{"id":416,"date":"2026-01-05T01:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=416"},"modified":"2026-01-05T01:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:34:00","slug":"cloudways-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ngocha.biz\/?p=416","title":{"rendered":"Cloudways Review 2026: Details, Pricing, &#038; Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this detailed hands-on Cloudways review, I have covered all the features, functionalities, Pricing, pros &amp; cons of Cloudways managed cloud hosting. <\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-blue\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\"><b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Note: <\/strong><\/b>This review is based on my personal experience with the Cloudways platform. I&#8217;m currently <b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">hosting my company website<\/strong><\/b> and a tech blog on Cloudways using a paid account.<\/p>\n<p>So it is going to be a detailed hands-on review where I explain each feature and its likes and dislikes. Based on this you can decide if this platform is for you..<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get started with the review.<\/p>\n<p>I will review the Cloudways managed hosting platform by <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/setup-wordpress-on-cloudways\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">setting up a WordPress application<\/a> from scratch. This way, you will be able to understand all Cloudways features in detail. <\/p>\n<p>As a Cloud and <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/become-devops-engineer\/\">DevOps Engineer<\/a> myself, I work on cloud servers day in and day out.<\/p>\n<p>So I believe a <strong>hands-on technical review is much better<\/strong> than listing down all the features of a service. <\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-blue\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\"><b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Important Note:<\/strong><\/b> You can also follow this review guide to set up your website on Cloudways using the <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/recommends\/cloudways\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">free trial account<\/a> and experience all its key features. This way you get a practical experience on the platform and understand all its key features.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-hosting-types\">Cloudways Hosting Types<\/h2>\n<p>Cloudways offers two types of hosting plans.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Cloudways Flexible<\/strong> &#8211; Where you get full control over your hosting (except for root access) and choosing a cloud backend<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cloudways Autonomous<\/strong> &#8211; It is a fully managed offering that supports on-demand scaling and many concurrent users.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-blue\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-emoji\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\"><b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Note:<\/strong><\/b> This review is for Cloudways Flexible hosting. If you want to know about Cloudways Autonomous, please read the <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/cloudways-autonomous-review\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Cloudways Autonomous Review.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-features\">Cloudways Features<\/h2>\n<p>Before the detailed review, let&#8217;s look at the Cloudways features. Then, we will discuss each feature and its usefulness for cloud hosting needs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-blue\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-emoji\">\ud83d\udca1<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting focussed on service SMBs. It has more than <b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">100,000 customers<\/strong><\/b> and the platform hosts more than <b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">570,000 websites.<\/strong><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The following are the key features offered by Cloudways.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cloudflare Enterprise CDN to improve page <strong>load times by up to 70%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Auto-Healing Managed Cloud Servers<\/li>\n<li>Managed WordPress Autoscaling<\/li>\n<li>Origin server and Edge Page caching.<\/li>\n<li>24\/7\/365 Live Chat<\/li>\n<li>Proactive Application Monitoring<\/li>\n<li>1-Click Free SSL Installation<\/li>\n<li>DDoS &amp; Web Application Firewall (WAF) with Cloudflare<\/li>\n<li>Dedicated firewall &amp; IP Whitelisting<\/li>\n<li>Backed by top IaaS Cloud Providers with global availability.<\/li>\n<li>Server vertical scaling<\/li>\n<li>Well-segregated apps, servers, and team members.<\/li>\n<li>1-Click application deployment,  backup &amp; restore<\/li>\n<li>24\/7 <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/best-opensource-monitoring-tools\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Real-time Monitoring<\/a> &amp; New Relic application monitoring Integration<\/li>\n<li>Autoscaling websites using Cloudways Autonomous platform.<\/li>\n<li>Cloudways AI Copilot helps monitor the infrastructure and identify issues. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-blue\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-emoji\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\"><b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Note:<\/strong><\/b> If you are looking for non-php based managed hosting, Cloudways it not for you. It is a dedicated platform for various php based applications.