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Cloudways pricing

Cloudways costs from $20 per month on the Velocity Starter plan (US price). Cloudways's official pricing does not list a free plan. Prices checked on Nov 6, 2026.

Managed cloud hosting on providers such as DigitalOcean, with pay-as-you-go server plans.

From$20per month

Official website
Updated Nov 6, 2026

Plans

Autonomous Growth

$99

per month

More details

managed autoscaling WordPress

Autonomous Scale

$199

per month

Velocity Starter

$20

per month

More details

managed Node.js hosting

Prices from the official website, United States, in USD, before tax.

Cloudways features

What Cloudways does, in plain words, from the official Cloudways website.

  1. Choice of cloud provider

    Pick your cloud provider, data center, server size and PHP app.

  2. Autoscaling WordPress hosting

    Managed hosting that autoscales WordPress and WooCommerce stores under load.

  3. AI agent hosting

    Deploy AI agents on managed infrastructure without Docker or SSL setup.

  4. Backups, DDoS and SSL

    Includes DDoS protection, automated backups and free SSL on every app.

  5. Built-in CDN and caching

    Built-in CDN and caching for faster page loads.

  6. Global data centers

    150+ data center locations across 5 cloud providers.

  7. AI site builder

    Describe a site and get a ready-to-launch WordPress site.

Source:cloudways.com/en ·

How much for your team?

people

Cloudways Autonomous Growth for 10 people

$99/month

$1,188 per year · $118.80 per person

How this is calculated
  1. $99/month
  2. $99 × 12 = $1,188
  3. $1,188 ÷ 10 = $118.80

Vendor tax display not recorded.

United States price in USD, updated Nov 6, 2026. Official pricing page ↗

Cloudways vs alternatives: features

Key features as each vendor lists them. A feature missing from a list does not mean the product lacks it.

Cloudways

  • Choice of cloud provider
  • Autoscaling WordPress hosting
  • AI agent hosting
  • Backups, DDoS and SSL

Atlantic.Net

  • Global data centers
  • Managed services
  • Managed security
  • Cloud servers
Full Cloudways vs Atlantic.Net comparison

Cloudways

  • Choice of cloud provider
  • Autoscaling WordPress hosting
  • AI agent hosting
  • Backups, DDoS and SSL

Amazon Lightsail

  • Virtual server instances
  • Lightsail Containers
  • Block and object storage
  • Static content hosting
Full Cloudways vs Amazon Lightsail comparison

Cloudways

  • Choice of cloud provider
  • Autoscaling WordPress hosting
  • AI agent hosting
  • Backups, DDoS and SSL

Bluehost

  • AI agents
  • AI site builder
  • Self-managed VPS
  • One-click app installs
Full Cloudways vs Bluehost comparison

Cloudways pricing questions

  1. How much does Cloudways cost?

    Paid plans start at $20 per month on the Velocity Starter plan, United States pricing.

  2. Does Cloudways have a free plan?

    No free plan is listed on Cloudways's official pricing.

More about Cloudways

At a glance

Company
Cloudways
Pricing model
usage based
Free plan
No
Category
Web Hosting

How the price has moved

Tracking since Nov 6, 2026. No price change recorded yet.

  • Autonomous Growth

    1. Baseline · Nov 6, 2026

      $99 per month

  • Autonomous Scale

    1. Baseline · Nov 6, 2026

      $199 per month

  • Velocity Starter

    1. Baseline · Nov 6, 2026

      $20 per month

United States market, USD. Prices come from the vendor's official pricing page. Data corrections are never shown as price changes.

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