Cloudways is the GoDaddy alternative for businesses with mission-critical websites
Yes, GoDaddy works great for smaller sites with low traffic. But price hikes and performance issues hit you once you start growing. Cloudways keeps your sites fast and affordable, even as they keep growing.
GoDaddy websites fall apart when you try to scale up
GoDaddy is cheap when you are starting and doesn’t charge you for traffic. Sounds like the perfect fit for small businesses, but here’s the downside that makes people consider GoDaddy alternatives.
High Paying Commission
You’re locked into a 1-3 year contract, with a price increase upon renewal.
Earn at your Pace with Flexibility
Your site is hosted on a shared server that’s slow, risky, and not built for high traffic.
(Robust and Reliable) Tracking System
Support can be difficult to reach, and slow to respond when you need critical help.
Data Centers
- DO1GB
- 1 GB
- 1 Core
- 25 GB
- 1 TB
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$11USD/Mon
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- DO2GB
- 2 GB
- 1 Core
- 50 GB
- 2 TB
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$24USD/Mon
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- DO4GB
- 4 GB
- 2 Core
- 80 GB
- 4 TB
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$46USD/Mon
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- DO8GB
- 8 GB
- 4 Core
- 160 GB
- 5 TB
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$88USD/Mon
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- DO16GB
- 16 GB
- 8 Core
- 320 GB
- 6 TB
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$149USD/Mon
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- DO32GB
- 32 GB
- 8 Core
- 640 GB
- 7 TB
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$240USD/Mon
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- DO48GB
- 48 GB
- 12 Core
- 960 GB
- 8 TB
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$342USD/Mon
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- DO64GB
- 64 GB
- 16 Core
- 1280 GB
- 9 TB
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$421USD/Mon
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- DO92GB
- 92 GB
- 20 Core
- 1920 GB
- 10 TB
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$566USD/Mon
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- DO128GB
- 128 GB
- 24 Core
- 2560 GB
- 11 TB
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$729USD/Mon
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- DO192GB
- 192 GB
- 32 Core
- 3840 GB
- 12 TB
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$1056USD/Mon
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- Vultr1GB
- 1 GB
- 1 Core
- 25 GB
- 1 TB
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$14USD/Mon
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- Vultr2GB
- 2 GB
- 1 Core
- 55 GB
- 2 TB
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$28USD/Mon
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- Vultr4GB
- 4 GB
- 2 Core
- 80 GB
- 3 TB
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$54USD/Mon
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- Vultr8GB
- 8 GB
- 4 Core
- 160 GB
- 4 TB
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$99USD/Mon
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- Vultr16GB
- 16 GB
- 6 Core
- 320 GB
- 5 TB
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$150USD/Mon
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- Vultr32GB
- 32 GB
- 8 Core
- 640 GB
- 6 TB
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$234USD/Mon
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- Vultr64GB
- 64 GB
- 16 Core
- 1280 GB
- 10 TB
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$400USD/Mon
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- Vultr1GB
- 1 GB
- 1 Core
- 32 GB
- 1 TB
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$16USD/Mon
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- Vultr2GB
- 2 GB
- 1 Core
- 64 GB
- 2 TB
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$30USD/Mon
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- Vultr4GB
- 4 GB
- 2 Core
- 128 GB
- 3 TB
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$60USD/Mon
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- Vultr8GB
- 8 GB
- 3 Core
- 256 GB
- 4 TB
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$118USD/Mon
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- Vultr16GB
- 16 GB
- 4 Core
- 384 GB
- 5 TB
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$173USD/Mon
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- Vultr32GB
- 32 GB
- 8 Core
- 512 GB
- 6 TB
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$270USD/Mon
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- Vultr48GB
- 48 GB
- 12 Core
- 768 GB
- 8 TB
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$334USD/Mon
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- Lin1GB
- 1 GB
- 1 Core
- 25 GB
- 1 TB
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$14USD/Mon
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- Lin2GB
- 2 GB
- 1 Core
- 50 GB
- 2 TB
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$28USD/Mon
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- Lin4GB
- 4 GB
- 2 Core
- 80 GB
- 4 TB
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$59USD/Mon
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- Lin8GB
- 8 GB
- 4 Core
- 160 GB
- 5 TB
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$105USD/Mon
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- Lin16GB
- 16 GB
- 6 Core
- 320 GB
- 8 TB
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$176USD/Mon
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- Lin32GB
- 32 GB
- 8 Core
- 640 GB
- 16 TB
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$260USD/Mon
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- Lin64GB
- 64 GB
- 16 Core
- 1280 GB
- 20 TB
