What we like
- Managed cloud servers billed monthly or hourly
- Choose your cloud provider and region
- No long-term contract
Watch out for
- No email included
- More technical than shared hosting
The real price of Cloudways
Cloudways’s cheapest plan, DigitalOcean 2 GB, is advertised at $11 a month, billed monthly. There’s no promotional jump: you renew at the same price. Over three years you’d pay about $396 in total.
Money-back: 3-day free trial, no card required. Free domain: no. Backups: Automated (configurable). Email: Add-on.
Cloudways plans and prices
| Plan | Type | Intro | Term | Renews at | 3-yr cost | Sites | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean 2 GB1 vCPU · 2 TB bandwidth · pay-as-you-go | Cloud hosting | $11/mo | monthly | $11/mo | $396 | Unlimited | 50 GB |
| Pay monthly or hourly; promo of 30% off for 3 months seen on Oct 8, 2026. | |||||||
Cloudways price history
No price changes logged since our baseline check on Oct 8, 2026.
Last checked Oct 8, 2026. We re-check every host monthly. See all hosting price changes.
Key facts
| Company | Malta · founded 2011 · owned by DigitalOcean |
|---|---|
| Hosting types | Cloud hosting, Managed WordPress |
| Control panel | Cloudways platform |
| Data centers | DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS and Google Cloud locations |
| Money-back | 3-day free trial, no card required |
| Free domain | No |
| Free SSL | Yes |
| Free migration | 1 free migration |
| Add-on | |
| Backups | Automated (configurable) |
Verdict
Cloudways manages cloud servers from DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS and Google Cloud, billed monthly with no contract. A 2 GB DigitalOcean server is $11 a month. Best for: growing sites that want cloud performance without managing a server.
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Beginners and small sites that want the lowest upfront cost and an easy panel.
- 30-day money-back
- Free domain
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Web Hosting Launch plan
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- 30-day money-back
- Free domain
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Basic 512 MiB plan
Developers who want a clean, cheap Linux server.
- Billed hourly: stop paying any time
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Essential plan
Budget buyers who want the smallest renewal jump.
- 30-day money-back
- Free domain
- Backups: Daily (files and databases)
Sources · checked Oct 8, 2026
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