Cloudways Review
IT & DEVELOPMENT SOFTWAREChoose 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.
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
Cloudways plans & pricing
Verified 2026-08-18 from cloudways.com/pricing.php (high confidence). Flexible from $11/mo DigitalOcean Standard; hourly billing. Autonomous WordPress is a separate line — not that $11 floor. Flexible free trial without a card per the first-party page. Affiliate economics excluded.
Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard)
$11.00
per month
- Small teams starting with core workflows
Autonomous WordPress
Custom
Contact sales
- Everything in Flexible (DigitalOcean Standard), plus:
- Organizations needing custom commercial terms
Estimate team cost
Rough monthly and annual cost for Cloudways based on list pricing. Confirm rates on the vendor site before buying.
- Monthly
- $55.00
- Annual
- $660.00
Cloudways pricing compared
| Metric | Cloudways | WP Engine | Plesk | cPanel | Kinsta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $11.00/user/month | $30.00/user/month | $16.99/user/month | $29.99/user/month | $35.00/user/month |
| Free plan | No | No | No | No | No |
| Free trial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |