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Cloudways vs HostGator

Higher score
CloudwaysIndie
9.2/ 10
HostGatorNewfold
5.7/ 10
Across 4 measured dimensions: Cloudways wins 3, HostGator wins 1
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Side by side.

8 dimensions
MetricCloudwaysHostGator
Score
Winner: left
9.25.7
Δ 90 days
Winner: left
↑ 0.1↓ 0.2
Parent & badge
Winner: left
DigitalOceanIndie
Newfold DigitalNewfold
Founded
20122002
Best for
Scaling WP / WooCommerceHard pass for most
Year-1 price
Winner: right
$132$30
Renewal multiplier
Winner: left
1×4.8×
Tagline
Managed cloud · DO/Vultr/AWSSame parent as Bluehost
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What works, what doesn't.

Per provider
Cloudways4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • ✓Choice of underlying cloud (DO/Vultr/AWS/Linode)
  • ✓Hourly billing
  • ✓Excellent WP-specific caching
  • ✓Lifetime 7% revshare on affiliates
– Cons
  • ✗Email is a paid add-on (Rackspace)
  • ✗Backup add-on costs extra
  • ✗Owned by DigitalOcean since 2022
HostGator2 pros · 4 cons
+ Pros
  • ✓Cheap intro pricing
  • ✓Some legacy goodwill from pre-EIG era
– Cons
  • ✗Owned by Newfold Digital
  • ✗Performance / uptime worse than parent (Bluehost)
  • ✗Forced upsells throughout
  • ✗Renewal price spikes
Make the call

Pick one and go.

Both links are affiliate. Score doesn't move because of it.

VisitCloudways ↗Score 9.2VisitHostGator ↗Score 5.7
← Read full Cloudways review·Read full HostGator review →
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