Cloudways pricing
Cloudways is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $11 per month for a 1 GB DigitalOcean server, billed hourly.
Plans and prices
- Starts at
- $11 per month for a 1 GB DigitalOcean server, billed hourly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 3-day free trial, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Flexible, 1 GB server | $11per month, billed hourly | DigitalOcean Standard server with 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 25 GB SSD and 1 TB bandwidth, for unlimited sites. $0.0164 an hour; Premium with NVMe is $14. |
| Flexible, 2 GB server | $24per month, billed hourly | DigitalOcean Standard server with 2 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD and 2 TB bandwidth. The Premium version with NVMe storage is $28 a month. |
| Flexible, 4 GB server | $46per month, billed hourly | DigitalOcean Standard server with 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and 80 GB SSD, where Object Cache Pro is included. Premium is $54; an 8 GB server is $88. |
| Autonomous Growth | $99per month | Autoscaling WordPress for one site, with 150 GB bandwidth and 20 GB disk. Extra disk is $1 a GB, bandwidth $0.04 a GB and extra servers $0.07 an hour. |
| Autonomous Scale | $199per month | One site on two baseline autoscaling servers, with 250 GB bandwidth and 50 GB disk. Plus, with three servers and 1,000 GB, is $399 a month. |
Read from cloudways.com on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cloudways before you buy.
How Cloudways's price compares
| Tool | Starts at | Free plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudways | $11 per month for a 1 GB DigitalOcean server, billed hourly | No | |
| Kinsta | $30 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) | No | Compare |
| WP Engine | $35 per month for 1 site, billed monthly; $336 for a first year billed yearly | No | Compare |
| Rocket.net | $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 monthly, first month $1) | No | Compare |
| Liquid Web | $17 per month (self-managed VPS); managed WordPress $17.10 a month, billed annually | No | Compare |
| SiteGround | $14.99 per month prepaid for 24 months; 12 months is $2.99 a month in year one | No | Compare |
Each price is the vendor’s own, with its billing basis as stated. Check dates are on each tool’s page.
Cloudways pricing questions
Is Cloudways free?
No, Cloudways is a paid product, but you can try it first. 3-day free trial, no credit card required.
How much does Cloudways cost?
Cloudways lists 5 plans. Flexible, 1 GB server: $11 per month, billed hourly. Flexible, 2 GB server: $24 per month, billed hourly. Flexible, 4 GB server: $46 per month, billed hourly. Autonomous Growth: $99 per month. Autonomous Scale: $199 per month. Prices were read from cloudways.com on Oct 17, 2026.
Does Cloudways have a free trial?
Yes. 3-day free trial, no credit card required.
When were Cloudways's prices last checked?
On Oct 17, 2026, against cloudways.com. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.