Cloudways vs GoDaddy

Cloudways is strongest for WordPress agencies. GoDaddy is strongest for small businesses. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Cloudways	GoDaddy
Starting price	$0.03/mo	$5.99/mo
Best for	WordPress agencies E-commerce (WooCommerce/Magento) Developers wanting managed infra without lock-in to one cloud	Small businesses Domain-first buyers wanting one vendor WordPress beginners Users who want phone support
Stated uptime SLA	99.99%	99.9% (industry-typical figure; not independently confirmed on a blocked GoDaddy SLA page)
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	30	3
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	No
Support channels	Ticket, Live chat, Docs, Advanced Support (paid, $100/mo, 75% lifetime discount promo to $25/mo)	Phone, 24/7 chat, Ticket, Docs/Help center
Compliance	GDPR	PCI DSS (for hosted ecommerce/WooCommerce), GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Bandwidth overages billed per-GB and vary by underlying cloud: DigitalOcean $0.02/GB, AWS $0.12/GB, GCP $0.10-$0.17/GB Offsite backup storage billed at $0.033/GB per server Cloudways Autonomous disk overage $1/GB and bandwidth overage $0.04/GB beyond plan baseline Cloudways Autonomous autoscaling billed $0.07-$0.12/hour/server depending on tier Add-ons (Cloudflare Enterprise CDN, Site Manager, Malware Protection, Rackspace Email, DNS Made Easy, Advanced Support) are all separate recurring fees not included in base server price	Steep renewal-price jump after the first term (often 1.7x-2.5x the introductory rate) Long promotional terms (up to 36 months) are required to see the lowest advertised price; month-to-month billing is dramatically higher Free SSL certificate offer is often only for year one; premium DNS, backups, and site security are frequently upsold as add-ons at checkout cPanel/Plesk licensing and backup services can be bundled extras on VPS/dedicated rather than included Migration and domain privacy sometimes charged separately
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18