Powerful Managed WordPress Hosting

Managed WordPress hosting is a solution that offers the right features needed for a fast & secure online experience. It 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 growing your business and lets you leave all the hosting technicalities to the experts.

With Cloudways, you’re never managing your websites alone. We provide

• One-click installation
• Optimized servers for WordPress websites
• 24/7 support that is always available to answer your questions
• Built-in cache plugin
• Automatic backups and updates

Our managed hosting platform is built to run WordPress optimally, ensuring your websites perform well and deliver an unmatchable experience to your users.

WordPress hosting is optimized especially for WordPress-based websites so that these sites give optimum performance. The server settings and configuration is such that is it most feasible and compatible to host WordPress sites.

Managed WordPress hosting adds additional features and functionalities to traditional WordPress hosting. The main difference is in server and site maintenance which becomes the responsibility of the hosting provider in the case of managed hosting. Some of the extra features most managed hosting platforms are providing include

• Server monitoring
• Security features like firewall, bot protection, DDos protection etc.
• Automated Backups
• Free SSL installation
• Easy scalability
• Automatic Updates

You can avail these, and many more with Cloudways platform.

Normally, managed WordPress hosting providers include add-on pricing in their pricing structures, showing ambiguity in their actual rates. But Cloudways' pricing structure clearly states what you pay for the premium add-ons like Cloudflare and SafeUpdates. And even with the combined prices, you get the premium managed WordPress hosting services at the most affordable rates.

Unmanaged hosting is a service with little to no additional features, while managed hosting provides you with all the services needed to handle and maintain your server. Managed hosting is costlier than unmanaged hosting, but you save loads on the overall costs with the added benefits.

You can get started with Cloudways managed WordPress hosting for as low as $11 per month on our DigitalOcean server. But you can also get premium add-ons at small increments like automatic WordPress updates for an additional $3, Cloudflare Enterprise at $4.99, etc.

Also, Cloudways offers a Pay-As-You-Go pricing structure. So you only pay for what you are using. There are no hidden costs. There are a number of pricing tiers and plans available so everyone can choose according to their requirements and affordability. The starting price of hosting servers based on different cloud providers are

• DigitalOcean - Starting at $11/month.
• Vultr - Starting at $14/month.
• Linode - Starting at $14/month.
• Google Compute Engine - Starting at $37.45/month.
• Amazon Web Service - Starting at $38.56/month.

Yes, managed WordPress hosting providers offer automatic backups scheduled to run at regular intervals. And with Cloudways, you can also customize the default backup settings.

Our managed hosting for WordPress combines affordability with high performance and robust security to deliver a comprehensive solution. With 99% uptime, fast loading times, and 24/7 support, you get better performance results at lower costs than other hosts, including SiteGround, WPEngine, and Kinsta.

Yes, you can host unlimited sites on Cloudways managed servers without paying an additional penny. However, hosting providers like WPEngine or Kinstra impose extra charges for hosting multiple sites.

Consider the following factors while choosing the best managed WordPress hosting plan:

• Performance
• WordPress management & maintenance features
• Automatic updates
• Automatic backups
• Built-in CDN
• 24/7 expert support

Cloudways offers one free migration to all its users and charges for subsequent migrations. However, you can conduct unlimited migrations using the free WordPress migration plugin by Cloudways

Your WordPress site's security depends upon your hosting provider's protection mechanism, whether an unmanaged or a managed host. Cloudways provides a secure WordPress hosting environment backed with features like Bot Protection, Cloudflare Enterprise, and WAF, among others, so you're safe from DDoS attacks, malicious traffic & malware.

Before migrating your site to any hosting provider, you must check their transparency in pricing and features. WordPress hosting providers often don't mention server specifications in their plans, so you remain unaware of what you're signing for.

But with Cloudways, you get a clear picture of all server specifications and have the liberty to scale anytime via application/server monitoring. So, you are only charged for the resources you use, saving loads on extra costs.

Yes, most managed WordPress hosting providers restrict your usage. Like WPEngine limits specific plugins and themes, and Kinsta restricts PHP workers on their plans. But with Cloudways, you remain free of such restrictions and use any theme, plugins, or PHP workers without blockages.