Cloudways pricing in 2026
Managed cloud hosting for WordPress and PHP apps on DigitalOcean, AWS, Google Cloud and others. Every plan from Cloudways's pricing page (checked 26 Oct 2026), what a team of 5, 10 or 25 would pay, the price in your currency and cheaper alternatives.
Starts at
$99a month
Autonomous Growth for 10 people: $99 a month
Plans
Cloudways plans and prices
3 plans with a public price, in US dollars.
Autonomous Growth
Entry paid plan$99/ month
- Autoscaling WordPress hosting
- 1 baseline server
- 150 GB bandwidth, 20 GB disk
Autonomous Scale
$199/ month
- 2 baseline autoscale servers
- 250 GB bandwidth
- 50 GB disk
Autonomous Plus
$399/ month
- 3 baseline autoscale servers
- 1,000 GB bandwidth
- 100 GB disk
Autonomous overages: disk $1/GB, bandwidth $0.04/GB, extra autoscale servers $0.07-$0.12/hour; 3-day free trial; Enterprise is custom. Cloudways Flexible (pick a DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS or Google Cloud server) is billed hourly in arrears, e.g. DigitalOcean 2 GB/1 vCPU at $0.0357/hour; the page also showed a '30% off for 3 months' promo with an unclear $11/mo display, so Flexible tiers are not listed as plans. Add-ons: Cloudflare Enterprise from $4.99/domain/mo, Rackspace email $1.50/mailbox/mo, DNS Made Easy $0.50/domain/mo.
Prices from Cloudways's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026. Prices are per plan, not per user. Taxes, seat minimums and promotions vary.
Team cost
What Cloudways costs a team of 5, 10 or 25
Cloudways is priced per plan, so the cost doesn't grow with the team.
| Plan | 5 people | 10 people | 25 people |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous Growth$99/mo | $99/mo$1,188/yr a year | $99/mo$1,188/yr a year | $99/mo$1,188/yr a year |
| Autonomous Scale$199/mo | $199/mo$2,388/yr a year | $199/mo$2,388/yr a year | $199/mo$2,388/yr a year |
| Autonomous Plus$399/mo | $399/mo$4,788/yr a year | $399/mo$4,788/yr a year | $399/mo$4,788/yr a year |
Before tax, at list price.
Local prices
Cloudways in naira, shillings, cedis, rand, pounds and euros
Autonomous Growth, the entry paid plan, converted from US dollars.
| Currency | A month | A year |
|---|---|---|
| NGNNigerian naira (NGN) | ₦132,096 | ₦1,585,148 |
| KESKenyan shilling (KES) | KSh12,858 | KSh154,291 |
| GHSGhanaian cedi (GHS) | GH₵1,151 | GH₵13,807 |
| ZARSouth African rand (ZAR) | R1,643 | R19,719 |
| GBPBritish pound (GBP) | £74.03 | £888.37 |
| EUREuro (EUR) | €88.32 | €1,060 |
Indicative only: converted at Surba's daily exchange rates from 26 Oct 2026 (₦1,334 = $1). Unless Cloudways bills you in your own currency, your bank's rate and card fees decide what you're charged.
Alternatives
Cheaper alternatives to Cloudways
Tools in Surba's catalog that cost a team of 10 less a month on their entry plan than Cloudways's Autonomous Growth.
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Cloudways compared
Plans and team costs side by side.
FAQ
Cloudways pricing questions
How much does Cloudways cost?
Cloudways's paid plans run from $99 to $399 a month according to Cloudways's pricing page (checked 26 Oct 2026) (Autonomous Growth $99, Autonomous Scale $199 and Autonomous Plus $399). Cloudways is priced per plan rather than per user. Autonomous overages: disk $1/GB, bandwidth $0.04/GB, extra autoscale servers $0.07-$0.12/hour; 3-day free trial; Enterprise is custom. Cloudways Flexible (pick a DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS or Google Cloud server) is billed hourly in arrears, e.g. DigitalOcean 2 GB/1 vCPU at $0.0357/hour; the page also showed a '30% off for 3 months' promo with an unclear $11/mo display, so Flexible tiers are not listed as plans. Add-ons: Cloudflare Enterprise from $4.99/domain/mo, Rackspace email $1.50/mailbox/mo, DNS Made Easy $0.50/domain/mo.
Does Cloudways have a free plan?
Not in Surba's catalog. The cheapest listed plan is Autonomous Growth at $99 a month.
How much does Cloudways cost for a team of 10?
Cloudways is priced per plan, so a team of 10 pays the same as a smaller one: $99 a month ($1,188 a year) on Autonomous Growth.
How much is Cloudways in naira?
At an indicative rate of ₦1,334 per $1 (26 Oct 2026), Autonomous Growth at $99 is about ₦132,096 a month. Your bank's exchange rate and card fees decide the final charge.
What are cheaper alternatives to Cloudways?
In Surba's catalog, DomainKing ($0.86/mo), Dynadot ($0.91/mo) and Porkbun ($0.92/mo) cost less for a team of 10 on their entry plans. Compare features before you switch: the cheapest plan isn't always the closest match.
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