Managed CMS Hosting That Offers Unbeatable Speeds
Whether your content includes a blog, photographs, videos, or an ecommerce store, Cloudways has you covered with easy-to-use CMS hosting. Set up your favorite content management system and turn your website ideas into reality.
*3-day trial, no credit card neededHigh Performing & Secure Managed CMS Hosting
Build and host your website on top performing CMS applications with our Fully Managed Hosting plans. Set up and integrate your favorite CMS in no time!
October CMS
Build custom, content-driven sites with total flexibility without worrying about infrastructure. Cloudways keeps your October CMS fast, secure, and ready to scale as your project grows.
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Grav CMS
Build fast, lightweight websites with a modern flat-file CMS designed for speed and flexibility. Cloudways ensures your Grav projects stay secure, perform well, and are easy to scale.
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Sulu CMS
Create flexible, enterprise-ready websites using a Symfony-based CMS built for developers and agencies. Cloudways provides the performance, scalability, and infrastructure Sulu projects need.
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Craft CMS
Create beautifully structured, high-performance websites without technical bottlenecks. Cloudways delivers the speed, scalability, and managed security Craft CMS projects demand.
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OpenCart CMS
Launch your stores with a streamlined, developer-friendly ecommerce CMS. Cloudways delivers optimized performance and managed security so your OpenCart store is always ready to sell.
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Joomla CMS
Launch feature-rich Joomla CMS websites on a hosting stack built for performance. With Cloudways handling security and updates, you stay focused on creating and managing content.
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Drupal CMS
Build powerful, highly customizable websites with a developer-focused CMS based on the LAMP stack, while Cloudways handles performance tuning and security for your sites.
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TYPO3 CMS
Power complex, content-heavy websites with a flexible enterprise CMS. Cloudways keeps your TYPO3 projects fast, secure, and stable as your needs grow.
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Silverstripe CMS
Create structured, future-ready websites with a modern CMS built for organizations. Cloudways delivers the managed performance and reliability Silverstripe projects demand.
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ClassicPress
Enjoy a familiar WordPress-style experience with a lightweight, stable CMS alternative. Cloudways provides managed hosting that keeps your ClassicPress sites fast and secure.
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MODX CMS
Build fully customizable and scalable multi-server environments with MODX, while Cloudways supports you with high performance, managed security, and infrastructure built to scale.
Affordable CMS Hosting Platform Built for Agile Teams
Pick a cloud hosting plan that you can scale up/down to optimize your operational costs.
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Cloudways Flexible
Customizable managed hosting for WordPress, Magento, Laravel & PHP apps. Full control over server resources and cloud choice.
Lightning Stack - Now Available
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Cloudways Autonomous
Fully managed hosting for WordPress for dynamic high traffic eCom and LMS sites — built to autoscale for thousands of concurrent users.
Select Cloud Provider
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Fastest growing & affordable cloud provider with high-performance SSD standard and NVMe storage premium servers across 9 locations. Select the perfect fit from their Basic, General Purpose, and CPU Optimized server lineup.
DigitalOcean
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Across 30 locations, Vultr provides standard servers featuring SSD storage and high frequency servers with NVMe storage powered by the fastest architecture available in the Vultr product lineup.
Vultr
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Popular cloud emphasizing consistent performance across 25 datacenters. Choose Linode if you wish top quality performance at a pocket—friendly budget.
Linode
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Flexible Amazon cloud compute (EC2) with configurable storage/bandwidth across 28 datacenters. AWS supports dynamic vertical scaling with options to both upgrade and downgrade server resources. Select the perfect fit from their Standard and Compute Optimized server lineup.
AWS
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Google Compute Engine (GCE) is an extremely powerful cloud hosting infrastructure with the efficient performance that comes with Google's brand name. With 28 datacenters, GCE supports dynamic vertical scaling with options to both upgrade and downgrade server resources. Select the perfect fit from their Standard, Compute Optimized and High Compute server lineup.
GoogleCloud
Select Server Type
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Basic
DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.
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General Purpose
DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.
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CPU Optimized
DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.
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Standard
DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.
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Standard
DigitalOcean Standard Droplets, powered by 2nd generation or earlier Intel CPUs and standard SSD, are perfect for general-purpose workloads and all your applications, offering networking speeds up to 2 Gbps.
