host unlimited websites, handle surging traffic, and scale effortlessly while maintaining complete control and ownership of your cloud infrastructure.
24/7/365 Expert Support
Despite the Platform’s simplicity, should you ever need support, our experts have your back, providing prompt assistance whenever required.
Simple, 1-Click Platform for a Hassle-Free Hosting Experience.
Cloudways makes it incredibly easy to host and manage your WordPress website because every function is a few clicks away, so your focus is always on your business!
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Rated leader in Managed Hosting on G2
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Industry-leading NPS that tells Customer Satisfaction
500K+
Trusted by global businesses & counting
Cloudways’ caching stack, featuring Memcached, pre-installed
Nginx, Apache, Varnish, and Redis ensures your sites are up at
all times. “Cloudways’ commitment to stack’s performance optimization
has been instrumental in boosting our website’s speed and
loading times by a remarkable 80%.” Patrick Abedin , Managing director of hellenic technologies Host unlimited websites, handle surging traffic, and scale
effortlessly while maintaining complete control and ownership
of your cloud infrastructure. “Cloudways provides exceptional visibility into resource
allocation across servers for various projects, enabling my
team to optimize resource utilization and ensure seamless
project execution.” Robbie Kohli , CEO of Deep Focus Despite the Platform’s simplicity, should you ever need
support, our experts have your back, providing prompt
assistance whenever required. “Best service we use with probably the best customer support
experience ever. They fix our website and are just so easy
to work with.” Emily Porter – Owner, Theoberports Simplify cloud hosting experience with 1-click workflows – no
lengthy processes. Effortlessly clone apps/servers, restore
backups, and scale servers to save valuable time. “Cloudways has been instrumental in migrating our 15
development sites to Cloudways in under 3 days – a task that
has previously been a 2 month ordeal filled with
complications at our previous hosting provider” Kelly Hodsdon , Founder & CEO of 123 Enterprises 
Optimized Stack
Managed Yet Under Your Control
24/7/365 Expert Support
1-Click Workflows
Your Favorite Cloud, Now with Effortless Scaling
Choose a plan, launch in minutes, and enjoy the flexibility to scale as your business grows—no DevOps required.
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Lightning Stack - Now Available
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Cloudways Autonomous
Fully managed hosting for WordPress for dynamic high traffic eCom and LMS sites — built to autoscale for thousands of concurrent users.
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Fastest growing & affordable cloud provider with high-performance SSD standard and NVMe storage premium servers across 9 locations. Select the perfect fit from their Basic, General Purpose, and CPU Optimized server lineup.
DigitalOcean
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Across 30 locations, Vultr provides standard servers featuring SSD storage and high frequency servers with NVMe storage powered by the fastest architecture available in the Vultr product lineup.
Vultr
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Popular cloud emphasizing consistent performance across 25 datacenters. Choose Linode if you wish top quality performance at a pocket—friendly budget.
Linode
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Flexible Amazon cloud compute (EC2) with configurable storage/bandwidth across 28 datacenters. AWS supports dynamic vertical scaling with options to both upgrade and downgrade server resources. Select the perfect fit from their Standard and Compute Optimized server lineup.
AWS
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Google Compute Engine (GCE) is an extremely powerful cloud hosting infrastructure with the efficient performance that comes with Google's brand name. With 28 datacenters, GCE supports dynamic vertical scaling with options to both upgrade and downgrade server resources. Select the perfect fit from their Standard, Compute Optimized and High Compute server lineup.
GoogleCloud
Micro
Suitable for personal websites and simple blogs.
You pay $0.0357 hourly
- 2GB RAM
- 1 vCPU
- 50GB Storage
- 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
Promotional offer valid for 6 months from now. Available for paid plans only.
- Lightning Stack
Supercharge your website performance with the new NGINX-based Lightning Stack. Enjoy faster page loads, optimized request handling, and enhanced caching — delivering blazing-fast speed and seamless scalability for all your applications.
