Cloudways vs Servers.com: Complete Comparison (2026)
An in-depth comparison of Cloudways and Servers.com to help you choose the right tool for your business.
Last updated: November 2026
Cloudways
7/10
Managed cloud hosting platform that runs WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Laravel and PHP apps on DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS or Google Cloud servers.
Servers.com
6.4/10
Servers.com rents dedicated bare metal, hourly scalable bare metal, GPU servers, cloud servers, managed Kubernetes and storage to technical teams in 12 cities.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7/10 | 6.4/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Customization | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 8/10 | 5/10 |
| Integration | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| Reliability | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Scalability | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| Security | 8/10 | 6/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $14/mo Flexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $5/mo Cloud Server SSD.30 |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | $14/mo Flexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $5/mo Cloud Server SSD.30 |
| Features | ||
| Managed WordPress | ||
| API and CLI | ||
| Cloud Compute | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| Automatic Backups | Not listed | |
| Content Delivery Network | Not listed | |
| DDoS Protection | Not listed | |
| Dedicated Servers | Not listed | |
| Free SSL Certificates | Not listed | |
| Git Deployments | Not listed | |
| Managed Kubernetes | Not listed | |
| Object Storage | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
| VPS Hosting | Not listed | |
Cloudways vs Servers.com cost by team size
Servers.com costs less at every team size we checked.
| Team size | Cloudways | Servers.com |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | $14/moFlexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $5/moCloud Server SSD.30 |
| 5 users | $14/moFlexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $5/moCloud Server SSD.30 |
| 10 users | $14/moFlexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $5/moCloud Server SSD.30 |
| 25 users | $14/moFlexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $5/moCloud Server SSD.30 |
| 50 users | $14/moFlexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $5/moCloud Server SSD.30 |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Cloudways
- Higher Ease of Use score (8/10 vs 5/10)
- Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for small business (7/10 vs 3/10)
- Includes Managed WordPress, which Servers.com lacks
Why choose Servers.com
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: $5/mo vs $14/mo
- Higher Customization score (8/10 vs 6/10)
- Higher Scalability score (8/10 vs 7/10)
- Better fit for developers (8/10 vs 6/10)
Pros & Cons
Cloudways
Pros
- You can choose from five cloud providers and more than 50 locations from one control panel.
- Hourly pay-as-you-go billing, with a 5-day trial that needs no credit card.
- Every server includes free SSL, Layer 3 and 4 DDoS mitigation, a firewall and offsite backups.
- Agencies get one-click staging, cloning and Git auto-deployment for many client sites.
- Ratings are strong, at about 4.7 on G2 and 4.6 on Trustpilot.
Cons
- Email hosting and domain registration are not included.
- Billing gets hard to track once add-ons and bandwidth overages are added, and some reviewers report charges after cancelling.
- Some reviewers say support quality has dropped since the DigitalOcean acquisition.
- Power users report limited low-level control.
- Phone support requires a paid premium support add-on.
Servers.com
Pros
- Developers can automate servers with an official REST API, the srvctl CLI and a Terraform provider.
- Scalable Bare Metal rents physical servers by the hour, so teams can add capacity for demand spikes.
- Data centers in 12 cities across North America, Europe, South America and Asia Pacific.
- One provider covers bare metal, GPU servers, cloud, Kubernetes and private racks, which helps teams that want a hybrid setup.
Cons
- There is no public price list, so buyers must rely on third-party listings or a quote to see costs.
- Reviewers describe the product documentation as lackluster.
- Public user reviews report abrupt account terminations over alleged abuse, and slow or templated support replies.
- It uses a custom control panel with no cPanel and no shared or WordPress hosting, so it is a poor fit for non-technical buyers.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Cloudways scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7/10 against 6.4/10 for Servers.com. The largest gap is in Ease of Use: 8/10 for Cloudways and 5/10 for Servers.com.
Servers.com costs less for 10 users: about $5/mo on its Cloud Server SSD.30 plan, against about $14/mo on its Flexible Micro (DigitalOcean) plan for Cloudways, billed monthly.
No, neither Cloudways nor Servers.com lists a free plan.
Cloudways is the better fit for small business: we rate it 7/10 for them, against 3/10 for Servers.com.
Cloudways has Managed WordPress, which Servers.com lacks.
