Cloudways vs Pressable
The Pressable Alternative Where Traffic Spikes Don’t Cost Extra
More visitors should feel like a win, not a bill. Pressable charges $1.20 per 1,000 visits over your plan limit. Cloudways bills for your server, not your traffic. Unlimited sites, five cloud providers, starting at $11 a month.
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Not Just Billing. Here’s Why People Switch From Pressable.
Pressable does WordPress well. But the moment you need more, the limits show up fast.
When a client needs Magento, Laravel, or a custom PHP app, you can say yes. Cloudways runs them all.
Put your server where your audience is. Pick from 150+ data centers across 50+ locations worldwide.
Get three days on real infrastructure before spending a dollar. No credit card required.
Add the RAM and CPU you need and pay for what you use. No fixed plan tiers to overpay for.
Is Cloudways Really the Best Pressable Alternative?
Both are solid managed WordPress hosts. Here’s what actually separates them.
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| Billing, the Thing That Actually Worries You | ||
| Entry Plan | $25/mo, $20.83/mo billed annually | $11/mo |
| Visit-Based Overages | $1.20 per 1,000 visits over plan | Never |
| Sites Per Plan | 1 on entry plan, scales by tier | Unlimited per server |
| Pricing Model | Fixed monthly or annual | Pay-as-you-go, hourly |
| Free Trial | None, 30-day money-back instead | 3 days, no credit card required |
| Renewal Price Increase | Never | Never |
| Feature Access | ||
| App Support | WordPress only | WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Laravel, and PHP |
| Staging Environment | Free on every plan | Free on every plan |
| Automated Backups | Daily, 30-day retention | Scheduled and on-demand |
| Automatic Plugin Updates | Included on all plans with VRT | Via Site Manager Pro paid add-on |
| Free Migrations | Unlimited for all WordPress sites | Unlimited for WordPress and WooCommerce |
| Multisite Support | Yes | Yes |
| Email Hosting | Not included | Rackspace add-on, $1/mailbox/mo |
| White-Label Capability | Yes | Yes |
| MCP Integration | Pressable MCP, free | Cloudways MCP, free |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Cloud Provider | Google Cloud only | DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP, Vultr, or Linode |
| Data Centers | 4 locations | 150+ across 50+ locations worldwide |
| PHP Version Control | Yes | Multiple versions, switchable |
| SSH and SFTP Access | Yes | Full SSH and SFTP |
| Support | ||
| 24/7 Support | Live chat and email, all plans | Live chat and ticket, all plans |
| Avg First Response | Under 2 minutes | Under 90 seconds |
| Phone Support | Enterprise plans only | Premium add-on |
| Where Pressable Genuinely Holds Up | ||
| G2 Rating | 4.8/5, limited reviews | 4.7/5, 1,100+ reviews |
| Trustpilot Rating | 4.6/5, 299 reviews | 4.6/5, 3,600+ reviews |
| Jetpack Security | Free on every plan, $239/yr value | Not included |
| WordPress Infrastructure | Built on WP Cloud, same as WordPress.com | Standard managed hosting |
| Dedicated PHP Workers | 512MB dedicated per site, no shared pools | Configurable PHP-FPM |
| Uptime SLA | 100% on Premium plans | 99.99% |
Pressable Gives You 4 Locations. On Cloudways, You Get 150+.
More locations means faster sites for your visitors, better Core Web Vitals scores, and the freedom to pick the provider that fits your budget and performance needs.
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Is Cloudways the Right Move for You?
If any of these sound familiar, it probably is.
You’re an Agency Outgrowing Per-Site Pricing
Every new client means a higher plan tier on Pressable. On Cloudways, one server covers your whole portfolio.
Your Clients Are Starting to Ask for More
When a client needs Magento, Laravel, or a custom PHP app, Cloudways lets you say yes on the same server.
You’ve Had One Too Many Surprise Overage Bills
Traffic spikes should feel like wins. On Cloudways, they do. Your bill never changes based on who shows up.
Your Audience Isn’t All in One Place
Four fixed locations will always leave someone waiting. Cloudways has 150+ locations to pick from.
You Want to Try Before You Spend
Get three days on real Cloudways infrastructure, fully functional, before you spend a dollar.
You Want Control Over Your Server
PHP versions, caching, cloud provider, server specs. On Cloudways, those are your decisions to make.
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
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does Cloudways include Jetpack Security like Pressable does?
No. Jetpack Security is a Pressable-exclusive benefit worth $239/year, included free on every Pressable plan. Cloudways has its own security stack including dedicated firewalls, DDoS protection, malware protection, and free SSL, but Jetpack Security specifically is not part of it. If Jetpack is central to your workflow, that is worth factoring in.
Will I lose the Automattic ecosystem if I switch to Cloudways?
You will not lose access to WooCommerce, Jetpack, or WordPress itself. Those are open-source plugins you can install on any host. What you do lose is Pressable's native infrastructure built on WP Cloud, the same platform that powers WordPress.com. Cloudways runs on DigitalOcean, AWS, Google Cloud, Vultr, and Linode, which is a different infrastructure stack but gives you far more location and provider flexibility.
How does Cloudways handle traffic spikes compared to Pressable?
Differently. Pressable uses soft caps. Your site stays live during a spike but you are charged $1.20 per 1,000 visits over your plan limit. Cloudways does not bill per visit at all. You pay for your server resources regardless of how much traffic arrives. For sites with unpredictable or growing traffic, that is a meaningful difference.
Does Cloudways offer free migrations from Pressable?
Yes. Cloudways engineers handle WordPress and WooCommerce migrations for free, with unlimited migrations included. Your sites stay live throughout the process. If you are running a custom PHP application, your first migration is free with a fee for additional ones.
Is Cloudways cheaper than Pressable for agencies managing multiple sites?
For most agencies, yes. Pressable's entry plan starts at $25/month for one site and scales up by tier as you add more. Cloudways starts at $11/month and lets you host unlimited sites on one server. The more sites you manage, the wider that gap becomes.
Does Cloudways have staging environments like Pressable?
Yes. Every Cloudways plan includes free one-click staging on every application. You can push changes from staging to live without any extra cost or plan upgrade required.
What happens to my Pressable sites during migration?
They stay live. Cloudways engineers handle the migration while your existing Pressable sites remain fully operational. Once everything is confirmed working on Cloudways, you update your DNS and the transition is complete.
Can I host WooCommerce on Cloudways like I do on Pressable?
Yes. WooCommerce runs on Cloudways just as it does on any managed WordPress host. Cloudways also supports Magento, Laravel, and custom PHP applications on the same server, which Pressable does not offer.
Does Cloudways offer automatic plugin updates like Pressable?
Yes, through Site Manager. The Pro plan includes SafeUpdates, which automatically detects, tests, and deploys WordPress core, plugin, and theme updates using visual regression testing before pushing anything live. It is a paid add-on starting at $2/month per application, whereas Pressable includes automatic updates on all plans.
Is Cloudways WordPress hosting as optimized as Pressable?
Both are strong managed WordPress hosts. Pressable runs on WP Cloud, purpose-built for WordPress by the Automattic team, which gives it a deep WordPress optimization advantage. Cloudways runs on its ThunderStack (NGINX, Apache, Varnish, Redis, Memcached, PHP-FPM) across five cloud providers, giving you more infrastructure flexibility and provider choice. The right answer depends on whether you prioritize WordPress specialization or infrastructure control.