Cloudways
Managed cloud hosting for sites that outgrow shared plans.
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sovereigntyWhen a site outgrows shared hosting, Cloudways runs it on real cloud infrastructure (DigitalOcean, Vultr, AWS) with the server work managed for you — monthly billing, no long lock-ins. It doesn't register domains, so pair it with any registrar above.
SOURCE-AVAILABLEProprietary service
LicenseProprietary service
PricingFrom ~$11/mo on DigitalOcean infrastructure — monthly billing, cancel anytime
Open sourceNo
Self-hostableNo
Local-first dataNo
What it does well
- +Managed cloud performance without server administration
- +Monthly billing — no multi-year commitments
- +Choice of underlying cloud provider
Where it falls short
- −No domain registration — you still need a registrar
- −Overkill for a simple brochure site
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