Section
Hosting
Choosing and running managed hosting for WordPress, WooCommerce, agencies and modern PHP applications.
Comparison
WP Engine vs SiteGround
WP Engine bundles WordPress sites into USD plans with a published visit overage rate; SiteGround grades GBP shared tiers by approximate visits and states no overage policy at all. Currency, staging boundaries, support channels and the small print compared from both hosts' captured pages.
4 November 2026Article
PHP hosting: managed vs VPS
11 June 2026Article
Managed cloud hosting for developers
9 June 2026Comparison
Cloudways vs Wix: a builder with hosting attached versus hosting you control
Wix is a website builder with hosting included; Cloudways is hosting you control. Who each product is genuinely for, what the closed platform costs, and what moving between them involves.
3 June 2026
Comparison
Cloudways vs Linode: the developer's VPS, all grown up
Linode spent two decades as the developer's VPS, then Akamai bought it. What that means for choosing between it and a managed layer, and which kind of buyer each one genuinely suits.
28 May 2026Comparison
Cloudways vs Vultr: same silicon, different job
Cloudways will run your site on Vultr hardware you could have rented direct, for a monthly premium. What that premium buys, what it leaves on your plate with raw Vultr, and which kind of operator should pick which.
26 May 2026
Comparison
Cloudways vs DigitalOcean
Cloudways manages servers that often run on DigitalOcean hardware, so this comparison is really a question about your evenings: do you want to be the sysadmin or pay someone to be. What the management margin buys, in work avoided, and when a raw droplet is the better answer.
21 May 2026Comparison
Cloudways vs AWS
AWS sells infrastructure: EC2 instances, load balancers, databases and dozens of services you assemble and operate yourself. Cloudways sells a management layer over that class of cloud, including AWS itself as an option. A plain answer to which one your project actually needs.
19 May 2026
Comparison
Cloudways vs Pantheon: managed cloud versus a developer platform
Pantheon is an agency-grade WordPress and Drupal platform with containers, Git workflow and per-branch environments. How that compares to Cloudways' managed cloud at a very different price, and where each one wins.
14 May 2026Comparison
Cloudways vs Pressable: WordPress specialist versus multi-stack generalist
Pressable is Automattic's managed WordPress host, built on the infrastructure lineage behind WordPress.com. How its single-stack focus compares to Cloudways' managed cloud across WordPress, Magento and Laravel.
12 May 2026
Comparison
Cloudways vs WP Engine
WP Engine is the enterprise incumbent in managed WordPress, with the pricing and platform lock-in that come with that position. Cloudways is a multi-cloud management layer with per-server pricing. What each model costs, in money and in freedom, and who each one suits.
6 May 2026Comparison
Cloudways vs A2 Hosting
A2 Hosting sells speed: turbo tiers, cPanel comfort, and claims of multiples over ordinary shared hosting. Cloudways sells a managed cloud server with the operations handled. Where the speed marketing ends and the actual value difference begins.
30 April 2026
Comparison
Cloudways vs DreamHost: the independent survivor versus the managed layer
DreamHost has been big and independently owned since the nineties, with its own panel and a values-first brand. How that compares to Cloudways' operational machinery, and who each one suits.
28 April 2026Comparison
Cloudways vs HostGator: when cheap shared hosting is enough
HostGator sells some of the cheapest WordPress-capable hosting there is. When that is genuinely the right call, where it stops being fine, and what moving up to managed cloud changes.
23 April 2026
Comparison
Cloudways vs GoDaddy: hosting you research versus hosting you end up with
Most GoDaddy hosting is added to a domain cart on the way through checkout. What that hosting actually is, what Cloudways offers instead, and the buyers each one genuinely suits.
21 April 2026Comparison
Cloudways vs Bluehost
Bluehost is the shared host most beginners meet first: cPanel, bundled domain and email, upsells at checkout, renewal rates after the intro term. Cloudways is managed cloud hosting with staging and backups built in. What changes when you switch, and when the familiar option is still the right one.
16 April 2026
Comparison
Cloudways vs Hostinger
Hostinger sells some of the cheapest mainstream hosting on the market, with a friendly panel and a renewal jump when the intro period ends. Cloudways charges more and puts every site on a managed cloud server. Where the budget option runs out and the managed one starts earning its price.
14 April 2026Article
Best Laravel hosting
Laravel asks things of a host that WordPress never will: supervised queue workers, a scheduler that actually runs, composer deploys. What Laravel needs, which platforms deliver it, and how to choose.
31 March 2026
Article
Best WordPress hosting for agencies
Hosting for an agency is a business decision, not a technical one: per-client isolation, staging as your production line, who takes the 11pm call, and whether hosting is your margin or your risk.
26 March 2026Comparison
Cloudways vs Kinsta
Kinsta is a premium WordPress-only platform on Google Cloud with agency pricing and a specialist panel. Cloudways manages several underlying clouds and runs more than WordPress. Where each one earns its keep, and what a WordPress-only shop gives up by choosing the cheaper option.
24 March 2026