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$489USD/Mon
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- Lin96GB
- 96 GB
- 20 Core
- 1920 GB
- 20 TB
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$707USD/Mon
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- Lin128GB
- 128 GB
- 24 Core
- 2560 GB
- 20 TB
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$894USD/Mon
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- Lin192GB
- 192 GB
- 32 Core
- 3840 GB
- 20 TB
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$1,253USD/Mon
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- AWS Small
- 2 GB
- 2 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$38.56USD/Mon
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- AWS Medium
- 4 GB
- 2 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$91.84USD/Mon
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- AWS CO Large
- 4 GB
- 2 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$164.50USD/Mon
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- AWS Large
- 8 GB
- 2 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$183.22USD/Mon
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- AWS CO XL
- 8 GB
- 4 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$262.75USD/Mon
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- AWS XL
- 16 GB
- 4 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$285.21USD/Mon
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- AWS CO 2XL
- 16 GB
- 8 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$412.81USD/Mon
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- AWS 2XL
- 32 GB
- 8 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$445.76USD/Mon
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- AWS CO 4XL
- 32 GB
- 16 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$667.40USD/Mon
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- AWS 4XL
- 64 GB
- 16 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$733.30USD/Mon
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- AWS CO 9XL
- 72 GB
- 36 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$1407.88USD/Mon
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- AWS 8XL
- 128 GB
- 32 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$1407.88USD/Mon
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- AWS CO 12XL
- 96 GB
- 48 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$1721.0USD/Mon
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- AWS 12XL
- 192 GB
- 49 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$1911.10USD/Mon
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- AWS CO 18XL
- 144 GB
- 72 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$2455.42USD/Mon
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- AWS 16XL
- 256 GB
- 64 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$2464.06USD/Mon
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- AWS CO 24XL
- 192 GB
- 96 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$3189.82USD/Mon
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- AWS 24XL
- 384 GB
- 96 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$3569.98USD/Mon
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- GCE Small
- 1.75 GB
- 1 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$37.45USD/Mon
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- GCE Medium
- 3.75 GB
- 1 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$84.12USD/Mon
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- GCE Large
- 7.5 GB
- 2 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$152.14USD/Mon
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- GCE XL
- 15 GB
- 4 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$241.62USD/Mon
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- GCE 2XL
- 30 GB
- 8 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$412.82USD/Mon
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- GCE 4XL
- 72 GB
- 16 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$722.06USD/Mon
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- GCE 6XL
- 120 GB
- 32 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$1290.42USD/Mon
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- GCE CO XL
- 16 GB
- 4 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$255.49USD/Mon
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- GCE CO 2XL
- 32 GB
- 8 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$397.84USD/Mon
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- GCE CO 4XL
- 64 GB
- 16 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$741.67USD/Mon
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- GCE CO 7XL
- 120 GB
- 30 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$1218.36USD/Mon
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- GCE CO 14XL
- 240 GB
- 48 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$2133.05USD/Mon
- Start Free
- GCE HC LARGE
- 2 GB
- 2 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$89.49USD/Mon
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- GCE HC XL
- 4 GB
- 4 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$202.32USD/Mon
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- GCE HC 2XL
- 8 GB
- 8 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$366.45USD/Mon
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- GCE HC 4XL
- 19 GB
- 96 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$563.55USD/Mon
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- GCE HC 8XL
- 32 GB
- 32 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$923.44USD/Mon
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- 64 GB
- 64 Core
- 20 GB
- 2 GB
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$1593.58USD/Mon
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Additional Information
- $0.033/GB per server will be applied for offsite backup storage.
