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What Makes Cloudways Stand Out?<\/h2>\n

With Cloudways, you can do away with the old and outdated hosting processes and enjoy the latest that technology has to offer. It’s hard to let go of creature comforts, but sometimes change can be good!<\/p>\n

For example: Worried that cloud hosting is the only option with Cloudways? If you are looking specifically for VPS or non-cloud dedicated hosting, there’s no wiggle room whatsoever, sure; but if you’re just looking for more power as you grow, simply look at what this company offers. Your choice of cloud architecture<\/a> and the assurance that you only pay for what you need is a pretty great deal, on top of seamless and almost instant scalability. Optimized packages for platforms like Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, and more<\/a> also offer an added layer of comfort and control.<\/p>\n

Another example: Is no cPanel or Plesk a deal breaker for you? We understand completely—which is why it’s listed as a con in this review. For a development-centric system and environment like Cloudways to not offer these industry standards is surprising, to say the least. However, we invite you to consider the the Click & Go Console<\/a> for a moment. With this custom-built interface, you don’t to need to contact a support rep to implement every little change to your server parameters. Or, if you’re not a veteran developer, let’s put it this way: You don’t need to be! Just let the console run, set the values, and you are good to go. This way, you can focus on your project or business itself, instead of worrying about the small details.<\/p>\n

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We’ll discuss Cloudways features in length later on in this review, but for now, know this: Cloudways offers total control over the servers, and employs several security protocols<\/a> to protect your data, so the risk of being infiltrated by hackers is very minimal. Plus, since you have the latest technology at your disposal, you can bet that you are always a step ahead.<\/p>\n

Plans and Pricing<\/h2>\n

Cloudways differs from many hosting providers by giving you fully managed and fully configurable dedicated server resources using your choice of cloud architecture. This means they can give you the full control of dedicated hosting, coupled with the speed and agility of cloud servers—all at an affordable price. In fact, Cloudways uses a <\/a>Pay-As-You-Go billing scheme that only charges you for the resources you need and consume. You can set both your cloud architecture provider and plan of choice during registration.<\/p>\n

Note that all of these plans come inclusive of hosting provider charges; meaning, for example, that you don’t need to create a separate DigitalOcean account or subscribe to a separate DigitalOcean plan in order to use a Cloudways plan effectively. Also: Pay-As-You-Go means that you’re actually charged hourly; so changing plans in the middle of the month is no problem as it will be immediately implemented, with the price difference reflected in your invoice and post-month billing.<\/p>\n

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Let’s take a look at the <\/a>cloud architecture choices—DigitalOcean, Linode, Vultr, Amazon, Google, and Kyup—and the tiered baseline plans offered with each.<\/p>\n

DigitalOcean<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Monthly Price:<\/th>\n$10<\/th>\n$22<\/th>\n$42<\/th>\n$80<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/td>\n1 GB<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n4 GB<\/td>\n8 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU\u00a0Cores<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/td>\n25 GB<\/td>\n50 GB<\/td>\n80 GB<\/td>\n160 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bandwidth<\/td>\n1 TB<\/td>\n2 TB<\/td>\n4 TB<\/td>\n5 TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Linode<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Monthly Price:<\/th>\n$12<\/th>\n$24<\/th>\n$50<\/th>\n$90<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/td>\n1 GB<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n4 GB<\/td>\n8 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU\u00a0Cores<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/td>\n20 GB<\/td>\n30 GB<\/td>\n48 GB<\/td>\n96 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bandwidth<\/td>\n1 TB<\/td>\n2 TB<\/td>\n3 TB<\/td>\n4 TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Vultr<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Monthly Price:<\/th>\n$11<\/th>\n$23<\/th>\n$44<\/th>\n$84<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/td>\n1 GB<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n4 GB<\/td>\n8 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU\u00a0Cores<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/td>\n25 GB<\/td>\n40 GB<\/td>\n60 GB<\/td>\n100 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bandwidth<\/td>\n1 TB<\/td>\n2 TB<\/td>\n3 TB<\/td>\n4 TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Amazon (AWS)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Monthly Price:<\/th>\n$85.17<\/th>\n$34.91<\/th>\n$174.66<\/th>\n$272.73<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/td>\n3.75 GB<\/td>\n1.75 GB<\/td>\n8 GB<\/td>\n16 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU\u00a0Cores<\/td>\n1 vCPU<\/td>\n1 vCPU<\/td>\n2 vCPU<\/td>\n4 vCPU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/td>\n4 GB<\/td>\n4 GB<\/td>\n4 GB<\/td>\n4 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bandwidth<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Google Cloud Platform<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Monthly Price:<\/th>\n$73.62<\/th>\n$33.30<\/th>\n$138.64<\/th>\n$226.05<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/td>\n3.75 GB<\/td>\n1.70 GB<\/td>\n7.5 GB<\/td>\n15 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU\u00a0Cores<\/td>\n1 vCPU<\/td>\n1 vCPU<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/td>\n20 GB<\/td>\n20 GB<\/td>\n20 GB<\/td>\n20 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bandwidth<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Kyup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Monthly Price:<\/th>\n$75.61<\/th>\n$21.16<\/th>\n$129.34<\/th>\n$260.85<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/td>\n2 GB<\/td>\n1 GB<\/td>\n4 GB<\/td>\n8 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU\u00a0Cores<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/td>\n40 GB<\/td>\n20 GB<\/td>\n60 GB<\/td>\n80 GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bandwidth<\/td>\n2 TB<\/td>\n2 TB<\/td>\n2 TB<\/td>\n2 TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

These plans are foundations, which you can then modify with more precise feature specifications through Cloudways’ Pay-As-You-Go system. The advantage in having a selection of providers is the wide range of server locations and mix of specifications at your disposal; you need only to invest a bit of time in studying the many choices get the optimal plan for your needs.<\/p>\n

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Features and Guarantees<\/h2>\n

The choice of provider affects the range of starting price points available to you, but each Cloudways plan does come with with one free website migration, free SSL certificates, and the capacity to host unlimited apps.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Incredible Speed<\/h3>\n

All of Cloudways’ cloud infrastructure provider choices have multiple data centers in more than 25 different locations, so you don’t have to worry about latency anymore. Thunderstack-powered SSD servers, specially configured Apache and Nginx servers, and Varnish and Memcached caching layers all work together to give you page loading times that are as much as 50% faster than the competition.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Optimization for Various Platforms<\/h3>\n

Most providers have one or two specialty hosting offerings, but Cloudways goes the extra mile. There are optimized hosting plans for WordPress, WooCommerce, Drupal, Magento, Joomla, and more—all built on the foundations found in every Cloudways package.<\/p>\n

What does “optimized” mean? It means that for Cloudways makes little tweaks and additions to raise your quality of life—this could be in the form of pre-installs, specific integrated tools, and even strategically built servers designed to deliver best performance and fastest page load times based on your platform of choice.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Fully Managed Hosting<\/h3>\n

Cloudways automates all the drudgery of website and server management, thanks to its sleek Cloudways <\/a>Click & Go Console. Here are a few of the time-saving, built-in functions:<\/p>\n