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
Small
Suitable for growing businesses & moderate traffic.
You pay $0.0357 hourly
- 2GB RAM
- 1 vCPU
- 50GB Storage
- 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
Promotional offer valid for 6 months from now. Available for paid plans only.
- Lightning Stack
Supercharge your website performance with the new NGINX-based Lightning Stack. Enjoy faster page loads, optimized request handling, and enhanced caching — delivering blazing-fast speed and seamless scalability for all your applications.
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
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Medium
Supports more demanding websites with higher traffic.
You pay $0.1310 hourly
- 8GB RAM
- 4 vCPU
- 160GB Storage
- 5TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
Promotional offer valid for 6 months from now. Available for paid plans only.
- Lightning Stack
Supercharge your website performance with the new NGINX-based Lightning Stack. Enjoy faster page loads, optimized request handling, and enhanced caching — delivering blazing-fast speed and seamless scalability for all your applications.
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
8XL
Ideal for e-com stores and resource-intensive applications.
You pay $1.0848 hourly
- 128GB RAM
- 24 vCPU
- 2560GB Storage
- 11TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
Promotional offer valid for 6 months from now. Available for paid plans only.
- Lightning Stack
Supercharge your website performance with the new NGINX-based Lightning Stack. Enjoy faster page loads, optimized request handling, and enhanced caching — delivering blazing-fast speed and seamless scalability for all your applications.
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
8XL
Ideal for e-com stores and resource-intensive applications.
You pay $1.0848 hourly
- 128GB RAM
- 24 vCPU
- 2560GB Storage
- 11TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
Promotional offer valid for 6 months from now. Available for paid plans only.
- Lightning Stack
Promotional offer valid for 6 months from now. Available for paid plans only.
Supercharge your website performance with the new NGINX-based Lightning Stack. Enjoy faster page loads, optimized request handling, and enhanced caching — delivering blazing-fast speed and seamless scalability for all your applications.
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
$0.033/GB per server will be applied for offsite backup storage.
Free Trial
Suitable for personal websites and simple blogs.
- 1 WordPress Application
- 15GB Disk Space
- 30k Unique Visits
- 100GB Bandwidth
Small
Suitable for growing businesses & moderate traffic.
- 1 WordPress Applications
- 15GB Disk Space
- 30k Unique Visits
- 100GB Bandwidth
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Medium
Supports more demanding websites with higher traffic.
- 3 WordPress Applications
- 25GB Disk Space
- 70k Unique Visits
- 200GB Bandwidth
Large
Supports high-traffic websites and complex applications.
- 3 WordPress Applications
- 15GB Disk Space
- 30k Unique Visits
- 100GB Bandwidth
$100
$0For 3 Days
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 01
Bandwidth: 150 GB
Disk space: 20 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling
Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
Redis Caching
Object Cache Pro + Relay
Free Managed Migration
$100
$100/Month
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 01
Bandwidth: 150 GB
Disk space: 20 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling
Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
Redis Caching
Object Cache Pro + Relay
Free Managed Migration
Additional Charges
- Disk Space: $1/GB
- Bandwidth: $0.04/GB
- Autoscaling: $0.07/hr/server beyond baseline
Most Popular
$100
$200/Month
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 02
Bandwidth: 250 GB
Disk space: 50 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling
Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
Redis Caching
Object Cache Pro + Relay
Free Managed Migration
Additional Charges
- Disk Space: $1/GB
- Bandwidth: $0.04/GB
- Autoscaling: $0.10/hr/server beyond baseline
$100
$400/Month
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 03
Bandwidth: 1000 GB
Disk space: 100 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling
Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
Redis Caching
Object Cache Pro + Relay
Free Managed Migration
Additional Charges
- Disk Space: $1/GB
- Bandwidth: $0.04/GB
- Autoscaling: $0.12/hr/server beyond baseline
Custom
Optimized resources for your traffic and usage patterns.
Custom resource allocation and baseline capacity.
Expert consultation to match plan to requirements.