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"detailed-cloudways-flexible-walkthrough\">Detailed Cloudways Flexible Walkthrough<\/h2>\n<p>One key thing I look for in <strong>managed cloud hosting<\/strong> is minimal server management and configurations with greater flexibility. <\/p>\n<p>Ideally, all the complex cloud configurations should be abstracted away, and only required configuration options should be provided to the end user.<\/p>\n<p>In Cloudways, you can host WordPress, CMS, E-commerce, and other PHP-based web applications.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudways has the following five main features that you should know.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Servers<\/li>\n<li>Applications: A server can have multiple applications.<\/li>\n<li>Team<\/li>\n<li>Projects<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I will go through each option as we deploy a Cloudways server with WordPress.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-server-deployment\">Cloudways Server Deployment<\/h2>\n<p>First, I will spin up a server with WordPress. When you log in to the Cloudways dashboard, you will see the servers option as shown below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-3-32.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways servers option\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1790\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-3-32.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w1000\/2025\/03\/image-3-32.png 1000w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w1600\/2025\/03\/image-3-32.png 1600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-3-32.png 1790w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Once you click the servers option, you will see the &#8220;<strong>Launch Now<\/strong>&#8221; button. Click it, and it takes you to the server launch W izard with all the supported cloud options like server size, storage, etc.<\/p>\n<p>For this review, I am selecting the following options.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>WordPress<\/li>\n<li>DigitalOcean Cloud<\/li>\n<li>2 GB Memory, 50GB Hard Disk, and 1 CPU Core<\/li>\n<li>New York Data Center<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In the following image, I have highlighted all the basic configurations you need to choose.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-4-26.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways Server Launch Wizard.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-4-26.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w1000\/2025\/03\/image-4-26.png 1000w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w1600\/2025\/03\/image-4-26.png 1600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-4-26.png 2318w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Using the Launch Now button, you can deploy the server. Cloudways will show you the approximate time for the server to be ready, as shown in the image below. Ideally, it is the time taken for Digital Ocean to make the Droplet ready.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-5-35.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways Deployed Server\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-5-35.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w1000\/2025\/03\/image-5-35.png 1000w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w1600\/2025\/03\/image-5-35.png 1600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-5-35.png 2394w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"my-take-on-cloudways-server-deployment\">My Take on CloudWays Server Deployment<\/h2>\n<p>I really like the process of server launch. Everything worked like a breeze from the user experience until the server deployment. Even a beginner without any technical knowledge can deploy a Cloudways server. It is because Cloudways has abstracted all the complex server configurations required when launching a server on Cloud providers.<\/p>\n<p>The next best feature I liked is that once you choose all the configurations, it shows you the hourly and monthly pricing for the server. It is like a built-in cloud cost calculator.<\/p>\n<p>These features are very helpful for individuals as well as agencies that want to deploy and manage client websites. <\/p>\n<p>Overall, the <strong>server deployment experience is amazing and very user-friendly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-blue\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-emoji\">\ud83d\udca1<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">For most use cases, you will need only General Purpose servers as it offers a balancer CPU to RAM ratio. For example. eCommerce, CMS, forum etc<\/p>\n<p>But if you are building heavy backend apps, high traffic eCommerce or LMS you might need CPU Optimized Servers.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for CPU-optimized server types for hosting, you can choose <b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Vultr<\/strong><\/b> or <b><strong style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Linode<\/strong><\/b> cloud backends, as both support CPU-optimized servers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-server-management\">Cloudways Server Management<\/h2>\n<p>Next, we will look at server management.<\/p>\n<p>Once the server is provisioned, you can view all the details about the server and the configurations of the applications. Let&#8217;s have a look at each option<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"master-credentials\">Master Credentials<\/h3>\n<p>If you click on the server, it opens the server management Dashboard. First, you will see the credentials to connect to the server, as shown in the image below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-6-23.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways server management console\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"979\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-6-23.