Cloudways pricing
What Cloudways really costs, and why the cloud provider and server size you pick, not a flat plan, decide your bill.
Cloudways does not sell fixed plans. It is managed cloud hosting that runs on top of five providers, so your cost tracks the provider and server size you launch, billed monthly or hourly with no long contract. Entry rates run from DigitalOcean through Vultr and Linode to AWS and Google Cloud, each a different price for the same management layer. The figures that move your real bill are server size, bandwidth overages and paid add ons. Below is each provider entry point as published, then the things that move the number.
Plans and prices
Per month, per server, pay as you goPricing as of June 2026. Cloudways bills per cloud server with no long contract; the rate depends on the provider and server size you pick, and annual billing lowers the effective monthly rate. Check the vendor for current pricing.
Server size and add ons set the real bill.
Cloudways prices the server, not a plan, so a few things tend to separate the entry rate from what you actually pay. Plan for these before you launch.
Cloudways pricing FAQ
How much does Cloudways cost per month?
Cloudways bills per cloud server, starting near $11 a month on DigitalOcean, $14 on Vultr or Linode, and about $38 on AWS or Google Cloud. There is no long contract. Pricing as of June 2026; check the vendor for current pricing.
Does Cloudways charge a flat plan price?
No. Cloudways is pay as you go and prices by the cloud server you launch rather than a fixed plan. You pick the provider and size, pay monthly or hourly, and can scale or destroy servers at any time, so the bill matches your usage.
Why is Cloudways more expensive than shared hosting?
Because you are renting a managed cloud server rather than a slot on a shared machine. The entry DigitalOcean server gives you dedicated resources and the same management layer as the largest plans, which commodity shared hosting near $3 a month does not.
What adds to the Cloudways bill beyond the server?
Bandwidth overages, automated off site backups, premium support, add on email and dedicated firewalls all bill on top of the base server. Sizing the server and watching bandwidth are the two biggest levers on your monthly cost. Verified June 2026.