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DigitalOcean Servers (Flexible) · $28/mo (2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD, 2000 GB transfer)
Cloudways' $28/mo DigitalOcean plan is significantly overpriced compared to direct DigitalOcean ($6/mo) and other managed/unmanaged alternatives offering 2GB RAM. You're paying a 4-5x markup for Cloudways' management layer, which may not justify the cost unless you heavily use their automation features.
Direct DigitalOcean access at $6/mo eliminates Cloudways' 4.7x markup; same underlying infrastructure with full API control and no Cloudways add-on fees.
Caveat: You lose Cloudways' managed dashboard, autoscaling, and one-click app deployments; bandwidth overages at $0.01/GB apply to both.
Offers 4GB RAM and 2 vCPU for $4.54/mo with unlimited traffic and daily backups included, delivering far more compute than Cloudways at 16% of the price.
Caveat: Unmanaged VPS; Windows licensing and APAC egress fees apply after mid-2026; no managed app deployment layer like Cloudways.
2GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90GB NVMe, and unlimited traffic for $5/mo intro pricing; significantly outspecs Cloudways on storage and CPU.
Caveat: Intro price renews at 2-6x higher after 1-year contract; additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/mo each; unmanaged unless you add paid support tiers.
Matches Cloudways' 2GB RAM and 50GB NVMe SSD at $2.09/mo intro with unmetered bandwidth and root SSH access.
Caveat: Renewal price jumps to $9.99-$15.99/mo after intro term; 36-month contract required for lowest price; aggressive upsells during checkout.
2 vCPU, 40GB SSD, and 2000GB transfer for $5/mo; better CPU allocation and matching bandwidth allowance at 18% of Cloudways' cost.
Caveat: Only 1GB RAM vs Cloudways' 2GB; bandwidth overages at $0.09-$0.132/GB depending on region; no managed deployment features.
Before you switch
| UpCloud | Cloud Servers - Starter · STARTER-1xCPU-1GB | $3.5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB Standard SSD | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Spark | $3.88/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| Kamatera | Cloud VMs · Type A base (Availability, 1 vCPU/1GB) | $4/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | VPS · VPS-1 | $4.54/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 1vCPU/1GB | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Virtual Servers · GP 1GB (Linux, IPv6) | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS S+ | $5/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Liquid Web | VPS Hosting · Compute 1 | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 30 GB SSD | Visit |
| Linode (Akamai) | Shared CPU Compute · Nanode 1 GB | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD | Visit |
| Civo | Compute Instances · xSmall | $5.43/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube XS | $5.76/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 60 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Fly.io | Machines (Shared CPU) · shared-cpu-1x - 1GB | $5.92/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
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