Security – First & Always
Your website’s security is foremost on our mind. Here’s what goes into it.
Enterprise-grade performance and security with Cloudflare
Our Cloudflare Enterprise add-on sits atop the Cloudways platform and offers advanced protection against hackers and threats at the edge.
DDoS attacks are mitigated in under 3 seconds via dedicated IP ranges, with prioritized routing and protection to ensure maximum speed and availability.
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) analyzes millions of sites and 32 million requests per second to intelligently identify & block attackers and emerging threats at the edge!
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Every Cloudways Account Comes With
Firewalls
Every Cloudways managed server comes with a firewall that allows access only to specific ports that are required for applications to function.
Login Security
For our users, rate-limiting for SSH and SFTP logins is a simple yet effective method to dealing with brute-force login attacks.
Bot Protection
Protect your WordPress websites from traffic congestion caused by malicious bots, brute force login attacks and Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks with the help of our technology partner, Malcare.
Database Security
By default, the database cannot be accessed remotely. However, users can whitelist IP addresses to set up secure database remote access.
Application Isolation
While the users can launch multiple applications on a single server, each application is isolated from the rest, thus preventing application level issues to compromise the entire server.
SSL Certificates
We provide all users with FREE Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates to ensure security of application’s data in transit.
User Role Management
Cloudways primary account holders can set up customized server access lists to provide access to server functionalities as and when needed.
Operating System’s Security
Cloudways is powered by Debian, partly because of the strong and prompt patch management system. Our engineers regularly follow-up with Debian community to remain updated with the current issues/vulnerabilities in Debian and patch the customer servers as soon as the patch is made available.
Cloudways Bug Bounty Program
Server security is a team sport! For this, we have partnered with BugCrowd to crowdsource vulnerability discovery in Cloudways Platform.
GDPR Compliance
Our compliance with the requirements of European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is just another demonstration of our commitment to the security of customer data and our large European customer base.
Two-Factor Authentication
Access to our platform is protected with industry standard Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to strengthen platform security and minimize the incidents of unauthorized access to user account.
End-to-End Encryption
The Cloudways platform is fully protected with end-to-end encryption that ensures that all data in transit is protected and encrypted with HTTPS protocol, preventing access to data during transfer from one system to another.
Suspicious Device Login Control
Cloudways checks all devices that attempt to access your account. In case a device (or a login attempt) is flagged as ‘Suspicious’, you are notified by email, the login process is interrupted and appropriate actions are taken to verify your identity.
Our Partners
Our Partners
Our Customers, Our Success
The ability for a digital agency like us to have lots of servers, from different providers, depending on the need, in one place.
John Falzon
Managing Director at Keen
Cloudways made it easy for us to extend our web application infrastructure into the cloud.
Adam McWilliams
CTO at Pacific Community
We are grateful to have found an ideal managed cloud hosting platform for our customers, and look to grow our hosting business through Cloudways.
Robert Theodorow
CEO at SFP
The ability to scale and clone sites ourselves and install SSL certificates gives us more control.
Edward Bull
Director at Limesharp
Cloudways has fulfilled our expectations. It is a great service and keeps our website up and running nicely.
Amit Kothari
Founder at Tallyfy
We gave Cloudways a try and we saw our client sites have page load time decreased from an average of 5.4 seconds to just over 1 second.
Jeff Weese
Founder at Joslex Studios
The support is excellent. I have needed their help and they always come through. I have no technical brain and the back end of my website is all confusing so I need the engineer help when something breaks.
Letty Flatt
Owner at Letty’s Kitchen
We love being part of the Cloudways family! We encourage all startups to switch to Cloudways managed hosting platform for a hassle-free hosting experience.
Gabriel Marcolongo
Founder at Incluyeme
Migrating to Cloudways has really helped us get a handle on our hosting and server ops costs. The simplicity of the management dashboard, combined with the amazing chat support lets us reduce our cost for outsourced server ops services.
Bet Hannon
CEO at Bet Hannon Business Websites
Frequently Asked Questions
What is WordPress?
WordPress is a world-renowned content management system. It allows you to manage, edit and update your content easily. The dashboard and admin panel provided by WordPress are easy to use and interact with, making content and user management hassle-free.
