Provider review
Cloudways
Managed cloud hosting on top of DigitalOcean, AWS, Google Cloud, Vultr and Linode. The platform handles server setup, caching and updates, so you pay for managed convenience rather than a bare VPS.
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Strengths
- The platform manages the server, caching and stack
- Choice of cloud and data center: DO, AWS, GCP, Vultr, Linode
- Hourly billing and a free trial
Limitations
- It is managed hosting, pricier than a bare VPS
- Billing in foreign currency, no Russian locations
- Lifetime affiliate commission only on the hybrid plan
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Plans
What is in the base
| Plan | CPU | RAM | Disk | Location | IPv4 | Verified | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DO Standard 1GB | 1 | 1 GB | 25 GB SSD | Global | yes | August 17, 2026 price list | $11 | Open |
| DO Standard 2GB | 1 | 2 GB | 50 GB SSD | Global | yes | August 17, 2026 price list | $22 | Open |
| DO Standard 4GB | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB SSD | Global | yes | August 17, 2026 price list | $42 | Open |
| DO Standard 8GB | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB SSD | Global | yes | August 17, 2026 price list | $88 | Open |
Specs
- Virtualization
- Cloud
- Locations
- Europe, Global, USA, Asia
- NVMe disk
- no
- Hourly billing
- yes
- Trial period
- yes
- DDoS protection
- yes
- Backups
- yes
- Control panel
- yes
Which workloads it fits
How we decide this. A workload makes the list if the provider claims it itself or if it has plans with a suitable configuration. It affects the matching: a workload fit adds +25 points, the full formula
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