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Cloudways vs DigitalOcean

Cloudways starts at $20/mo across 7 plans. DigitalOcean starts at $4/mo across 8 plans.

Cloudways
Hosting
7 plans
$20 Starter $30 Professional $50 Growth $100 Scale $150 Plus $20 Starter $30 Professional $50 Growth $100 Scale $150 Plus
From $20$20/moNo free tier
DigitalOcean
Hosting
8 plans
$4 Basic 512 MiB $6 Basic 1 GiB $12 Basic 2 GiB $24 Basic 4 GiB $48 Basic 8 GiB $4 Basic 512 MiB $6 Basic 1 GiB $12 Basic 2 GiB $24 Basic 4 GiB $48 Basic 8 GiB
From $4$4/moNo free tier
DigitalOcean's cheapest paid plan costs $4/mo, $16 less than Cloudways at $20/mo. Neither has a free tier.

Plan by plan

TierCloudwaysDigitalOcean
01Starter
$20$20 /mo
Basic 512 MiB · Basic Droplets
$4$4 /mo
02Professional
$30$30 /mo
Basic 1 GiB · Basic Droplets
$6$6 /mo
03Growth
$50$50 /mo
Basic 2 GiB · Basic Droplets
$12$12 /mo
04Scale
$100$100 /mo
Basic 4 GiB · Basic Droplets
$24$24 /mo
05Plus
$150$150 /mo
Basic 8 GiB · Basic Droplets
$48$48 /mo
06Advanced
$300$300 /mo
CPU-Optimized 4 GiB · CPU-Optimized
$42$42 /mo
07Business
$400$400 /mo
General Purpose 8 GiB · General Purpose
$63$63 /mo
08—Memory-Optimized 16 GiB · Memory-Optimized
$84$84 /mo

Plans are listed in each vendor's own order. Prices in USD; confirm on the vendor's site before buying.