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WPEngine vs Cloudways
Cloudways Is the High-Performance WPEngine Alternative
WPEngine compromise on website performance, hinder your growth, and make you lose business. Cloudways delivers fast, reliable hosting that helps you grow your business without limits.
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With 0.5 Second Loading Speed & Virtually 100% Uptime, Cloudways Won’t Let You Down
Cloudways gives you more speed, storage, and bandwidth at lower rates for unlimited sites. Our starter plan alone offers 1TB bandwidth, as opposed to WPEngine’s 50GB. And the performance gap only increases from there.
Unlike WPEngine, Cloudways offers a free trial — no CC needed
WPEngine vs Cloudways
Starting With Cloudways Saves You More $$$
| Lowest Available Plan |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Monthly Price | $30/mo
MANAGED HOSTING STARTUP
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$22/mo
Digital Ocean
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| Site Included | 1 | unlimited |
| Visit/Month | 250,000 | unlimited |
| Storage | 10GB | 50GB |
| Bandwidth | 50GB | 2TB |
| Ram | Undisclosed | 2GB |
| Processor | Processor | 1Core |
| Trial | No Free Trial | Free Trial for 3 Days |
| Highest Available Plan | |
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|---|---|---|
| Monthly Price | $350/mo
Ecommerce Hosting Scale
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$225.93/mo
Google Cloud
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| Site Included | 30 | unlimited |
| Visit/Month | 400,000 | +67,00,000 |
| Storage | 50GB | 20GB |
| Bandwidth | 500GB | 2TB |
| Ram | Undisclosed | 15GB |
| Processor | Processor | 4vCPU |
| Trial | No Free Trial | Free Trial for 3 Days |
Your hosting provider shouldn’t slow you down as your business ramps up
WPEngine is one of the best-known brands in the WordPress hosting space. But users only discover after paying for WPEngine that it:
- Won’t let you pick which server to host your site on
- Eats up storage and bandwidth as your site grows
- Locks critical features behind their higher plans
WPEngine vs Cloudways
Cloudways Gives You 3x More Data Centers Than WPEngine
8 Data Centers
30+ Data Centers
Leverage location hosting to provide a faster user experience for your vistors
See all available data centers when you choose Cloudways
Get Higher ROI From Your Websites
With Cloudways, your websites are faster, more secure, and backed by 24/7 real-time expert support..
START YOUR FOR FREECloudways gives you fast, secure servers with on-time customer support
None of our competitors offer the seven features below. Some offer a few, but not all. Cloudways gives you all, even on our lowest plan.
Grow with ease
Get started at a very low rate today and easily upgrade your servers’ performance as you grow.
Pick Your Cloud Provider
Choose from 3 world-class providers: DigitalOcean, AWS, and Google Cloud.
Unlimited Sites
One site or one hundred sites? It’s all good. Launch as many sites as you need on any plan.
No Shared Hosting
Cloudways users get ultra-fast, dedicated servers without compromising performance.
Go Beyond WordPress
Host any PHP-based apps such as Drupal, Magento, Laravel, and Joomla.
Transparent Pricing
There are no hidden costs with Cloudways. Pick your server and resources and see exactly what you’ll pay.
Unmatched Performance
Only Cloudways gives premium speed and reliability at prices others charge for bloated shared servers.
SSH, SFTP Access
Toggle specific features on and off, as required by your specific web stack
Managed Migrations
Enhance website security by challenging suspicious IPs with Cloudflare Turnstile! Cloudways gives you all, even on our lowest plan.
Highly impressed by Cloudways. They are unique in combining user-friendliness with the flexibility to choose from multiple leading (IaaS) providers. High-speed performance and responsive customer service makes Cloudways an innovative, efficient, and reliable solution for businesses.
Ionut Neagu
Founder of Themeisle, VertiStudio
Category leader in G2.com
Ease of Use
WPEngine score: 9.1
Web hosting average: 8.6
Ease of Use
WPEngine score: 9.1
Web hosting average: 8.6
Ease of Use
WPEngine score: 9.3
Web hosting average: 9
WPEngine vs Cloudways
Cloudways serves drastically more visitors each month
Results based on loader.io, comparing plans at three levels.
WPEngine vs Cloudways
Cloudways consistently outperforms WPEngine’s response time
Results based on loader.io, comparing similar sites and plans for speed optimizations.
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| Plan | GROWTH | 4GB DIGITAL OCEAN |
| Average | 8705 ms | 3439 ms |
| Min | 150 ms | 1,039 ms |
| Max | 37649 ms | 9,296 ms |
At Cloudways, There’s Always Someone Ready to Help
Seamlessly integrate enterprise-grade cloudflare and elevate your website’s performance & security.
2.1 Mins
Initial Response Time
of website
30 Mins
Average time to solve & close a
support inquiry
90%
Percentage of support inquiries closed with a happy & satisfied customer
Frequently Asked Questions
What is managed WordPress hosting?
Managed WordPress hosting is a form of web-hosting that makes installing and managing your WordPress site easier, where most technical and server-side issues are managed by the company you hire. Managed hosting means freeing up your time from having to handle security risks, backups, monitoring your sites’ uptime, and scaling your infrastructure when your site grows.
Cloudways provides managed WordPress services, but doesn’t stop at WordPress. You can also host other applications, such as Joomla, Magento, Drupal, and other PHP-based apps.
How does WP Engine pricing compare to Cloudways?
The main difference between WP Engine and Cloudways is that WP Engine offers plans based on core feature limitations and number of sites you can host.
With Cloudways you can launch as many sites as you want, on any plan. And you get access to the same set of features, no matter which plan you choose. We believe that structuring our plans this way helps all kinds of business start and grow with total control on their websites’ performance.
WP Engine’s lowest plan starts at $30/mo and includes only 1 site. With Cloudways you can get started for as low as $11/mo, with unlimited sites.
What kind of support do I get with Cloudways?
At Cloudways, we believe no one should stress about their website being down or not working. We put a lot of effort and resources into making that a reality, with the help of our support team.
Standard Support: It’s free and includes 24/7/365 access to Live Chat assistance with trained Support Team members.
Advanced Support add-on: Speeds up Live Chat response times and includes deeper application troubleshooting, customization support, and proactive monitoring.
Premium Support add-on: For businesses running mission-critical sites where every minute matters. Advanced service with even quicker response times, a dedicated Account Manager, a private Slack channel, and direct phone support.
Can I see speed tests comparing Cloudways vs WP Engine?
Yes! You can read our own articles comparing overall performance and speed tests, or read this 3rd party review of Cloudways vs. WP Engine (with speed tests)
How does Cloudways caching compare to WP Engine?
Cloudways offers an out-of-the-box caching stack which includes Memcached, Varnish, Nginx, and Redis to deliver fast responses. WP Engine forces you to install an Advanced Caching plugin to match this level of performance.
WP Engine also disallows plugins like WP Super Cache, WP File Cache, and W3 Total Cache, preventing you to apply further optimizations that can’t be done server-side.
Is CDN available with Cloudways?
Yes — it’s included on any plan you choose. You can easily set up CDN from your dashboard, even if you’ve never done this kind of integration before. CloudwaysCDN delivers extremely fast experiences for your user, starting as low as $1 per 25GB.
How can I be sure my business site is safe?
Security is a top priority at Cloudways. We take a proactive approach to keeping your servers safe and secure from malicious traffic, malware and attacks.
These measures are available on any plan you choose:
- Dedicated Firewalls
- 1-Click Free SSL Certificate
- IP Whitelisting
- Regular Security Patching
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Bot Protection
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