Cloudways Reviews & Product Details

I was a VPS user of Linode for a few years, but I'm not great at keeping up with regular updates, so found managing a VPS to be a hassle. Decided to try Cloudways to see if the experience was easier, and while its more expensive than a n equivalent VPS, it's definitely easier. Signup experience was smooth and easy, setting up a test server and Wordpress site was quick and straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While I am only a new user, I found that the site monitoring tools in Cloudways seem a bit odd. My test site which has no real traffic, is generating large spikes in incoming traffic and outgoing traffic, which I cannot explain. I've contacted the Cloudways staff and am waiting for a response. It doesn't seem to be impacting my site, but if I develop something that gets to scale, then I would like more detailed information or a way to diagnose this unknown traffic... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cloudways offers a clean, easy-to-use platform with solid performance and flexibility. Their hosting options are attractive for developers and agencies who want control without managing infrastructure from scratch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Update (July 2025):

Cloudways has now resolved my refund issue. I appreciate the efforts of their team in closing this matter and following up to ensure everything was settled.

While I’m glad the issue is resolved, the process took much longer than expected and required multiple follow-ups. I hope Cloudways improves their response time for similar situations in the future.

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I had high expectations for Cloudways, especially seeing their #1 rating on G2. However, my experience with their support has been disappointing.

After UGURUS shut down, Cloudways took over their accounts. I reached out in early April 2025 regarding a refund discrepancy—ticket #639327 (and later #642612). Despite providing all necessary details and following up multiple times through tickets and live chat, I never received a final resolution or even a clear explanation.

I was promised a response “within a few hours” back on May 5, but I’m still waiting weeks later. Even escalation attempts have gone unanswered. This lack of accountability and communication from a top-rated provider is frustrating and unexpected.

I’m hopeful this review will help get attention on the issue. Cloudways has potential, but their support for legacy UGURUS customers needs serious improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about Cloudways is how simple and intuitive the platform is. Server management, staging environments, backups, and performance monitoring are all easy to access and configure, even without deep sysadmin knowledge. The dashboard is clean and responsive, and the ability to scale resources quickly is a big plus for growing websites. Everything just works smoothly, and I appreciate not needing to worry about the technical side of hosting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a few limitations that affect flexibility for more advanced users. For example, it's not possible to set a different PHP version per application – only at the server level, which can be restrictive when managing multiple projects with different requirements. I also couldn’t find a way to create a local backup for a single application; backups seem to apply only to the entire server. Lastly, the management dashboard, while functional, lacks customization options – it would be great to have more control over the layout and displayed data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pros-

- Easy to use UI

- Much better than shared hosting

- Entry level plans are cost effective

- Support is fast and mostly good

- Offer good addons at decent price Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cons-

- The markup for bigger servers is quite steep

- The new firewall is not good enough. Website has started getting DDOS attacks whereas that was not the case earlier. Need to make the WAF much more robust. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very easy to use! I like that you can either have a dedicated application or a server that can host multiple ones. They have a variety of options to choose from so you're not stuck with a few choices. It's hard when I'm starting a business and don't know what I'm doing but with the cloudways software it's been super easy especially connecting the domain to the app itself was extremely easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Customer service is slow if you don't pay for the good tier/plan. I understand that other people pay more therefore they get better support but before I got my subscription the support team was so fast to respond but once I got my subscription activated, there were crickets all of a sudden and my emails had 0 responses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

*Super easy onboarding (no cc needed, free trial, test it out {generally best indicator if your dealing with a good SaaS/software imo})-

*Great UX (for not super tech peeps and devs)

*Amazing support

*Fair pricing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI a lil clunky when switching between servers. Not a big deal, but honestly the only hiccup I have dealt with Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

i have been managing my blogging career with cloudways since 2021 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

nothing yet, so far, so good with cloudways Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simplicity, ease of preparation, and technical support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The price is high; I hope you can reduce it for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how easy and straightforward it is to set up Cloudways; adding a website to hosting is a breeze. It’s also quite inexpensive which makes it an attractive option for server and website housing. Overall, I find it very easy to operate, streamlining my tasks effectively with no hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing that I dislike about this platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’ve been using Cloudways for several years to host multiple client and personal websites. Their online chat support is excellent whenever I have technical questions. They also have a comprehensive knowledge base that’s easy to search through. The account dashboard is well-designed and intuitive, making it simple to implement staging and backups on any site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish Cloudways had a robust reseller program to enable me to grow that portion of my business offerings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.