Cloudways vs Plesk vs cPanel: Pros, Cons and More

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Comparing the Best Features of cPanel, Plesk and Cloudways

See why Cloudways is the best choice for digital agencies, developers, ecommerce and small businesses.

Features cpanel plesk Cloud Ways
SSH/CLI Access YES YES Yes
API
Local Backups
Domain Management
DNS Manager Addon
Server Logs
Ip Whitelisting
Multiple Databases
Server Firewall
Free SSL on 1 Click
Cron Jobs Manager
2FA
Unlimited Applications
Email Addon
Git Integration
Built-in Security
Server Monitoring Limited
Automatic Backups
Notifications and Alerts Yes*
WP-CLI Pre-installed
Server Auto Restart
Built in Offsite backup
Server Transfer
Vertical Scaling
Advanced App Control
BlockStorage DigitalOcean
Free Built in Cache Plugin Yes*
1 Click CDN CloudWaysCDN
Elasticsearch
Server Cloning
Staging URL
Services Manager (Nginx, PHP-FPM, Database…)
Cache controls
1 Account – Multiple Servers
Free Migration
Team Collaboration
Projects
Multiple IaaS Providers
One Invoice for Everything
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Here’s How Cloudways Adds Value To Your Business

Performance

Cloudways ensures continuous high performance of your website(s) by providing an optimized environment for the apps and server(s).

Freedom of Choice

Cloudways offers you the choice of six industry leading IaaS providers and 10+ apps on 1-click including custom PHP, Magento, WordPress and Laravel.

No multiple billings headache

Our Pay As You Go Model simplifies the billing process. Your Cloudways invoice covers everything from the cost of the cloud infrastructure and the Cloudways services.

Managed Security

We take server security seriously. This is why our Platform incorporates security from the ground up and feature dedicated firewalls and auto update processes.

Control

Get in full control of your server through Cloudways 1-Click features that enable you to start,stop, restart, transfer, clone and scale servers effortlessly.

24x7x365 Support

Our cloud engineers are available round the clock to ensure smooth sailing for your servers. Open a support ticket or start a Live Chat and get a quick resolution of your problems.

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What Experts Have To Say About Cloudways

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OTOH, advantages of is easy to manage cloud server console. Better than when it comes to GUI options.

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Love the free certs from on the platform. Installing takes 2 mins and just works.

Wintercorn

Web developer here who hates server admin. I’m blown away by . Admin a box using a super powerful/easy UI.

Joshua Hamilton

your support is outstanding!! And your servers… well not enough characters to say how good you!!

David Frosdick

Guys at are unbelievably supportive and fast. They migrated our live site in just 3 hrs 😀 😀 Thank you so much.

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Thanks to all my clients now have rock solid & screaming fast websites that are secured with ????.

Orlando Salcedo

Seen On The Most Reliable Internet Giants

„Cloudways is an interesting company because it is in the process of moving from a service offering, where every deployment is essentially a custom one, to a far more productized approach.“
Ben Kepes

“Cloudways takes care of the management of open-source tools for hosting websites, like Magento, WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla.”
Jordan Novet

„Cloudways indicates the emphasis is on simplicity, targeting SMBs that have little to no desire to operate or administer the infrastructure themselves.“
Liam Eagle

„There’s a lot to like about Cloudways. The Web host has flexible plans, killer Web-based customer support, and excellent uptime. It’s a company that you can count on to keep your site up and running.“
Jeffrey L. Wilson

„Cloudways is always a fun company to test. It showed major performance improvements in this round (2015) and earned a honorable mention. It was by far the most improved provider between tests.“
Kevin Ohashi