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-6-23.png 979w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<p>You can change the default username and password if needed. I have created a step-by-step guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/connect-to-cloudways-server\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how to connect to cloudways server<\/a> using SSH<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"server-monitoring\">Server Monitoring<\/h3>\n<p>When it comes to monitoring, Cloudways has <strong>inbuilt monitoring for metrics like CPU, memory, Disk usage, bandwidth, Reads\/Writes<\/strong> per second, incoming\/outgoing network traffic, MySQL connections, etc. <\/p>\n<p>You can monitor these metrics at each application level. The dashboard clearly shows how many resources each application consumes. Also, you can view the metrics in a graph.<\/p>\n<p>The following GIF shows the demo of the Cloudways server monitoring dashboard.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/monitoring-1.gif\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"cloudways server monitoring\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1116\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/monitoring-1.gif 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w1000\/2025\/03\/monitoring-1.gif 1000w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/monitoring-1.gif 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"application-monitoring\">Application Monitoring<\/h3>\n<p>Cloudways also supports <strong>Application monitoring using New Relic<\/strong>. To implement APM, you need to have a valid New Relic account, and all you have to do is add the New Relic license to Cloudways and enable the agent. <\/p>\n<p>The agent automatically registers itself with New Relic, and you can monitor all supported PHP metrics on New Relic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-18-27.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways application monitoring with new relic\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-18-27.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-18-27.png 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<p>I have tried the new Relic integration. It is simple and great, and you get a lot of application metrics. It is primarily great for e-commerce-based apps where you need end-to-end metric collection and monitoring. You can also<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.newrelic.com\/docs\/apm\/agents\/php-agent\/features\/php-custom-instrumentation\/?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> custom instrument your PHP apps<\/a> to provide valuable metrics for better application optimization.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of the New Relic dashboard for the Magento application.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-19-20.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways Magento new relic dashbaord.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"949\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-19-20.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-19-20.png 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<p>To understand more about PHP application monitoring, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.newrelic.com\/docs\/apm\/agents\/php-agent\/getting-started\/introduction-new-relic-php\/?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new relic PHP integration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"managing-system-services-package-settings\">Managing System Services &amp; Package Settings<\/h3>\n<p>From the Cloudways server management dashboard, you can manage all the services running inside the server. For example, Apache, MySQL, Nginx, Varnish, etc.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to log in to the server to manage these services. Instead, you can check the status and restart the services from the dashboard, as shown below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-7-30.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Managing system services from cloudways Dashbaord.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"657\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-7-30.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-7-30.png 657w\"><\/figure>\n<p>Under settings and packages, you can upgrade the application packages to the latest available version from the comfort of your browser.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-8-26.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"578\" height=\"441\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"security\">Security<\/h3>\n<p>Using firewall rules, you can restrict access to the server SSH\/SFTP and database access. In addition, you can either allow your IP or a CIDR range in the whitelist to have an additional layer of server security.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-9-22.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways Firewall Rules\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"847\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-9-22.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-9-22.png 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"my-take-on-server-management\">My Take on Server Management<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"likes-%F0%9F%91%8D\">Likes \ud83d\udc4d<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Cloudways guys have done a great job in providing all the essential information and optimizations in a single pane of glass.<\/li>\n<li>All these configurations are otherwise done on the server directly, which is typically hard to keep track of and results in configuration drift.