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DigitalOcean Servers (Flexible) · $98/mo (8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 25 GB SSD, 4000 GB transfer)
Cloudways at $98/mo is significantly overpriced for the specs offered. Multiple providers deliver 8GB RAM with 4 vCPU (double the cores) at $5.94-$12.39/mo, plus several offer comparable 8GB/2vCPU configurations at $13.68/mo. Even accounting for Cloudways' managed platform and add-on costs, the base tier pricing is 8-16x higher than raw-compute alternatives.
Matches Cloudways RAM and exceeds vCPU count (4 vs 2) at 1/16th the price, with unlimited traffic instead of metered overages.
Caveat: Quoted price is for 24-month prepaid term; 1 or 12-month terms cost more per month. Fair usage policy on unlimited traffic may throttle sustained high-bandwidth usage. Support is ticket-only on base tier.
Intro price is 93% cheaper; includes 4TB transfer matching Cloudways baseline, weekly backups, and 1 Gbps port.
Caveat: Renewal price jumps to $11.99/mo (85% increase). Intro rate requires 12/24/48-month prepay. Only 1 vCPU vs Cloudways' 2, and weekly (not daily) backups on base plan.
Matches Cloudways vCPU and RAM at 93% discount, with 5x the included transfer (20TB vs 4TB) and no per-GB overage charges in EU regions.
Caveat: VAT excluded from listed price (adds ~19-27% in EU). Traffic overages apply in non-EU regions (USA/Singapore as low as 0.5-1TB). Recent large price increases on other lines suggest potential future hikes.
Exact RAM and vCPU match to Cloudways with 4.4x larger storage (120GB vs 25GB) and unlimited traffic, at 86% lower cost.
Caveat: Intro pricing; renewal rates are 2-6x higher after contract term. Outbound traffic beyond 2TB pooled allowance is tiered at $0.036-0.018/GB. Additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/month each.
Doubles Cloudways vCPU (4 vs 2), matches RAM, adds 6x storage (150GB vs 25GB), and includes unlimited traffic for 87% less.
Caveat: 24-month prepaid term pricing; shorter terms cost more. Fair usage policy on unlimited traffic. Ticket-only support on base tier.
Before you switch
| Hostinger | KVM VPS · KVM 1 | $6.49/mo | 4 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hetzner | Cloud Servers · CX23 | $6.49/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS M | $6.67/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD vCPU Servers · vCPU - per core | $9.36/mo | 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | VPS Hosting (Self-Managed) · VPS XS | $9.99/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 80 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | VPS Hosting · VPS 4 vCPU | $9.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube S | $10.08/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS M+ | $11/mo | 4 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Gcore | Cloud Compute (Standard Gen 0, Linux) · g0-standard-2-4 | $12.32/mo | 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU | Visit |
| Contabo | Performance VPS · Cloud VPS Plus 4 | $12.39/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Quasar | $12.88/mo | 6 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 120 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Memory) · Memory Cube S | $13.68/mo | 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 120 GB NVMe | Visit |
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