Cloudways vs WP Engine
Cloudways comes out ahead of WP Engine on 5 of the 6 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
Cloudways takes it, 5–0 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Cloudways takes 5 of 6 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Cloudways if…
- • You want Cloudways's edge on the price on the front page and the uptime promise
Choose WP Engine if…
- • You have a reason to pick WP Engine that is not on this list
Round by round
- Round 1The price on the front pageCloudways winsCloudways8/10
$14
USD per month
- managed cloud hosting, from per month (not shared hosting)
Source: cloudways.com ↗
Cloudways wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2The uptime promiseCloudways winsWP Engine5/10
99.95%
uptime in the service-level agreement
- 99.95%, against 99.99%
Source: wpengine.com ↗
Cloudways wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3What customers say on TrustpilotCloudways winsWP Engine5/10
4.3 out of 5
TrustScore from 1,774 reviews on Trustpilot
- 4.3 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Cloudways wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 4Who picks up when your site is downTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 5How many websites you can hostCloudways wins
Cloudways wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 6How much storage you getCloudways wins
Cloudways wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- managed cloud hosting, from per month (not shared hosting)
- money-back guarantee on Startup, Professional, Growth and Scale
- $11, against $1.99
- $11, against $2.99
- 4.6 out of 5, against 4.9 out of 5
- $35, against $3.99
- 99.95%, against 99.99%
- 4.3 out of 5, against 4.5 out of 5
- 1 site, against 10 websites