Cloudways review

Cloudways sits between shared hosting and running your own server. You choose a cloud provider, data center and server size, and Cloudways manages the stack. The Micro server lists at $14 per month, billed hourly at $0.0042, with 1GB of RAM, one vCPU, 25GB of NVMe storage and 1TB of transfer, and the current offer takes 80 percent off for the first two months. There is no limit on sites or apps per server, and it supports WordPress, Magento, Laravel and custom PHP apps. Free staging and cloning, migrations, Redis and the Imunify360 firewall are included, and Object Cache Pro is free from the 4GB server up. Costs can creep: offsite backups are billed at $0.033 per GB and the Cloudflare Enterprise CDN is an add-on from $4.99 per domain. The dashboard assumes you are comfortable thinking about RAM and CPU, which is why we score ease of use lower.

Who it is for

Developers and agencies who want managed cloud servers with monthly billing

Price

Micro server from $14 per month billed hourly; 80% off for the first 2 months during the current offer.

$14 $2.8 USD per month You pay $0.0042 hourly 1GB RAM 1 vCPU 25GB NVMe Storage
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 12, 2026.

Key features

• Micro server: 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25GB NVMe storage and 1TB transfer
• Unlimited websites and apps per server, including WordPress, Magento, Laravel and PHP
• Free Object Cache Pro on 4GB servers and above, plus free Redis
• Free staging, cloning and migration
• Imunify360 firewall and on-demand or automated backups

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Hourly billing with no prepaid term
• Strength: Choose your cloud provider and data center
• Strength: Free trial without a credit card
• Weakness: More technical than shared hosting: you size and manage servers
• Weakness: Offsite backup storage costs $0.033 per GB
• Weakness: Enterprise Cloudflare CDN is a paid add-on

Key facts

• Entry server: 1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25GB NVMe
• Billing: Hourly, $0.0042 per hour
• Sites per server: Unlimited

Where it ranks

Cloudways is No. 5 in our Best Web Hosting Services verdict and No. 6 in Best WordPress Hosting.