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Premium
DigitalOcean Premium Droplets are powered by 2nd or 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and faster NVME storage delivering higher network throughput up to 10 Gbps for your most demanding applications.
Micro
Suitable for personal websites and simple blogs.
$11
$11
USD per month
You pay $0.0357 hourly
- 2GB RAM
- 1 vCPU
- 50GB Storage
- 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
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Lightning Stack
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
Small
Suitable for growing businesses & moderate traffic.
$11
$11
USD per month
You pay $0.0357 hourly
- 2GB RAM
- 1 vCPU
- 50GB Storage
- 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
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Lightning Stack
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
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Medium
Supports more demanding websites with higher traffic.
$11
$88
USD per month
You pay $0.1310 hourly
- 8GB RAM
- 4 vCPU
- 160GB Storage
- 5TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
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Lightning Stack
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
8XL
Ideal for e-com stores and resource-intensive applications.
$11
USD per month
You pay $1.0848 hourly
- 128GB RAM
- 24 vCPU
- 2560GB Storage
- 11TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
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Lightning Stack
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
$0.033/GB per server will be applied for offsite backup storage.
Free Trial
Best for growing businesses that need autoscaling.
$100
$0For 3 Days
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 01
Bandwidth: 150 GB
Disk space: 20 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling
Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
Redis Caching
Object Cache Pro + Relay
Free Managed Migration
Growth
Best for growing businesses that need autoscaling.
$100
$100/Month
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 01
Bandwidth: 150 GB
Disk space: 20 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling
Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
Redis Caching
Object Cache Pro + Relay
Free Managed Migration
Additional Charges
- Disk Space: $1/GB
- Bandwidth: $0.04/GB
- Autoscaling: $0.07/hr/server beyond baseline
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Scale
Best For Woocommerce
$100
$200/Month
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 02
Bandwidth: 250 GB
Disk space: 50 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling
Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
Redis Caching
Object Cache Pro + Relay
Free Managed Migration
Additional Charges
- Disk Space: $1/GB
- Bandwidth: $0.04/GB
- Autoscaling: $0.10/hr/server beyond baseline
Plus
Best For LMS platforms & large WooCommerce stores
$100
$400/Month
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 03
Bandwidth: 1000 GB
Disk space: 100 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling
Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
Redis Caching
Object Cache Pro + Relay
Free Managed Migration
Additional Charges
- Disk Space: $1/GB
- Bandwidth: $0.04/GB
- Autoscaling: $0.12/hr/server beyond baseline
Enterprise
Beyond standard plans? We’ll create a plan that fits your needs.
Custom
Optimized resources for your traffic and usage patterns.
Custom resource allocation and baseline capacity.
Expert consultation to match plan to requirements.
Best CMS Hosting Designed for Smooth App Management
Our managed CMS hosting facilitates easy application management so you can focus on business
SSD-Based Cloud Hosting
SSD greatly improves your app’s performance and speed since the data transfer rate is much higher 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
NGINX, Apache, MySQL, and PHP-FPM work together to keep your CMS sites responsive under high-concurrency traffic, not just light loads.
Latest PHP Ready Servers
Faster execution and lower memory overhead come built in. Switch PHP versions in one click without touching your live environment.
Cloudflare
Cloudflare integration delivers your pages from the edge, close to your audience, with DDoS protection running quietly in the background.
Breeze Plugin
Breeze, our free cache plugin, comes pre-installed on every app. Lightweight, purpose-built, zero setup required.
Perfect Server Locations for Your Projects
Experience the flexibility and freedom of a truly global managed cloud hosting experience.
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Cloudways
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Cloudways Datacenters -
Hostinger
32
Unique Locations
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!
Improved site speed by 40% and increased course bookings across AU.
Mo Soltany
Business Development Manager
Cut hosting cost 80% while serving 17M+ users across 160+ countries.
Bryan Feinberg
Founder and CEO
Saw 600% growth, and our homepage achieved a perfect 100% score.
Stephan Eijer
Owner
Managed over $1M in sales and a 200% traffic spike seamlessly.
Sol Lee
Co-founder
Doubled site speed, 20% traffic growth & 50% faster load times.
Great Opomu
Chief WordPress Officer
Scaled to 140+ client sites & hit $1M ARR as performance soared.
Andrew Jackson
Founder & CEO
Streamlined operations for 60+ businesses with reliable performance.
