Cloudways vs Vultr
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Cloudwayssite ↗pricing ↗
Managed cloud hosting that runs your site on infrastructure from providers like DigitalOcean or AWS without you administering the server. Paid plans start at $11/mo (Micro (Standard)); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 8 paid tiers, topping out at $99/mo (Large (Premium)).
Vultrsite ↗pricing ↗
Cloud compute and storage sold in many regions, aimed at developers who want per-hour pricing. Paid plans start at $2.5/mo (Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (IPv6 only)); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 7 paid tiers, topping out at $160/mo (Managed Databases — Memory Optimized, 16 GB / 2 vCPUs).
The two ladders
Cloudwayssite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-27 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Micro (Standard) | $11/mo | Unlimited websites. Suitable for personal websites and simple blogs. |
| Small (Standard) | $24/mo | Unlimited websites. Growing businesses and moderate traffic. |
| Medium (Standard) | $46/mo | Unlimited websites. Marked 'Most Popular' on the page. More demanding sites with higher traffic. |
| Large (Standard) | $88/mo | Unlimited websites. E-commerce and resource-intensive applications. |
| Micro (Premium) | $14/mo | Unlimited websites |
| Small (Premium) | $28/mo | Unlimited websites |
| Medium (Premium) | $54/mo | Unlimited websites |
| Large (Premium) | $99/mo | Unlimited websites |
Vultrsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-06 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (IPv6 only) | $2.5/mo | '$2.50 /mo $0.004 /hr'. 0.50 TB bandwidth, 10 GB storage, IPv6 only. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB | $3.5/mo | '$3.50 /mo $0.005 /hr'. 0.50 TB bandwidth, 10 GB storage. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 1 vCPU / 1 GB | $5/mo | '$5.00 /mo $0.007 /hr'. 1.00 TB bandwidth, 25 GB storage. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 2 vCPUs / 4 GB | $20/mo | '$20.00 /mo $0.03 /hr'. 3.00 TB bandwidth, 80 GB storage. |
| Cloud Compute, Regular Performance — 4 vCPUs / 8 GB | $40/mo | '$40.00 /mo $0.06 /hr'. 4.00 TB bandwidth, 160 GB storage. |
| Object Storage — Standard, 1 TB | $18/mo | '$18.00 /mo' for 1 TB storage and 1 TB bandwidth on the Standard performance tier. |
| Vultr Storage Gateway — Standalone | Free | 'Free'. The highly available gateway is '$20.00 /mo'. |
| Managed Databases — Memory Optimized, 16 GB / 2 vCPUs | $160/mo | '$160 /mo' with 0 replica nodes. |
| Kubernetes Engine control plane | Free | The page states the control plane is provided free of charge. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Vultr at $2.5/mo, against Cloudways at $11/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: only Vultr publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: Cloudways tops out at $99/mo, Vultr at $160/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
How to choose in this category
- Match the tier to the sites and storage you actually use — the levels here divide on resources, not features.
- Introductory terms in this set run one to four years; a lower monthly figure often buys a longer lock-in.
- Every row links the host’s own pricing page. Open it and read the renewal line before you commit to a term.