SiteGround vs Cloudways
Cloudways comes out ahead of SiteGround on 3 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, 3–2 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Cloudways takes 3 of 6 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose SiteGround if…
- • You want SiteGround's edge on the price on the front page and what customers say on trustpilot
Choose Cloudways if…
- • You want Cloudways's edge on the uptime promise and how many websites you can host
Round by round
- Round 1The price on the front pageSiteGround wins
SiteGround wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2The uptime promiseCloudways wins
Cloudways wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3What customers say on TrustpilotSiteGround winsCloudways5/10
4.6 out of 5
TrustScore from 3,758 reviews on Trustpilot
- 4.6 out of 5, against 4.9 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
SiteGround 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 winsSiteGround5/10
1 website
StartUp plan
- 1 website, against Unlimited sites per server
Source: siteground.com ↗
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)
- $2.99, against $1.99
- $17.99, against $8.99
- $17.99, against $9.99
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
- $11, against $1.99
- $11, against $2.99
- 4.6 out of 5, against 4.9 out of 5