Michelle Coe
President and Senior Creative Director
Saved 25–30% on hosting costs with 40% faster server response time.
Roberto M. Filho
Founder and CEO
30% faster, 280+ sites scaled, $10M+ revenue growth, this year.
Tristan Gatellier
CEO
Achieved 99 PageSpeed score, zero downtime and scalable growth.
Joost Rust
Director
Reduced server costs by 50% and homepage load time dropped to 1.2s.
Florence Luo
Owner and CEO
Grew monthly readership 3x from 3M to 9M after moving to Cloudways.
Simon Treulle
CEO
Improved store speed by 30%, which led to a 22% increase in conversions.
Yogita Khasturi
Co-Founder
Managed over $1M in sales and a 200% traffic spike seamlessly.
Sol Lee
Co-founder
Posted 2.6M views and earned $600K in commissions so rewarding.
Adam Connell
Founder
Handled 20x traffic spikes on 18-year-old site with 5,484 articles.
Jonathan Bailey
Founder
Resulted in a perfect 100% PageSpeed score and 600K page views.
Michael Donovan
Co-founder
Boosted monthly pageviews to 200K, leading to a 6-figure valuation.
Daniel Shuttleworth
Founder
Experienced a 3x increase in traffic and revenue, with 100% speed.
Keith Mint
Founder
Frequently Asked Questions
What is managed CMS hosting?
Managed CMS hosting is a premium service where the hosting provider takes care of technical aspects like server management, updates, backups, and security for your CMS-based website.
What is CMS hosting?
CMS hosting refers to web hosting specifically optimized for Content Management Systems like WordPress, Drupal, or Joomla. It offers features tailored to support the performance and security needs of these platforms.
Why is choosing CMS hosting advantageous?
Choosing managed CMS hosting is better because it provides a pre-optimized environment designed for speed and security. Unlike generic hosting, Cloudways CMS hosting includes features like advanced caching, dedicated firewalls, automatic updates, and free SSLs. This allows businesses to focus on creating content rather than managing server maintenance, ensuring faster page loads and higher reliability.
Can I migrate my existing website to managed CMS hosting on Cloudways?
Yes, Cloudways provides migration assistance, helping you seamlessly move your existing CMS website to our managed hosting platform.
Does Cloudways support CMS plugins and extensions?
Yes, Cloudways supports all major CMS plugins and extensions, including those for WordPress, Drupal, Magento, and Joomla. You can install, update, and manage plugins freely using SSH, SFTP, or the CMS dashboard.
Is customer support available for CMS hosting on Cloudways?
Yes, Cloudways provides 24/7 customer support to assist you with any technical issues or questions related to your CMS hosting.
What is the difference between CMS and web hosting?
CMS (Content Management System) and web hosting have separate functions in website development. The difference between CMS and hosting is that a CMS is a tool that aids in content creation and management, such as text and images, while web hosting offers the storage and online accessibility of your website. In short, a CMS handles content, while web hosting makes your site available on the internet.
Is Managed CMS hosting better than regular web hosting for my website?
Managed CMS hosting offers specialized support and features tailored to specific CMS platforms, ensuring optimal performance, security, and ease of use. Regular web hosting, on the other hand, provides a more generic environment. If you're using a popular CMS like WordPress, Drupal, or Joomla, opting for managed CMS hosting can save you time and effort in managing technical aspects. Managed hosting providers often offer automatic updates, security enhancements, and expert support for your CMS. Evaluate your website's needs and your technical expertise to make the right choice.
Can I easily install and manage my CMS on Cloudways?
Cloudways offers one-click installations for CMS platforms, and their user-friendly control panel makes it easy to manage your website, plugins, and more.
What are the key features of CMS hosting on Cloudways?
Cloudways' CMS hosting offers managed services, easy scalability, automated backups, free SSL certificates, and CloudwaysCDN for optimized performance.
What CMS platforms are supported by Cloudways’ CMS hosting?
Cloudways supports various CMS platforms. Beside WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Magento, it provides: October CMS, Grav CMS, Sulu CMS, Craft CMS, OpenCart CMS, Typo3 CMS, Silverstripe CMS, ClassicPress and MODX CMS.
Is managed CMS hosting cost-effective?
While managed CMS hosting may cost a bit more than regular hosting, the benefits of enhanced performance, security, and support can outweigh the cost, especially for businesses and professionals.
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