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Cloudways vs WP Engine

Higher score
CloudwaysIndie
9.2/ 10
WP EngineIndie
8.2/ 10
Across 4 measured dimensions: Cloudways wins 2, WP Engine wins 0 (2 tie / n/a)
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Side by side.

8 dimensions
MetricCloudwaysWP Engine
Score
Winner: left
9.28.2
Δ 90 days
↑ 0.1↑ 0.1
Parent & badge
DigitalOceanIndie
IndependentIndie
Founded
20122010
Best for
Scaling WP / WooCommerceAgencies / enterprise
Year-1 price
Winner: left
$132$300
Renewal multiplier
1×1×
Tagline
Managed cloud · DO/Vultr/AWSEnterprise managed WP
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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
WP Engine4 pros · 3 cons
+ Pros
  • ✓Local dev environment is excellent
  • ✓Git push deploys
  • ✓Atlas (headless WP) is genuinely good
  • ✓Agency portal + multisite support
– Cons
  • ✗Expensive for small sites
  • ✗ACF/WP Engine fallout in 2024 leaves long-term uncertainty
  • ✗No email hosting
Make the call

Pick one and go.

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VisitCloudways ↗Score 9.2VisitWP Engine ↗Score 8.2
← Read full Cloudways review·Read full WP Engine review →
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