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/generate-ssh-key-pair\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">SSH<\/a> is made easy using the built-in SSH terminal<\/li>\n<li>Out-of-the-box server monitoring using key metrics and application monitoring support using New Relic.<\/li>\n<li>A very good option to manage system services and packages from the comfort of the browser rather than logging into the server.<\/li>\n<li>Minimal yet powerful firewall options for SSH\/SFTP and MySQL access.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"dislikes-%F0%9F%91%8E\">Dislikes \ud83d\udc4e<\/h3>\n<p>You cannot have root access to the server.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudways has an explanation for that. Basically, Cloudways centrally orchestrates and manages all the servers for its customers. If they provide root login to customers, there is a chance of configuration drift that ends up in a situation where the Cloudways team loses control of the server management. You can<a href=\"https:\/\/support.cloudways.com\/en\/articles\/5134090-why-can-t-i-have-root-access-to-my-server?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> read about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a cloud automation engineer, I agree with Cloudways on this. When choosing a managed hosting solution, it is better not to play around with settings that are related to server automation and management.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"server-recovery\">Server Recovery<\/h2>\n<p>For some reason, if you forgot to upgrade the trial account and the server got deleted, you can recover it using the recover server option, as shown below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-8-27.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"cloudways deleted server recovery\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"534\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-uptime\">Cloudways Uptime<\/h2>\n<p>Also, the server uptime is primarily based on the underlying cloud platform. When you deploy a server on Cloudways, you are deploying it to any of the underlying cloud platforms supported by Cloudways (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Digital Ocean, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/compute\/sla\/?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AWS offers 99.99% uptime<\/a> (equates to 4.38 minutes of permitted downtime per month). The same will be applied if you use the Amazon Web Services backend on Cloudways. It&#8217;s the same with <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/compute\/sla?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Cloud Uptime<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>If you use DigitalOcean as the backend cloud, it provides a 99.99% uptime SLA per month.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the cloud backends, you can have peace of mind in terms of uptime.<\/p>\n<p>Also, you can track the platform status on <a href=\"https:\/\/status.cloudways.com\/?ref=devopscube.com\">status.cloudways.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-caching\">Cloudways Caching<\/h2>\n<p>Cloudways servers are equipped with full-page caching via <a href=\"https:\/\/varnish-cache.org\/?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">varnish<\/a> that caches the webpages in the origin server itself.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, with Edge Page Caching, all the webpages are further cached at the edge servers of Cloudflare. This means when users try to access websites hosted on Cloudways, the webpages get served from the nearest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/en-gb\/learning\/cdn\/glossary\/edge-server\/?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cloudflare Edge servers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a partial\/full page caching test conducted by Cloudways with edge caching, and the results are amazing. With edge page caching, the pages are <strong>66% faster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-30-17.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways edge page caching \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"705\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-30-17.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-30-17.png 705w\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-performance\">Cloudways Performance<\/h2>\n<p>Hosting performance is not a single measure; it could differ from application to application based on its configuration.<\/p>\n<p>Since Cloudways only deals with web applications, I have conducted a <strong>GTmetrix test<\/strong> to measure performance metrics that are considered important by Google in determining the user experience of a website. <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/appearance\/core-web-vitals?ref=devopscube.com\"><strong>Google Core Web Vitals<\/strong><\/a> considers the following performance metrics.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Largest Contentful Paint (LCP): <\/strong>This measures the time it takes for the largest content element on a webpage to load.<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Input Delay (FID):<\/strong> This measures the time it takes for a webpage to become interactive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS): <\/strong>This measures the visual stability of a webpage as it loads.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In the performance test, the application hosted on Cloudways hosting scored an <strong>A grade with a 100% score<\/strong>. It also passed all the Google Core Web Vitals performance metrics. The performance results are shown in the image below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-7-31.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways Performance metrics\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1037\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-7-31.