Cloudways vs SolarWinds Incident Response
Compare Cloudways and SolarWinds Incident Response on features, pricing, and buyer fit using the same researched criteria.
Cloudways
Managed cloud hosting — Flexible from $11/mo DigitalOcean Standard; Autonomous WordPress autoscaling separate line.
Best for
- • Teams that want managed hosting on a chosen cloud VM without buying a panel licence
- • Agencies running WordPress plus other apps on one Cloudways account
- • Buyers who will actually use hourly Flexible billing and the $11 DigitalOcean Standard floor
Starting from $11.00/user/mo
No free plan
VS
Our verdict
No universal winner. Choose based on which criteria matter most for your team.
Cloudways is better for
- ✓ Starting pricing
Tie
- • Integrations
- • Security & admin
Choose Cloudways if: Teams that want managed hosting on a chosen cloud VM without buying a panel licence
Choose SolarWinds Incident Response if: Teams that want on-call + incident response with a published Pro $15 annual floor
SolarWinds Incident Response
SolarWinds Incident Response (formerly Squadcast) — Pro $15/user/mo annual; Premium $24/user/mo annual; Enterprise contact; 14-day trial. Slug remains squadcast. Does not outrank PagerDuty 8.0.
Best for
- • Teams that want on-call + incident response with a published Pro $15 annual floor
- • Buyers comparing SolarWinds Incident Response (Squadcast) to incident.io, FireHydrant, and Rootly
- • Orgs that will spend the 14-day trial before committing
Starting from $15.00/user/mo
No free plan
Comparison scorecard
Criterion-by-criterion results for Cloudways and SolarWinds Incident Response. Numeric bars appear only when both products have approved scores.
- Cloudways
Starting pricing
Published floor price and what that floor actually includes.
Cloudways publishes a lower researched starting floor ($11/mo vs $15/mo for SolarWinds Incident Response). Confirm currency, renewals, and add-ons — not a total TCO winner.
CloudwaysStrongerSolarWinds Incident ResponseWeaker - Depends
Free plan
Whether a usable free plan is published, and what it gates.
Cloudways does not research a free plan; SolarWinds Incident Response does not research a free plan.
CloudwaysDependsSolarWinds Incident ResponseDepends - Depends
User / licence minimum
Seat floors, per-employee minimums, and small-team pricing traps.
Check seat, agent, or licence minimums for Cloudways and SolarWinds Incident Response on current vendor packaging.
CloudwaysDependsSolarWinds Incident ResponseDepends - Tie
Integrations
Important third-party integrations.
Cloudways and SolarWinds Incident Response are close on integrations (8/10 vs 8/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
Cloudways8/10SolarWinds Incident Response8/10 - Tie
Security & admin
Admin controls, access, compliance posture, and security packaging.
Cloudways and SolarWinds Incident Response are close on security admin (7/10 vs 7/10) from approved SoftwareGlimpse editorial assessments — not hands-on lab testing.
CloudwaysTieSolarWinds Incident ResponseTie
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