- 24/7/365 Support
- Free SSL
- CloudFlare CDN
- Team Management
- Dedicated Firewalls
- Staging Environment
- Auto Healing
- Free Migration
- Automated Backups
- HTTP/2 Enabled Servers
- 24/7 Real-time Monitoring
- Regular Security Patching
- SSH and SFTP Access
- Optimized With Advanced Caches
- Unlimited Application Installation
Feature-Rich Security for Unmatched Value
Get complete app & server security with dynamic hosting features, outshining the competitors:
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Migrate For Free Without Any Glitches
We’ll move your first website to Cloudways from any web host for FREE (Without breaking yoursite hosted on the old host)
Migrate for FREEWhat Drives Cloudways Extraordinary Performance
Cloudways provides accelerated website performance using a combination of performance enhancing feature set.
Blazing-Fast Speeds.
We have partnered with the leading cloud providers to bring you 99.99% uptime and loading speeds of around 200–400 milliseconds.
“Migrated to Cloudways, Varnish setup seems faster than our Litespeed config ever was. This seems to have been a great decision.”
Andrew Suroor Bonar – Executive Advisor at HalonEnterprise-Grade Security.
Stay fully protected with Cloudways’ end-to-end encryption, free SSL certification, and two-factor authentication – not to mention advanced mitigation of DDoS attacks with Cloudflare Enterprise.
“Best way to protect the WordPress site: Cloudways bot protection + Cloudflare + Wordfence Security + Google reCAPTCHA”
Jan Tegze – Director of Technical Recruiting at Tricentis
High-performance, security, and 24/7 support — even on the lowest hosting plans
Fuel your small or medium-sized businesses with hosting features that redefine success.
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 WooCommerce store on PHP 8 ready server that’s significantly faster, 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 developed a free, light-weight, 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.
“Cloudways removes the hassle of hosting, giving me peace of mind with excellent support”
Kamron Nelson
Director of Fishhook Marketing
“The support team responds very quickly and has always gone above and beyond to resolve issues or questions.Cloudways is always my number one recommendation.”
Lindsey Marshall
Marketing Director, pdblowers, Inc.
Cloudways support is so helpful, they stick with me through the problems. Great support and pricing!”
Jeff Burkholder
Owner, BURK Digital
Migrate For Free Without Any Glitches
We’ll move your first website to Cloudways from any web host for FREE (Without breaking yoursite hosted on the old host)
Migrate My WebsiteReal 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!
LifterLMS + Cloudways = Quality, Support & Savings.
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LifterLMS
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Managing Partner
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Cloudways Eased SFP's Site Migration.
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CEO
Extend Security Features With Optional Add-Ons
Strengthen your site’s security further with premium add-ons, ensuring comprehensive protection, automatic updates, and trusted email hosting for a worry-free online experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of web hosting support do I get from Cloudways?
Cloudways offers 24/7/365 support through live chat and tickets. It also provides a rich knowledge base, a Facebook community, and additional add-on services for premium support.
Can I try Godaddy for free?
GoDaddy offers a free trial for some of its services. However, it’s important to note that the availability and duration of the free trial may vary depending on the specific product or service.
How secure is Cloudways?
Cloudways provides robust security measures, including DDoS protection, OS-level firewalls, free SSL certificates, two-factor authentication, IP whitelisting, regular security patching, and more.
Who wins in a GoDaddy vs Cloudways speed and performance test?
In terms of speed and performance, Cloudways generally outperforms GoDaddy. This is due to its advanced stack, which includes Nginx, Varnish, Memcached, Redis, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP-FPM.
Which is the best Godaddy alternative?
Cloudways is a highly recommended alternative to GoDaddy. It offers managed cloud hosting services with more advanced features like SSD-based hosting, built-in advanced caches, PHP 8-ready servers, and more