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w1000\/2025\/03\/image-7-31.png 1000w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-7-31.png 1037w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Here is another interesting Cloudways performance conducted as compared to other hosting providers like Kinsta and WP-Engine using <a href=\"https:\/\/loader.io\/?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">loader.io<\/a>. The performance test is based on three parameters.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Monthly Visits<\/li>\n<li>Bandwidth and<\/li>\n<li>Storage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/cloudways-performance-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways Performance test against kinsta and WPEngine\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1116\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/cloudways-performance-1.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w1000\/2025\/03\/cloudways-performance-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/cloudways-performance-1.png 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-scalability\">Cloudways Scalability<\/h2>\n<p>One of the common concerns with managed WordPress hosting is scalability. Usually, with other hosting providers, you will have to pay upfront for fixed server resources<\/p>\n<p>Also, hosting providers use static servers at the backend that don&#8217;t scale during <strong>traffic spikes<\/strong>. There is always a hard limit on the bandwidth and requests it can handle. That is the primary reason, companies and startups opt for custom scaling solutions. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/terraform-autoscaling-group\/\">AWS autoscaling<\/a>. But it comes with a lot of administrative overhead.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudways is solving this problem using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudways.com\/en\/autoscale.php?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cloudays Autoscale<\/a> and taking away all the administrative overhead associated with scaling server resources.<\/p>\n<p>It is a fully managed WordPress hosting that can scale as per the needs. Cloudways Autoscale is built on top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/docker-container-clustering-tools\/\">container orchestration<\/a> tool <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/kubernetes-tutorials-beginners\/\">Kubernetes<\/a>. Most of the big organizations use Kubernetes for scaling their applications on the cloud. It supports both Horizontal and Vertical scaling.<\/p>\n<p>The best part is that the pricing starts at <strong>as low as $35\/month<\/strong>. If you compare the pricing associated with sysadmins handling custom autoscaling on cloud platforms, it&#8217;s very cheap.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-cloudflare-enterprise-addon\">Cloudways Cloudflare Enterprise Addon<\/h2>\n<p>Cloudways offers an enterprise addon for Cloudflare CDN. If you use this addon, you can leverage the enterprise CDN features from Cloudflare.<\/p>\n<p>As per the official documentation, the following are the other features you will get along with this addon,<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>100GB Enterprise CDN<\/li>\n<li>Priority DDoS protection<\/li>\n<li>Intelligent firewall (WAF)<\/li>\n<li>Image optimization with Polish<\/li>\n<li>Brotli compression<\/li>\n<li>Mobile optimization with Mirage<\/li>\n<li>Wildcard SSL support<\/li>\n<li>PCI DSS compliance<\/li>\n<li>HTTP\/3 support<\/li>\n<li>Reserved for Cloudways IPs &amp; prioritized routing<\/li>\n<li>Edge Page Caching<\/li>\n<li>Argo Smart Routing<\/li>\n<li>Purge API<\/li>\n<li>Features control<\/li>\n<li>Better Security with Global Rate Limiting &amp; the Honey Pot Project<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-supported-applications\">Cloudways Supported Applications<\/h2>\n<p>Since Cloudways is a managed PaaS platform, you have the limitation of the applications that you can host on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudways supports the following applications.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/wordpress-installation-guide\/\">WordPress<\/a> (including WooCommerce and WordPress Multisite) &#8211; Supports one-click installation. I have personally used WordPress on Cloudways.<\/li>\n<li>Magento &#8211; Supports one-click installation.<\/li>\n<li>PHP (including Laravel) &#8211; Supports one-click installation.<\/li>\n<li>OpenCart<\/li>\n<li>Drupal<\/li>\n<li>Joomla<\/li>\n<li>PrestaShop<\/li>\n<li>Yii<\/li>\n<li>Yii 2<\/li>\n<li>osCommerce<\/li>\n<li>Symfony 3<\/li>\n<li>Codeigniter<\/li>\n<li>CakePHP<\/li>\n<li>ProcessWire<\/li>\n<li>Zen Cart<\/li>\n<li>X-Cart<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-pricing\">CloudWays Pricing<\/h2>\n<p>How much does Cloudways cost?<\/p>\n<p>When you say cloud, one of its key pillars is metered billing or a <strong>pay-as-you-go pricing model<\/strong>. Cloudways follows the same cloud-based Pay-as-You-Go model.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to try out Cloudways, you can start for free without a credit card.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-button-card kg-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/recommends\/cloudways-free-trial\/\" class=\"kg-btn kg-btn-accent\">TRY Cloudways free<\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Note<\/strong>: If you plan to use the Cloudways Hosting after free trial, use the code <strong>DEVOPS30<\/strong> with signup to get an <strong>exclusive 30%<\/strong> discount on all its hosting plans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cloudways uses five IaaS providers for server deployment. Pricing changes are per the backed cloud Provider. The following table has the starting price of each provider on Cloudways.