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Cloudways vs Netlify

Higher score
Cloudways
8.8/ 10
NetlifyIndie
7.9/ 10
Across 4 measured dimensions: Cloudways wins 1, Netlify wins 1 (2 tie / n/a)
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Side by side.

8 dimensions
MetricCloudwaysNetlify
Score
Winner: left
8.87.9
Δ 90 days
— flat— flat
Parent & badge
Winner: right
DigitalOcean
IndependentIndie
Founded
20112014
Best for
WooCommerce stores outgrowing shared hostingSmall static sites and Jamstack apps within the free tier
Price per mo
Winner: right
$11/ mo$9.00/ mo
Renewal multiplier
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Tagline
Managed cloud on DO/Vultr/Linode/AWS/GCPJAMstack pioneer, credit-based pricing now confuses everyone
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What works, what doesn't.

Per provider
Cloudways4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • ✓True monthly billing, no renewal hike
  • ✓Choice of 5 cloud providers
  • ✓Strong WooCommerce performance
  • ✓Free migrations and built-in staging
– Cons
  • ✗No cPanel, custom panel takes learning
  • ✗No email hosting included
  • ✗DigitalOcean ownership creates lock-in risk
Netlify4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • ✓Generous free tier with custom domains/SSL
  • ✓Framework-agnostic build system
  • ✓Atomic deploys and instant rollbacks
  • ✓Strong branch preview workflow
– Cons
  • ✗Credit-based pricing harder to forecast
  • ✗Function cold starts slower than Vercel
  • ✗Lost Next.js mindshare to Vercel
Make the call

Pick one and go.

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VisitCloudways ↗Score 8.8VisitNetlify ↗Score 7.9
← Read full Cloudways review·Read full Netlify review →
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