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Cloudways review 2026: speed, uptime and real renewal prices

ByModasser Jasim

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Tested on our own accountBest for: Best managed cloudBenchmarked [MONTH] 20263 min read
On this page
  1. Cloudways at a glance
  2. How we tested Cloudways
  3. Speed & uptime
  4. Pros & cons
  5. Pricing & renewals
  6. Cloudways vs alternatives
  7. Frequently asked questions

Cloudways is a managed cloud platform: you choose a cloud provider such as DigitalOcean, Vultr, AWS or Google Cloud, and Cloudways sets up and looks after the server for you, billed monthly. We ran our WordPress test site on its most popular plan to see whether the convenience is worth the price. [Replace this intro with your own findings.]

Quick verdict

30-day test · [N] benchmarks
[x.x]/10

Overall Hostnado score

Speedx.x
Uptimex.x
Supportx.x
Valuex.x

What we liked

  • [PRO 1 — e.g. fastest TTFB in its price range]
  • [PRO 2]
  • [PRO 3]

What we didn’t

  • [CON 1 — e.g. renewal price jump]
  • [CON 2]

Starts at

[PRICE]/mo

[TERM]-month term · renews at [PRICE]/mo · [N]-day money-back guarantee

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Cloudways at a glance

Plans we tested[SHARED PLAN] · [CLOUD PLAN] · [VPS PLAN]
Starting price[PRICE]/mo on a [TERM]-month term
Renewal price[PRICE]/mo
Storage[STORAGE] NVMe
Websites allowed[N]
Free domain / SSL[YES/NO] · [YES/NO]
Data centre locations[N] — [REGIONS]
Money-back guarantee[N] days

How we tested Cloudways

We bought each plan as a normal customer, installed our standard WordPress test site and pointed our monitoring at it. Everything below comes from that setup.

[Describe the screenshot: e.g. hPanel dashboard of our test account]
[Caption: what the screenshot shows and which plan.]
# Install Coolify on a fresh Ubuntu VPS
$ curl -fsSL https://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify/install.sh | sudo bash
# Check the containers are up
$ docker ps
✓ coolify   Up 2 minutes (healthy)

Speed & uptime

[What you measured and what it means for a real site.]

Time to first byte

Same WordPress test site · N locations · 3-run average · lower is better

Cloudways
[DATA] ms
Hostinger
[DATA] ms
SiteGround
[DATA] ms
Bluehost
[DATA] ms

Tip

Choose the data centre closest to most of your visitors when you sign up. For most small sites it matters more than upgrading the plan.

Pros & cons

Pros

  • [PRO 1 — with the number that proves it]
  • [PRO 2]
  • [PRO 3]

Cons

  • [CON 1]
  • [CON 2]
Cloudways [PLAN NAME]

The plan we’d pick for a first WordPress site. [ONE-LINE REASON FROM TESTS]

[PRICE]/mo Renews at [PRICE]/mo Get this plan

Pricing & renewals

[What each term really costs and what it renews at.]

Watch the renewal price

Like most hosts, the renewal price is higher than the first term. Budget for [PRICE]/mo from year [N].

Cloudways vs alternatives

Cloudways (our pick)HostingerSiteGround
Our score[x.x]/10[x.x]/10[x.x]/10
Starting price[PRICE]/mo[PRICE]/mo[PRICE]/mo
Renewal price[PRICE]/mo[PRICE]/mo[PRICE]/mo
Avg. TTFB[DATA] ms[DATA] ms[DATA] ms
Free domain[YES/NO][YES/NO][YES/NO]
Daily backups[YES/NO][YES/NO][YES/NO]
Staging site[YES/NO][YES/NO][YES/NO]
Tested on the same WordPress site in the same week. On a phone, swipe the table sideways.

Frequently asked questions

Is Cloudways good for WordPress?

[ANSWER FROM TEST RESULTS — two or three sentences with the key number.]

How much does it cost after the first year?

[ANSWER — renewal prices per plan.]

Should I choose shared hosting or a VPS?

[ANSWER — link to the shared vs VPS guide.]

Can I move my existing site for free?

[ANSWER — what we found when we tried the migration.]

x.x/10

Final verdict: [ONE-LINE VERDICT]

[Two or three sentences: who should buy it, which plan, and who should look elsewhere — with a link to the better alternative for them.]

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