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Vultr Servers (Flexible) · $11/mo (2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB SSD, 2000 GB transfer)
Cloudways at $11/mo for 2GB RAM and 50GB SSD is significantly overpriced compared to direct cloud providers. Several alternatives offer equal or better specs for $2-5/mo, though you'll lose Cloudways' managed interface and must handle server administration yourself.
Matches Cloudways specs exactly (2GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50GB NVMe) at 1/5 the price with unmetered bandwidth and root SSH access.
Caveat: Intro pricing only; renewal jumps to $9.99-15.99/mo after contract term, and requires 36-month commitment for lowest rate.
Exceeds Cloudways specs (2GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90GB NVMe) at less than half the price with unlimited traffic.
Caveat: Intro pricing; renewal is 2-6x higher after 1-year contract, and outbound data over 2TB is metered at $0.036/GB.
Significantly better specs (4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40GB NVMe, daily backup) for 59% less than Cloudways.
Caveat: Unlimited traffic claim may change in APAC regions after mid-2026; IPv4 addresses billed separately.
Half the price of Cloudways with 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25GB SSD, and strong 99.99% SLA; no renewal trap.
Caveat: Shared CPU (not dedicated); backups are a separate add-on (~$1/mo); outbound bandwidth overage is $0.005/GB.
Half the price with better specs (2 vCPU, 40GB SSD, 2000GB transfer) and no long-term contract lock-in.
Caveat: Data transfer overage is $0.09-0.132/GB depending on region; lower 99.9% SLA vs Cloudways' managed reliability.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · STARDUST1-S | $0.43/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS XS | $2/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Bluehost | VPS Hosting · NVMe 2 | $2.09/mo | 2 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| 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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