Peak Performance.

Limitless Scalability.

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Users Choose Cloudways As the Ultimate A2 Hosting Alternative.

Because Cloudways prioritizes your site’s peak performance with built-in caching mechanisms, Cloudflare Enterprise, 99% uptime & enterprise-grade security to ensure your business just keeps growing.

Why Choose Cloudways As Your A2 Hosting Alternative?

Because 110,000+ users rely on Cloudways for optimized performance, seamless interfaces, and expert support – all at a budget-friendly cost.

1-Click Solutions

Navigate your hosting journey with quick 1-click solutions, free staging, Cloudflare Enterprise, and more.

Optimal Performance

Achieve top-tier performance with Cloudways’ optimized stacks, advanced caching, and 24/7 support.

Multiple Datacenters

Benefit from 65+ global data centers, surpassing A2 Hosting’s 4 for unparalleled performance.

Our Expertise Combined with Linode’s Reliability.

Enrich your website performance with the powerful features we offer.

Monthly Price $12 $11
24/7 Support
Smart assistant
Multiple PHP versions
Free trial
35+ Global Data Centers
PHP 8.1 Ready Servers
Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
Optimized Stack With Advanced Cache
Built-in WordPress and Magento Cache
NVME-Based Servers
Launch 10+ Apps Through 1-Click
Staging Area & URLs
Easy DNS Management
1-Click Server Cloning
1-Click SafeUpdates for WordPress
Automated Backups
Seamless Vertical Scaling
1-Click Free SSL Installation
Dedicated Firewalls
Server & App Monitoring

Switch To Blazing Fast Cloud Hosting & Avoid Hassles.

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Cloudways Autonomous:

High Availability & Autoscaling
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Handle any traffic without the fear of seeing ANY downtime.

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  • Fully Managed Experience
  • Built on Google Kubernetes
  • Autoscaling & Load Balancers
  • Free Cloudflare Enterprise
  • Free Object Cache Pro
  • Free 1-Click Staging

Your Hosting Provider Shouldn’t Slow You Down.

Cloudways offers dedicated servers and top cloud providers (DigitalOcean, AWS, Google Cloud) for optimal speed and performance. A2 hosting may be limited by shared hosting resources.

  • Shared resources can impact your site’s speed.
  • Scaling storage and bandwidth can be a challenge.
  • Advanced tools may require expensive upgrades.

Cloudways Gives You 3x More Data Center Than Namecheap

Data Center Dominance: Cloudways’ Advantage Over Namecheap

  • 59 Cloudways Datacenters
  • 04 A2 Hosting Datacenters

Managed Hosting Done Right: Cloudways vs. A2 Hosting.

Cloudways delivers powerful cloud servers, top-tier providers, and advanced features. A2 hosting may offer a more basic shared hosting experience.

Choose The Cloud Provider You Trust The Most.

A2 Hosting shoehorns your website into whichever cloud provider they choose. Cloudways gives you the power of choice. Pick a server that matches your budget and performance needs, from 5 world-class companies.

“Easiest way to use AWS servers without the need of high technical skills.”

Pedro Flores
, Senior UX Designer @Adobe

All Core Features
Included On All Plans.

With Cloudways, you get unlimited sites, free SSL, Firewalls, Monitoring, Backups, Staging, and more included on any plan — for as low as $11/mo.

“Demonstrating people they can start their own website with great quality at an affordable price.”

Rubén Castellanos
, Senior UX Designer @Adobe

Focus On Content Creation, Not Site Maintenance.

Hate managing servers? Cloudways solves it for you. Enjoy access to top cloud server solutions without having to manage every detail. Cloudways makes sure your site runs as expected.

“Cloudways is highly recommended for those who want to move to cloud hosting without the hassles of managing cloud services which may be a bit too technical.”

Neel Kamal Kalita
, Senior UX Designer @Adobe

For Those Who Hate The Idea Of Switching Hosting Providers.

Cloudways is the A2 Hosting alternative that lets you choose between 3 top IAAS providers, including GCE.

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Features That Make Cloudways a Perfect A2 Hosting Alternative.

Discover why Cloudways is the ideal alternative to A2 Hosting, boasting exceptional features like lightning-fast performance, transparent pricing, top-tier security, and 24/7 support.

SSD Hosting

SSD greatly improves your store’s performance and speed since the data transfer rate is much higher as compared to traditional storage.

Built-in Caches

Built-in performance-boosting caching such as Memcached, Varnish, and Redis speed up stores while reducing database load.

Optimized Stack

Our hosting stack comprises NGINX, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP-FPM to tackle high-volume traffic and server requests, resulting in better performance and faster load times.

PHP 8 Ready

Host your website on a PHP 8-ready server that’s significantly faster, more secure, and more versatile than previous versions.

Cloudflare

Expedite your websites, get constant availability, and secure them against DDoS attacks & malicious traffic with the Cloudflare add-on.

Breeze Plugin

We take caching quite seriously. That’s why we developed a free, lightweight, and feature-rich cache plugin that comes pre-installed on WooCommerce stores.

Dedicated Firewalls

Our platform-level firewalls protect your server against attacks such as IP spoofing, phishing, and everything that’s not authorized.

SSL Certificates

Get Let’s Encrypt free SSL certificates to indicate your visitors/customers that their data is encrypted and your online store is authentic.

Login Security

We protect your account with 2FA and also notify you of any login attempts made from an unidentified device.

IP Whitelisting

You can create a whitelist of IP addresses for unrestricted access over regions and networks through SSH and SFTP.

Application Isolation

Every WooCommerce store hosted on your server is isolated to keep it protected from other stores on hosted the same server.

Database Security

Valuable data of your WooCommerce store is well protected and is only allowed to be accessed remotely via whitelisted IP addresses.

24/7 Expert Support

We offer 24/7 live chat support in all areas to help you run your WooCommerce store without any hiccups.

Active Community

Our effective and strong community of WooCommerce experts who share their skills and knowledge to help users around the world.

Knowledge Base

We have a centralized resource center for our customers. You can refer to the Knowledge Base for any help related to our platform.

Ticketing System

Leave your queries through our ticketing system to avoid waiting in queues. Our engineers respond promptly to every query.

Support Add-ons

We offer advanced and premium add-ons for priority support. Tell us about your requirements and we’ll take care of it.

Troubleshooting

We have a server and application monitoring tool for troubleshooting. You also can contact our support engineers to take you out of the situation.

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Real Success Stories. Powered By Cloudways.

Read real-life case studies of companies that used our managed cloud server hosting to take their online businesses to the next level!

Frequently Asked Questions

Cloudways offers managed cloud hosting with plans starting at $11/month and the unique advantage of hosting unlimited sites. In contrast, A2 Hosting provides both shared and managed hosting but allows unlimited sites only on plans above $28.99/month, with a starting plan at $11.99/month.

Cloudways caters to all expertise levels with a user-friendly platform (good for even non-technical users), while A2 Hosting may require more technical proficiency, especially in managing server configurations.

Cloudways provides transparent pay-as-you-go plans from $11/month, outshining A2 Hosting's starting point of $11.99/month with more limitations. Plus, Cloudways' PAYG plans separate it from other hosting providers.

While both Cloudways and A2 Hosting boasts excellent performance and reliability, Cloudways stands out for its lightning-fast speed attributed to cutting-edge technologies and an impressive 99% uptime.

Both Cloudways and A2 Hosting offer support via live chat, tickets, knowledge base, and phone calls.

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