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Note<\/strong>: The following table has per month pricing. However, if you run the server for less than a month, you will be charged only for the server running hours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Cloudways Cloud Provider<\/th>\n<th>Starting Price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Digital Ocean<\/td>\n<td>$11 USD\/mo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Amazon Web Service<\/td>\n<td>$38.56&nbsp;USD\/mo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Google Cloud<\/td>\n<td>$37.45 USD\/mo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloudways Autoscale<\/strong> for managed WordPress hosting starts from $35 USD\/mo.<\/p>\n<p>Also, check <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/cloudways-promo-codes\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cloudways promo codes<\/a> to get discounts for up to six months on all hosting plans. Currently, Cloudways is running a black friday promo where you can get a 40% discount and 40 free migrations.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"my-take-on-cloudways-pricing\">My Take on Cloudways Pricing<\/h3>\n<p>The best thing about Cloudways pricing is the <strong>real-time billing,<\/strong>, which is super useful.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a screenshot of the real-time billing for one of my servers running at Cloudways. It shows the current billing and the estimated billing amount as per the billing cycle. Also, you will be able to see server-wise billing.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the real-time billing is pretty simple with enough information we need.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-17-20.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"cloudways real-time billing\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"692\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-17-20.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-17-20.png 692w\"><\/figure>\n<p>So if you have a development and staging website you can deploy a server, test it, and pay for only the number of hours used instead of an upfront payment. Refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.cloudways.com\/en\/articles\/5119615-how-does-cloudways-payment-system-work?ref=devopscube.com\">official Cloudways billing article<\/a> to understand more.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"dislikes\">Dislikes<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>There is no detailed billing available<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"the-bottom-line-my-cloudways-review\">The Bottom Line: My Cloudways Review<\/h2>\n<p>Overall, <strong>Cloudways is an excellent choice<\/strong> for bloggers, small and medium businesses, and non-technical users looking for managed cloud hosting for PHP-based CMS and eCommerce applications. <\/p>\n<p>It comes with all packages and the top features required for hosting an application on the Cloud.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cloudways makes cloud hosting very easy<\/strong> even for non-technical folks by abstracting away all the complexities of cloud server configurations. So that you can focus on application development and management rather than server management.<\/p>\n<p>One such example is <strong>One click staging websites<\/strong> for WordPress. <\/p>\n<p>Also worth a particular mention is, speed and performance. The combination of cloud backed server, free caching plugin and CDN capabilities add enterprise grade performance to hosted applications.<\/p>\n<p>But what are the main disadvantages of Cloudways? <\/p>\n<p>Well, the detailed billing is not available like other cloud platforms. Also, you cannot get root access to the servers. However it provides other options to tweak key server settings related to application. Lack of Email Hosting is a disadvantage but Clouways provides addons for email hosting.<\/p>\n<p>But overall, Cloudways is great managed cloud hosting for anyone looking for less administrative overhead in terms of managing their WordPress or other PHP-based applications.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-do-others-say-about-cloudways\">What do Others say About Cloudways?<\/h2>\n<p>Even though I had a good experience with Cloudways, I had a look at what the other existing customers say about Cloudways. It has got an excellent rating on Trustpilot.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-4-27.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways Trustpilot reviews.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"726\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-4-27.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-4-27.png 726w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"><\/figure>\n<p>As per G2, Cloudways is the #2 managed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/categories\/managed-hosting\/small-business?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hosting provider in the SMB category<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a customer review where he talks about how he got a 100% rating on Google Page Speed Analytics and GTMetrix for the website hosted on Cloudways.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-5-36.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways customer review.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"651\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-5-36.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-5-36.png 651w\"><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, another customer has reported a terrible customer care experience which the Cloudways team should look at it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-6-24.