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Cloudways vs Vercel

Higher score
Cloudways
8.8/ 10
VercelIndie
7.6/ 10
Across 4 measured dimensions: Cloudways wins 2, Vercel wins 0 (2 tie / n/a)
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Side by side.

8 dimensions
MetricCloudwaysVercel
Score
Winner: left
8.87.6
Δ 90 days
— flat— flat
Parent & badge
Winner: right
DigitalOcean
IndependentIndie
Founded
20112015
Best for
WooCommerce stores outgrowing shared hostingNext.js apps that won't hit viral traffic spikes
Price per mo
Winner: left
$11/ mo$20/ mo
Renewal multiplier
Tagline
Managed cloud on DO/Vultr/Linode/AWS/GCPNext.js home turf, pricing surprises at scale
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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
Vercel4 pros · 4 cons
+ Pros
  • Best-in-class Next.js platform
  • Fastest edge network in JAMstack
  • Generous free tier with hard caps
  • Excellent dev experience
– Cons
  • Pro plan bill shock from viral traffic
  • Spending caps off by default
  • Image / function overages add up fast
  • Heavy lock-in to Vercel-specific features
Make the call

Pick one and go.

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