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Cloudways
Effortless Cloud Hosting
4.7

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Cloudways Reviews & Product Details

Cloudways Overview
What is Cloudways?

Cloudways is a managed hosting provider that focuses on performance and simplicity. Whether you need simple server and application launches, or ongoing server maintenance, Couldways is built to simplify the whole process of server management to support business growth thanks to its powerful suite of tools and services that can help manage your eCommerce stores and business sites. It also underscores user options–from cloud providers and hosting.

Company Cloudways Ltd.
Year founded 2011
Company size 51-200 employees
Headquarters Mosta, Malta
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Cloudways Product Details
Capabilities
API
CLI
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
Cloudways Pros and Cons
Pros
  • Option to add as many website installations as you want
  • Server speed is faster than competition
  • Pay as you go pricing plan
  • Managed app option with database backups
Cons
  • No root access or server modifications
  • Add ons require additional cost
  • Inability to use Plesk or cPanel
Cloudways Features
API Access
Auto-Scaling
Automated Backups
Bandwidth Allocation
Compliance Certifications
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Cost Management Tools
Customer Support
Customizable Virtual Machines
DDoS Protection
Data encryption
Database Options
Dedicated IP
Disaster Recovery
Hybrid Cloud Support
Load Balancing
Managed Services
Migration Assistance
Monitoring and Alerts
Multi-Region Support
Network Security
Operating System Options
Resource Management
Scalability
Serverless Computing
Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Storage Options
Uptime Guarantee
User Management
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
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Last updated: January 15, 2026
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709 Cloudways Reviews
4.7 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 02, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Logan F. avatar
Logan F.
Junior Software Engineer
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"Very good and easy to navigate"
What do you like best about Cloudways?

The layout and design of the site is very modern and up to date. Making the expierence really enjoyable.

What do you dislike about Cloudways?

i cannot think of anything i really dislike about cloudways

What problems is Cloudways solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being able to easily navigate different servers for clients and make changes.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 23, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Rahul C.
Seo
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"Best Hosting For Those Are Not Good At Technical Things"
What do you like best about Cloudways?

Easy to host a website. The best part is live chat support for every kind of help. Fast, reliable and best uptime. Little heavy on pocket, but not very much costly. Provide and manage free ssl certificate.

What do you dislike about Cloudways?

A little high pricing for those who are just starting.

What problems is Cloudways solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main problem with me is not being so much technical. For example: many times fall into some issues with my website, and I really don't know how to manage it. But here comes the cloudways, because I don't need to do anything. I just need to get in touch with cloudways live support and they take care of most of the technical things, and always give me best advice.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 19, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Jasmeet K. avatar
Jasmeet K.
Data Scientist
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"Powerful tool to save the hasle of websites hosting."
What do you like best about Cloudways?

I have used Cloudways and it has helped me in deploying my web application on cloud providers with minimal effort. The tool offers managed hosting at a minimal price and can be worth every penny. It's advanced built-in cache ensures high performance and website scaling is quick.

What do you dislike about Cloudways?

Cloudways offers amazing facilities at amazing prices but I feel that it cannot be used for hosting websites with sensitive data as the support teams can also access servers. This is the only area I feel Cloudways can further improve security.

What problems is Cloudways solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cloudways offers managed hosting of websites on many cloud service providers. It has reduced the time and energy required to host and maintain web applications on cloud servers and provides additional layer of security and backup.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 17, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Em N.
Founder
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"Great service"
What do you like best about Cloudways?

Easy to navigate and spin up new servers, good protection, and transfer of servers is a great feature that is easy to use. Simple as an agency.

What do you dislike about Cloudways?

It's good all around I don't dislike much of anything

What problems is Cloudways solving and how is that benefiting you?

Web design agency, spinning up new servers and passing them along to clients once complete. Yes I am productive using cloudways. Yes it's great for business needs.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 17, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great managed hosting"
What do you like best about Cloudways?

The chat support is amazing! Super helpful and responsive, I hope they never change this.

What do you dislike about Cloudways?

I wish you didn't have to go through the runaround of enabling elastic email on every new site - this should come set up already so you only need to add the domain records

What problems is Cloudways solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have 35 sites hosted at a reasonable cost with very good uptime and security.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 17, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Ryan R.
Founder
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"Best Hosting I've used for an Agency"
What do you like best about Cloudways?

I like that I can create my own servers in a non technical way. I don't have to use other "shared hosting" plans that have other peoples websites that impact mine. With my own server I can do anything I want and I have full control over it. I don't have to spend a ton for that either which is a huge plus!

What do you dislike about Cloudways?

Everything has been great. My only small issues are it would be nice to have phone support even on the lower level hosting. Also would be nice to have some type of cpanel where I can access files when needed.

What problems is Cloudways solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solves my create your own server without it being expensive and not having to be technical. It is super simple to switch between servers and access the main settings I need to get to.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Apr 15, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Mohini S. avatar
Mohini S.
Data Scientist
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"Get performance and scalability with no visitor cap at reasonable pricing."
What do you like best about Cloudways?

Cloudways offers secure hosting of my sites with encryption and SSL certification with a loading time of 300 milliseconds. This tool has helped me scale the application with an increasing user base at a minimal price.

What do you dislike about Cloudways?

I have been using this tool for more than a year, and I have felt no issues when using this tool. The tool is very smooth and intuitive. I would love if the user community for Cloudways grows.

What problems is Cloudways solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cloudways is helping me maintain my web application site and helping me in scaling the website concerning the ever-growing user base with minimal pricing. This tool helps me with website security and safety.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 14, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Simple, Fast, and Reliable"
What do you like best about Cloudways?

I love how easy it was to start building out the door. I was a little aceptical at first because they will even transfer your current build for you. I chatted with support and they they were great!

What do you dislike about Cloudways?

There isn't a ton of apps built in but that's not a terrible thing. They are also having some changes when it come to their smtp provider settings which has caused some additional work but nothing major.

What problems is Cloudways solving and how is that benefiting you?

I need a scalable solution that I can build, backup, create staging, and duplicate sites on multiple servers. This solution does exactly that for me. It's very user friendly.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 13, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Gabrielle Y.
Founder
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"does what it says on the tin"
What do you like best about Cloudways?

We don't have to think about it at all. It does what it's supposed to do and doesn't cause us grief.

What do you dislike about Cloudways?

No problems at all. It was easy to implement.

What problems is Cloudways solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our old host was terrible. Always went down and the htaccess file was always coming up as corrupted. They would fix it and say it was fixed for good but we were calling 2-3 times per week to get it fixed and the whole site would go down.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 05, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Saad A. avatar
Saad A.
Mean Stack Developer
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"CloudWays the cloud hosting provider"
What do you like best about Cloudways?

Cloudways Customer Support is really fast and helpful. Signup Process is really easy. Free Trial without credit card

What do you dislike about Cloudways?

Confused package plans, calculation of cost is a bit difficult.

What problems is Cloudways solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Cloudways, I was able to easily install my Node.js application and set up SSL by default. This resolved the issue of Mixed Content when accessing the backend from my frontend HTTPS domain. I did try AWS, but unfortunately, they do not provide SSL with public DNS which made it difficult to resolve the Mixed Content issue.