Cloudways + DigitalOcean: A Winning Hosting Combination
Compared to other hosting solutions, Cloudways gives you the best price-to-performance/features ratio.
| Managed DigitalOcean Hosting Cloud Features | ||||
| 24/7/365 Chat & Ticket Support | Free | Paid | ||
| Optimized Stack | ||||
| Control Panel | ||||
| Dedicated Firewalls | ||||
| Free SSL Certificates | ||||
| Managed Backups | ||||
| Server & App Monitoring (15+ Metrics) | ||||
| Availability of Multiple Cloud Providers | ||||
| All PHP Apps Supported | ||||
| 1-Click Server Cloning | ||||
| Unlimited Staging Areas | ||||
| Managed Website Migration | ||||
| Built-in Advanced Cache | ||||
| Easy DNS Management | ||||
| Managed CDN | ||||
| SSD-Based Servers | ||||
| DO Droplets | ||||
| .NET, Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js | ||||
| PostgreSQL/MongoDB | ||||
| Headless WordPress | ||||
| 1-Click App Install | ||||
| 1-Click Advanced Server Management | ||||
| Kubernetes | ||||
| Docker Applications | ||||
| NodeJs | ||||
| Disk Space | 25 GB to 4800 GB | 20 GB to 3840 GB | ||
| Bandwidth | 1 GB to 12 TB | 1 GB to 12 TB | ||
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24×7 Support
Get expert help anytime with Cloudways’ 24×7 support. Our specialists ensure your DigitalOcean cloud hosting runs smoothly around the clock, offering fast issue resolution & proactive assistance to keep your websites performing perfectly.
Unlimited Apps
Deploy and manage unlimited applications easily on your DigitalOcean cloud hosting with Cloudways. Enjoy seamless scalability, flexible resources, and cost-efficient growth without limits, complex setups, or performance trade-offs.
New
Staging Environment
Safely test and deploy updates using Cloudways’ 1-click staging environment for DigitalOcean cloud hosting. Preview, modify, and publish changes confidently without downtime, ensuring your live website remains stable and uninterrupted.
Object Cache Pro
Accelerate your WordPress sites on DigitalOcean cloud hosting with Cloudways’ built-in Object Cache Pro. Improve page speed, manage higher traffic efficiently, and deliver faster, smoother, and more reliable performance to every visitor.
Free SSL
Secure your websites on DigitalOcean cloud hosting with Cloudways’ free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates. Activate in one click and enjoy automatic renewals, ensuring continuous encryption, data privacy, and complete visitor confidence.
Dedicated Firewall
Protect your DigitalOcean cloud hosting environment with Cloudways’ dedicated firewall. Benefit from real-time monitoring, OS patching, proactive threat detection, and continuous protection to keep your applications and data completely secure.
Automated Backups
Keep your DigitalOcean cloud hosting data secure with Cloudways’ automated backups. Schedule hourly or weekly backups, restore instantly when needed, verify retention, and protect your business from errors, outages, or unexpected data loss.
Cloudflare CDN
Boost your DigitalOcean cloud hosting speed with Cloudways’ integrated Cloudflare CDN. Deliver content faster across the globe, minimize latency, strengthen website security, and ensure superior performance for every user experience.
Unlimited Apps
Start and stop tracking with 1-click. Apps for desktop, mobile, and web browser.
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Improved site speed by 40% and increased course bookings across AU.
Mo Soltany
Business Development Manager
Cut hosting cost 80% while serving 17M+ users across 160+ countries.
Bryan Feinberg
Founder and CEO
Saw 600% growth, and our homepage achieved a perfect 100% score.
Managed over $1M in sales and a 200% traffic spike seamlessly.
Doubled site speed, 20% traffic growth & 50% faster load times.
Great Opomu
Chief WordPress Officer
Scaled to 140+ client sites & hit $1M ARR as performance soared.
Andrew Jackson
Founder & CEO
Streamlined operations for 60+ businesses with reliable performance.
