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Cloudways Review

IT & DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE

Choose Cloudways when managed multi-cloud hosting is the job — not a Plesk/cPanel panel licence, and not WP Engine’s WordPress-only specialist path by default.

Last updated 2026-08-18Independent editorial review
  • Starting price

    $11.00/user/month

  • Free plan

    No

  • Free trial

    Yes

  • Best for

    Teams that want managed hosting on a chosen cloud VM without buying a panel licence

SoftwareGlimpse review

7.6/10

Good

  • ease of use7
  • it job fit9
  • workflow depth8
  • integrations8
  • admin security7
  • scalability8
How we score →

All features

16 features

Official demos appear only beside high-value features where verified ResearchMedia is linked — not as a generic video gallery.

  • Incident management

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Not supported

    What it supports

    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • Change & problem management

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Not supported

    What it supports

    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • Service catalog

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Not supported

    What it supports

    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • Infrastructure monitoring

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Limited

    What it supports

    • Available with noted limits in current research
    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • APM & distributed tracing

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Not supported

    What it supports

    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • Log management

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Limited

    What it supports

    • Available with noted limits in current research
    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • Source control & repos

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Not supported

    What it supports

    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • CI/CD & automation

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Limited

    What it supports

    • Available with noted limits in current research
    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • Hosting control panel

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Limited

    What it supports

    • Available with noted limits in current research
    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
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  • Managed hosting platform

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Strong

    What it supports

    • Listed as available in product packaging
    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress

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    Official vendor video

    Cloning, Staging and Server Transfer Without Sysadmins | A Beginner's Guide 🎤

    How Cloudways presents the product in an official vendor video.

    What this shows

    • Cloudways product surfaces as shown in the official vendor video
    • UI/workflow layout marketed by the vendor
    • Cloudways product surfaces as shown in the official vendor video
    • UI/workflow layout marketed by the vendor
  • Proxy / web data network

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Not supported

    What it supports

    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • ITSM AI assistance

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Not supported

    What it supports

    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • Developer AI assistance

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Limited

    What it supports

    • Available with noted limits in current research
    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • On-call & paging

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Not supported

    What it supports

    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • Enterprise security & SSO

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Limited

    What it supports

    • Available with noted limits in current research
    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress
  • Analytics & reporting

    Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    SoftwareGlimpse assessment: Limited

    What it supports

    • Available with noted limits in current research
    • Entry point: Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)

    Included in

    • Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
    • Autonomous WordPress