Cloudways vs AccuWeb Hosting
Cloudways and AccuWeb Hosting compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Cloudways scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
CloudwaysWins overall
DigitalOcean's managed cloud layer: servers from $11 a month on five clouds, billed hourly, staging and caching included
New Jersey host since 2003: guaranteed RAM and CPU on shared plans, eight locations, a $2.79 plan that renews at $2.79
Cloudways wins 2 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.8 vs 7.6).
How do the scores compare?
Cloudways leads on 2 sub-scores, AccuWeb Hosting on 2. Higher is better.
| Cloudways | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 8.0 (better) | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 8.5 (better) | 7.0 |
| Support | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Features | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Value | 7.0 | 8.0 (better) |
| Ease of use | 7.0 | 7.5 (better) |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| Cloudways | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.8 (better) | 7.6 |
| Uptime (published)Kripesh Adwani 365 d vs TechRadar 7 d; methods differ | 99.99% | 100.00% (better) |
| Response time (published)HostingStep vs TechRadar; methods differ | 442 ms | 285 ms (better) |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, AccuWeb Hosting is cheaper ($2.79/mo vs $14.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Cloudways | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | DigitalOcean Premium Micro | Bootstrap++ |
| Intro price | $14.00/mo | $2.79/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $14.00/mo | $2.79/mo (better) |
| Required term | 1 months (better) | 36 months |
| Websites | unlimited | 100 |
| Storage | 25 GB | 25 GB |
| Money back | 0 days | 30 days (better) |
What does each include?
| Cloudways | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | First year on an annual or longer term; the plan cards list .us, .com, .org, .co.uk, .in and .net, the comparison table .com, .net, .biz, .us and .org |
| Free SSL | Let's Encrypt certificates on every application | Let's Encrypt on every plan; a premium SSL for the first year on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms |
| Backups | On-demand and scheduled server backups with one-click restore; offsite storage billed at $0.033 per GB per server | Free daily backups; any day's copy restored on request |
| Free migration | Free migration of existing sites | Listed on every plan |
| Free CDN | No | Premium++ and Enterprise Pro++, enabled on request for the main domain |
| Caching | Lightning Stack (NGINX), Object Cache Pro and Redis included on every plan | LiteSpeed web server with built-in caching |
| Staging | Advanced staging and cloning on every plan | No |
| No | 150, 500 or 1,000 accounts with spam filtering; mailbox size 3, 5 or 10 GB | |
| Resource limits | A whole server per customer: 1 to 8 GB RAM and 1 to 4 vCPU on the listed sizes, larger sizes and other providers available | Not stated |
| Data center choice | The provider's regions, chosen per server: DigitalOcean 9, Vultr 30, Linode 25, AWS 28, Google Cloud 28 | Eight locations in the order form: Denver, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney |
| Uptime guarantee | No | 99.9 percent a month in the terms, with credits of one, two or five days of service depending on the shortfall |
| Security | Built-in firewall with IP blocking, WordPress vulnerability scanner, bot protection and dedicated firewalls per the pricing page | Not stated |
| Free trial | 3 days without a credit card | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | US and UK numbers, 24 hours Monday to Saturday per the contact page; chat and tickets around the clock |
| Windows hosting | No | Not stated |
| Guaranteed resources | Not stated | Dedicated RAM and vCPU printed per plan (1 GB and 1 vCPU up to 2 GB and 2 vCPU) with IOPS and inode limits |
| PHP versions | Not stated | PHP 8.1 to 8.4, switchable in cPanel |
| Dedicated IP | Not stated | With the premium SSL on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms, except Johannesburg |
Company facts
| Cloudways | AccuWeb Hosting | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | Cloudways platform (its own console); no cPanel | cPanel |
| Data centers | 1 | 8 (better) |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2011 | 2003 |