Michelle Coe
President and Senior Creative Director
Saved 25–30% on hosting costs with 40% faster server response time.
Roberto M. Filho
Founder and CEO
30% faster, 280+ sites scaled, $10M+ revenue growth, this year.
Achieved 99 PageSpeed score, zero downtime and scalable growth.
Reduced server costs by 50% and homepage load time dropped to 1.2s.
Florence Luo
Owner and CEO
Grew monthly readership 3x from 3M to 9M after moving to Cloudways.
Improved store speed by 30%, which led to a 22% increase in conversions.
Yogita Khasturi
Co-Founder
Managed over $1M in sales and a 200% traffic spike seamlessly.
Posted 2.6M views and earned $600K in commissions so rewarding.
Handled 20x traffic spikes on 18-year-old site with 5,484 articles.
Resulted in a perfect 100% PageSpeed score and 600K page views.
Michael Donovan
Co-founder
Boosted monthly pageviews to 200K, leading to a 6-figure valuation.
Daniel Shuttleworth
Founder
Experienced a 3x increase in traffic and revenue, with 100% speed.
Effortless Migration. Handled by Our Engineers.
Let us migrate your first website to Cloudways for FREE from any web host (without breaking your site).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is DigitalOcean hosting via Cloudways suitable for small medium size businesses budgets and growth?
Absolutely. With entry pricing at $11/month for DigitalOcean via Cloudways and a managed service layer added, it's a great fit for SMBs seeking strong performance, ease of use, and bottom line predictability while also allowing room to grow.
How does Cloudways’ support compare to DigitalOcean’s?
Cloudways offers free 24/7 support for its Advanced and Premium support via its Slack channel.. Learn more here.
Can I choose my preferred infrastructure with Cloudways?
Yes, Cloudways provides the choice of infrastructure from multiple cloud providers, including DigitalOcean, AWS and Google Cloud. You can select the infrastructure that best suits your project requirements.
Can Cloudways manage my existing droplets from DigitalOcean?
No, Cloudways provides its own managed hosting environment and does not manage existing DigitalOcean droplets.
Do I need to create a new account on Cloudways?
You can log in to Cloudways with your DigitalOcean credentials, then a new Cloudways account will be created automatically.
What compatibility issues should I be aware of?
Cloudways provides support for platforms such as WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, and PHP-based frameworks, along with databases using MySQL. However, Cloudways does not currently support applications based on .NET, Java, Python, or Ruby.
What versions of WordPress are available on the server?
Cloudways' hosting for WordPress supports all the latest versions on the platform. Currently, we offer WP 6.1.1. Please note that headless WordPress is not supported.
Is Cloudways a separate entity from DigitalOcean?
Yes, Cloudways is an independently managed cloud hosting platform. Cloudways is a subsidiary of DigitalOcean, but the services of the companies are separate. You can launch a managed DigitalOcean server on Cloudways, or create an unmanaged Droplet on DigitalOcean.
If I have a website running on a DigitalOcean server, will Cloudways migrate it for me?
Yes, we offer one free migration within every account. For additional migrations, we offer the Migration addon that simplifies the entire migration process. Through our managed migration service, our experts make sure that your application is moved to its new DigitalOcean VPS server without any problems.
Can i install cPanel on my DigitalOcean server?
No, with Cloudways you don't really need a cPanel as Cloudways platform offers its own frontend that simplifies server management tasks. To manage files, you can easily access your web application through SFTP or SSH ( through third-party clients such as Filezilla, PuTTY, etc.).
Can I launch multiple DigitalOcean cloud servers?
Your Cloudways account could be used to launch as many DigitalOcean servers as you require.
Can I scale my DigitalOcean server?
Yes, you can. Just go to the Vertical Scaling tab in the Server Management menu.
Do I have to pay separately for managed DigitalOcean hosting?
The pricing includes the costs of managed DigitalOcean hosting. You will not receive a separate invoice from DigitalOcean.