Cloudways vs Verpex
Cloudways and Verpex 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
UK cPanel host on LiteSpeed and NVMe with nine locations, daily backups and a free domain, renewing at $6 to $15
Cloudways wins 2 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.8 vs 7.5).
How do the scores compare?
Cloudways leads on 2 sub-scores, Verpex on 2. Higher is better.
Which one is faster and more reliable?
Which one costs less?
On renewal, Verpex is cheaper ($6.00/mo vs $14.00/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| Cloudways | Verpex | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | DigitalOcean Premium Micro | Bronze |
| Intro price | $14.00/mo | $3.00/mo (better) |
| Renewal price | $14.00/mo | $6.00/mo (better) |
| Required term | 1 months (better) | 12 months |
| Websites | unlimited | 1 |
| Storage | 25 GB | 30 GB |
| Money back | 0 days | 30 days (better) |
What does each include?
| Cloudways | Verpex | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | No | Registration or transfer of a common extension (.com, .net, .org, .uk, .in among them) on yearly and longer terms; not on monthly billing; premium names excluded |
| Free SSL | Let's Encrypt certificates on every application | Every plan, every domain |
| Backups | On-demand and scheduled server backups with one-click restore; offsite storage billed at $0.033 per GB per server | Daily, every plan, with the Backuply tool in cPanel |
| Free migration | Free migration of existing sites | Expert migration on every plan; the about page promises zero downtime |
| Free CDN | No | No |
| Caching | Lightning Stack (NGINX), Object Cache Pro and Redis included on every plan | LiteSpeed Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache; HostScore also lists Redis and Memcached |
| Staging | Advanced staging and cloning on every plan | No |
| No | Not stated | |
| 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 | CloudLinux LVE: 1 vCPU and 1 GB on Bronze, 2 vCPU and 2 GB on Silver and Gold; entry processes 30 / 30 / 35; 1,024 IOPS; 50 MB/s I/O; unlimited inodes |
| Data center choice | The provider's regions, chosen per server: DigitalOcean 9, Vultr 30, Linode 25, AWS 28, Google Cloud 28 | Nine locations on four continents, chosen at checkout |
| Uptime guarantee | No | Plan table: 99.5% on Bronze, 99.99% on Silver and Gold; the terms promise to endeavour 99.9% and carry no credit schedule |
| Security | Built-in firewall with IP blocking, WordPress vulnerability scanner, bot protection and dedicated firewalls per the pricing page | CloudLinux with CageFS, Monarx malware protection, free SSL, isolated accounts |
| Free trial | 3 days without a credit card | Not stated |
| Phone support | No | No |
| Windows hosting | No | No |
| Developer tools | Not stated | WP-CLI listed; HostScore lists multiple PHP versions, Node.js, Python and Git over SSH |
| Website builder | Not stated | SitePad in cPanel; a separate AI site builder product |