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cloudways negative review\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"662\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2025\/03\/image-6-24.png 600w, https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/5f\/2f\/5f2f4d20-2abf-4534-8d40-7aa233aedd43\/content\/images\/2025\/03\/image-6-24.png 662w\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, by far my experience has been great in terms of the platform as well as customer support.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-platform-updates-2025\">Cloudways Platform Updates (2025)<\/h2>\n<p>I keep track of the latest platform updates from Cloudways.<\/p>\n<p>The following are the platform updates from Cloudways.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>As per the latest 2025 updates, Cloudways is <strong>modernizing its tech stack<\/strong> for better performance and scalability. One key update to that is it has expanded its hosting options by adding <strong>General Purpose<\/strong> and <strong>CPU Optimized<\/strong> servers for Vultr and Linode.<\/li>\n<li>Cloudways now offers autoscaling through Cloudways Autonomous service. It is a service that utilizes <a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/kubernetes-tutorials-beginners\/\">Kubernetes<\/a> at the backend, hosted on Google Container Engine (GKE). For users who need a highly scalable website to meet traffic demands, Autonomous is a robust platform. From a pricing perspective, it is actually cheap considering the overhead involved in managing a production ready Kubernetes cluster. <\/li>\n<li>Cloudways added the Cloudflare Enterprise Add-on keeping performance, and security as top priorities.<\/li>\n<li>SafeUpdates for WordPress is generally available now. Cloudways will take care of detecting and testing the WordPress updates for you. Check the detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudways.com\/en\/safeupdates.php?ref=devopscube.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">update here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cloudways joins <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/devopscube.com\/recommends\/digital-ocean-sidebar\/\"><strong>Digital Ocean<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> Cloudways has been acquired by Digital Ocean Cloud. This means you can expect more integrations and features for the Cloudways Digital Ocean backend.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edge Caching: <\/strong>With the Cloudflare enterprise add-on, you can leverage the edge caching feature, which could result in a <strong>+70% improvement <\/strong>in page load times.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"cloudways-vs-siteground\">Cloudways vs Siteground<\/h2>\n<p>Cloudways Vs SiteGround is a commonly compared hosting provider for managed hosting. So to help you out, I thought of adding key differences based on my research.<\/p>\n<p>The following table shows the detailed comparison of Cloudways vs. SiteGround hosting.<\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Features<\/th>\n<th>Cloudways<\/th>\n<th>Siteground<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Hosting types<\/td>\n<td>Cloud Hosting<\/td>\n<td>Shared, WordPress, Cloud, Reseller, Enterprise Hosting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Server locations<\/td>\n<td>Multiple locations in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific<\/td>\n<td>Multiple locations in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Australia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Control Panel<\/td>\n<td>Custom user-friendly control panel<\/td>\n<td>cPanel or custom Site Tools control panel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Free SSL<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Backups<\/td>\n<td>Automated daily backups<\/td>\n<td>Automated daily backups<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Staging<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CDN<\/td>\n<td>Free integration with Cloudways CDN<\/td>\n<td>Free Cloudflare integration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Support<\/td>\n<td>24\/7 live chat and ticket support<\/td>\n<td>24\/7 live chat, phone, and ticket support<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pricing<\/td>\n<td>&#8211; Starts at $11\/month <br \/>&#8211; Also supports hourly pricing that starts from $<strong>0.0139<\/strong>&nbsp;USD\/hr<br \/>&#8211; Pay only for what you use model<\/td>\n<td>Starts at $6.99\/month for shared hosting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Uptime guarantee<\/td>\n<td>99.9%<\/td>\n<td>99.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Money-back guarantee<\/td>\n<td>3-day trial without credit card<\/td>\n<td>30-day money-back guarantee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>There you have it: my comprehensive review of Cloudways.<\/p>\n<p>As a cloud engineer, I know the pain in managing self-hosted PHP websites. <\/p>\n<p>Even Devopscube was initially on self-hosted wordpress where I had to take care of everything. And trust me, it was not worth it. Now I have moved to a fully managed platform and I focus on publishing rather than taking care of the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Now I would like to turn things over to you:<\/p>\n<p>Have you used Cloudways before? <\/p>\n<p>If so, what are your overall impressions? Good? Bad? Somewhere in between?<\/p>\n<p>Let me know your opinion in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you are planning to move to managed hosting, do let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-blue\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-emoji\">\ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83d\udcbb<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Since I am using Cloudways for hosting, so I keep updating the review based on my experiences. 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