It also allows users to build websites or blogs easily. A unique feature that makes it so popular is its beginner friendliness. Users can make customized web pages with responsive themes that fit their needs and preferences. It is an open source, hence there is an abundance of WordPress themes and plugins that provide the additional benefit of adding features and functionality to the websites. It is a robust and efficient platform giving support to boost a webpage’s performance.
What is managed WordPress hosting?
A managed WordPress hosting provider works as your extended team and takes care of all the website & server-related issues, hence the term ‘managed hosting.’ This gives you a hassle-free experience so you can focus on your business instead of your web host.
At Cloudways, we provide optimized servers for WordPress web hosting. Instead of resorting to manual installation, you can install WordPress with just a click on our managed hosting servers.
Our managed WordPress hosting offers the latest version of WordPress, a built-in cache plugin, and 24/7 support that is always available to answer your questions. With Cloudways, you’re never managing your websites alone. Our WordPress web hosting platform is built to run WordPress optimally, ensuring your websites perform well and deliver an unmatchable experience to your users.
How much does Cloudways WordPress Hosting Cost?
Cloudways provides a vast variety of hosting packages and plans which are suitable for different requirements. The starting price based on the choice of cloud providers include
DigitalOcean: $12/month
Linode: $12/month
Vultr: $ 13/month
Amazon Web Services: $36.51/month
Google Compute Engine: $33.18/month
Also, you can get premium add-ons at minimal cost like automatic WordPress updates for an additional $3, Cloudflare Enterprise at $5, etc. Cloudways has a Pay as you go pricing model through which we make sure that our customers get the best value for their money.
How many WordPress websites can I migrate to your managed cloud hosting?
Do you restrict the use of WordPress Plugins or Themes on your Cloud hosting platform?
No! When you host your websites on our managed WordPress hosting, you can use any plugin or theme you like.
While we help you manage your WordPress website, their ownership lies entirely with you. This is one of the reasons why so many people choose our WordPress web hosting solution to host their high-priority websites.
Do I have to pay separately for the infrastructure?
How can I scale my WordPress hosting server?
You can easily vertically scale all aspects of your server on our managed WordPress hosting platform.
When there’s a surge in traffic on your WordPress website, you can go to your platform and simply use the slider in the Vertical Scaling menu to scale your server manually. Now your website is ready for the next big event!
How secure is your WordPress hosting platform?
We take the security of websites on our managed WordPress hosting very seriously & platform-level firewalls are deployed on all our servers that host WordPress and other applications. Other top-notch security hardening techniques include end-to-end encryption, Malcare bot protection, Cloudflare Enterprise Addon, SafeUpdates, free SSL certificates, WAF & many more making Cloudways one of the most secure WordPress hosting platforms available. You are protected from DDoS attacks, malicious traffic & malware.
No matter how big or small, all customers are hosted on dedicated and jailed WordPress managed hosting, so their websites are completely secure.
I have a WordPress website with thousands of daily visitors. Will your WordPress web hosting be able to handle it?
Our managed WordPress Hosting platform can host WordPress websites of all sizes. In fact, you can scale your servers with hosted WordPress websites with just a single click.
How is Cloudways better than other WordPress hosting providers?
With our high-performance managed WordPress hosting platform, you have everything from monitoring, scaling, and cloning to backups, restores, and much more, all through 1-Click operations.
Additionally, our managed hosting platform offers scalability and can handle WordPress multisite and ecommerce websites using WooCommerce. Compared to other managed WordPress hosting providers, we offer you the opportunity to experience the pioneering CloudwaysBot, along with an optimized WordPress hosting platform.
Developers can choose to use the API for integrations, automation, and development on top of our managed WordPress hosting platform.
Would your WordPress cloud hosting improve my website speed?
For the deployment of your WordPress site on our managed hosting platform, we utilize a unique performance-optimized stack.
The performance-optimized stack is a potent combination of the powerful features of Varnish, Redis, Apache, and Nginx. This unique formula gives you the fully optimized and managed WordPress hosting experience that guarantees better performance and speed for your WordPress websites.
Will you help migrate my website to your WordPress cloud hosting platform?
Migrating your WordPress website to Cloudways is easy. The Cloudways WordPress migrator is a dedicated plugin that we created to quickly migrate your websites to our managed WordPress hosting.
Additionally, we offer one managed migration without any cost if you wish for assistance with your migration.