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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (91.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (85.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$11.00
Starting at $4.00
Cloudways
Star Rating
(1,095)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (91.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$11.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 23 pricing plansDigitalOcean
Star Rating
(735)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (85.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $4.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 11 pricing plansCloudways vs DigitalOcean
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found DigitalOcean easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Cloudways overall.
- Reviewers felt that Cloudways meets the needs of their business better than DigitalOcean.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Cloudways is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Cloudways over DigitalOcean.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Cloudways
Managed Digital Ocean 1GB - Standard
$11.00
1GB RAM, 1 Core Processor
- 25GB Storage
- 1TB Bandwidth
- Cloudflare Add-on
DigitalOcean
Droplets
Starting at $4.00
Simple, affordable, fast virtual machines
- Deploys in seconds
- Scales up on demand
- Run any workload from mission critical apps to low traffic sites
Free Trial
Cloudways
Free Trial is available
DigitalOcean
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.3
938
9.1
639
Ease of Use
9.1
949
9.3
628
Ease of Setup
9.2
751
9.3
487
Ease of Admin
9.1
631
9.2
406
Quality of Support
9.2
911
8.7
522
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
621
9.2
379
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
916
9.0
628
Features by Category
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
41
Not enough data
8.5
41
Not enough data
9.1
44
Not enough data
Management
9.1
40
Not enough data
9.2
44
Not enough data
8.5
39
Not enough data
Support
8.7
38
Not enough data
8.6
37
Not enough data
9.0
35
Not enough data
Infrastructure Provision
Not enough data
9.1
144
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.4
77
Not enough data
8.3
120
Not enough data
9.3
151
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
131
Management
Not enough data
8.8
153
Not enough data
8.7
153
Not enough data
8.7
146
Functionality
Not enough data
8.4
81
Performance
8.5
196
Not enough data
9.1
206
Not enough data
9.1
215
Not enough data
8.8
207
Not enough data
8.9
197
Not enough data
Security
9.4
212
Not enough data
8.9
205
Not enough data
8.1
183
Not enough data
8.4
182
Not enough data
Free Resources
6.8
187
Not enough data
6.7
178
Not enough data
9.3
214
Not enough data
Performance - Cloud Web Hosting
8.9
182
Not enough data
8.9
183
Not enough data
8.4
175
Not enough data
8.4
172
Not enough data
Support - Cloud Web Hosting
9.4
181
Not enough data
8.7
174
Not enough data
8.7
179
Not enough data
9.1
180
Not enough data
Security - Cloud Web Hosting
8.9
171
Not enough data
9.2
179
Not enough data
9.1
173
Not enough data
Integration - Machine Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning - Machine Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Virtual Private Servers (VPS)
Not enough data
7.5
21
Not enough data
7.3
20
Not enough data
7.5
20
Hosting Management
8.7
361
8.4
346
8.9
366
8.9
353
7.1
280
Feature Not Available
8.0
328
8.6
285
8.8
326
8.2
240
8.5
290
8.7
267
8.7
302
7.9
216
8.4
322
Feature Not Available
8.7
338
8.8
296
9.0
336
8.6
294
Development
9.1
92
8.9
73
8.8
86
Feature Not Available
8.7
87
8.3
73
8.8
88
8.8
68
8.8
87
7.9
68
Database
8.9
94
8.7
69
8.8
88
7.9
67
9.0
84
7.9
66
9.1
97
8.6
66
9.2
95
8.9
68
Infrastructure
9.2
88
8.8
69
8.9
91
9.0
70
9.1
94
8.3
68
Configuration
Not enough data
8.8
51
Not enough data
8.7
51
Not enough data
8.6
51
Not enough data
7.4
50
Not enough data
8.7
50
Database Administration
Not enough data
8.7
51
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
7.8
50
Availability
Not enough data
9.2
51
Not enough data
8.8
50
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
8.4
50
Security
Not enough data
7.7
47
Not enough data
8.0
48
Not enough data
7.7
46
Data Management
Not enough data
8.6
47
Not enough data
7.5
47
Management
Not enough data
9.3
38
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
8.5
36
Organization
Not enough data
8.9
37
Not enough data
9.0
37
Not enough data
8.9
36
Development
Not enough data
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.8
34
Not enough data
8.9
36
Not enough data
9.2
35
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Cloudways and DigitalOcean are categorized as VPS Hosting Platforms and Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Unique Categories
Cloudways is categorized as Managed Hosting, WordPress Hosting, Cloud Web Hosting, and WebOps Platforms
DigitalOcean is categorized as Container Orchestration, Block Storage, Container Management, Database as a Service (DBaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Machine Learning, and AI Chatbots
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Cloudways
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
DigitalOcean
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
15.2%
Information Technology and Services
13.3%
Computer Software
7.9%
Retail
5.0%
Design
5.0%
Other
53.5%
Computer Software
24.5%
Information Technology and Services
19.8%
Internet
6.9%
Marketing and Advertising
5.8%
Computer & Network Security
3.0%
Other
40.0%
Discussions
How do l move a website created from the Godaddy site builder to Clouways hosting?
36 Comments
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How do I get high scores on https://pagespeed.web.dev/
6 Comments
TY
Hi John,
I’ve a similar concern as my website doesn’t show great speed on Google. But in reality, it opens pretty...Read more
What are droplets in DigitalOcean?
7 Comments
JL
Companies like to rename existing concepts to make them seem more exclusive. A Droplet is what Digital Ocean has decided to name its virtual machines,...Read more
What's your primary use case for DigitalOcean?
2 Comments
TR
I use it for hosting my staging websites for my web dev business as well as hosting my own website. I'm not a big fan of web hosting companies, especially as...Read more
Are digital ocean droplets VPS?
2 Comments
JL
Yes, Droplets are what Digital Ocean calls their VPS's.Read more
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