A managed dashboard, or a managed server.
Cloudways is a control layer on top of other clouds, with automated tooling but no team watching your server, and an SLA inherited from the underlying provider. RemarkableCloud manages the actual server with a proactive team and a 500% SLA that is genuinely ours. Choose Cloudways if you want multi-cloud flexibility and a simple dashboard. Choose RemarkableCloud if you want a team that runs the server.
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Automated tooling, or a team that runs the server.
Cloudways and RemarkableCloud both call themselves managed. The two products mean very different things by the word. Two differences matter most.
Cloudways manages automation, not your server.
Cloudways automates deployments and gives you a dashboard. A proactive team watching the server 24/7 and resolving issues before they reach you is not part of the product. When something breaks at the OS level, you are in a support queue.
RemarkableCloud manages the actual server.
Our team patches the OS, monitors services, hardens security, manages the firewall, and responds to incidents proactively, before issues reach you. Real human expertise on every Cloud Cube, 24/7, not just automation.
Cloudways inherits the provider's SLA.
Cloudways has no uptime SLA of its own. Your guarantee is whatever the underlying cloud, DigitalOcean, AWS, or another, happens to offer. There is no 500% credit and no automatic compensation from minute one.
RemarkableCloud's 500% SLA is genuinely ours.
1 hour down equals 5 hours credited. Our hardware, our team, our accountability, not a guarantee passed through from a third party. From minute one, automatically, with no threshold and no claim to file.
What you actually get for the same money.
Cloudways prices a managed dashboard on top of a third-party Droplet, so you pay for the cloud instance plus the Cloudways layer, and the SLA is still inherited from the provider underneath. RemarkableCloud's Shared CPU 8 GB Cloud Cube is $36 per month with annual billing, a dedicated server with a genuine sysadmin team, a 500% SLA that is ours, and one flat all-in price.
2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 80 GB SSD · 4 TB transfer
Managed dashboard on a third-party Droplet. Automated tooling, no proactive team. SLA inherited from the underlying provider.
per month, before add-ons
- Automated tooling, no proactive sysadmin team
- SLA inherited from the underlying cloud
- SSD storage, not NVMe on standard Droplets
- No enterprise mail relay, no free offsite S3
- Platform locked, limited OS and panel control
Add-ons for managed email, dedicated firewall, and premium support are billed on top. The server underneath is a third-party Droplet, still your problem at the infrastructure layer.
2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 100 GB NVMe · 20 TB transfer
At a comparable price, 2× the RAM, NVMe storage, far more transfer, a real sysadmin team, and a 500% SLA that is genuinely ours.
per month, annual billing, everything included
- Real sysadmin team, fully managed 24/7
- Daily snapshots plus 200 GB free S3 storage
- MailChannels SMTP and Rspamd mail gateway included
- 500% SLA that is ours, automatic credits from minute one
- Free migration from Cloudways
4 vCPU · 16 GB RAM · 200 GB NVMe · 40 TB transfer
Dedicated CPU cores for teams that want headroom, with everything still included at one flat price.
per month, annual billing, everything included
- Dedicated CPU cores, never shared or throttled
- Daily snapshots plus 400 GB free S3 storage
- RemarkablePanel control panel included free
- 500% SLA, automatic credits from minute one
- Free migration from Cloudways
Performance, side by side.
Cloudways runs your application on a third-party Droplet or instance from DigitalOcean, AWS, or Google Cloud, so storage type and network specs depend on the cloud underneath. Every RemarkableCloud Cloud Cube runs on current-generation enterprise Intel and AMD processors at 3 GHz or higher, with 100% NVMe storage, dedicated resources, and a 50 Gbps DDoS-protected network on every plan, including the $8/month Basic tier.
Cloudways infrastructure
Third-party cloud infrastructure underneath
Cloudways sits on top of DigitalOcean, AWS, or Google Cloud. You are renting Droplets or instances, not hardware Cloudways controls directly, so infrastructure quality depends on the provider you pick.
SSD on standard Droplets
Cloudways on DigitalOcean uses standard SSD Droplets by default. NVMe-class storage requires upgrading to a Premium Droplet tier at additional cost.
Network inherits the provider's specs
Network speed and DDoS protection depend on the underlying cloud. Cloudways adds no proprietary network improvements of its own on top of the provider you choose.
Simple deployment dashboard
Cloudways provides one-click application deployment, a staging environment, and a clean management interface. For getting an app onto raw cloud without server work, the dashboard is genuinely useful.
RemarkableCloud infrastructure
Current-generation enterprise CPUs at 3 GHz+
Every Cloud Cube runs on modern Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC server-grade processors at 3 GHz or higher, on hardware we operate directly. Consistent clock speeds, the same caliber of hardware used in demanding data center workloads.
100% NVMe on every plan, no premium tier
NVMe storage is included on every Cloud Cube, from the $8/month Basic 2 GB plan to the 128 GB Dedicated CPU tier. NVMe delivers 5 to 7× faster read and write speeds than standard SSD, benefiting WordPress database reads and any disk-heavy workload immediately.
50 Gbps DDoS-protected network, all plans
Every Cloud Cube plan runs on a 50 Gbps network with built-in DDoS scrubbing at the infrastructure level. Attack mitigation is on by default. No add-on, no premium tier, no separate firewall service to configure.
Non-oversold, allocation guaranteed
Cloud Cubes are never oversold. Your allocated CPU and RAM are consistently yours, never shared or throttled by neighboring tenant activity. No burst credits, no noisy-neighbor risk on any plan.
Cloudways vs RemarkableCloud across 15 categories.
RemarkableCloud leads on 13 of 15 comparison categories. Cloudways leads on 1: multi-cloud provider flexibility. One category, application deployment tooling, is context-dependent. Every other row covers what changes when you move from a managed dashboard on a third-party cloud to a dedicated server with a real team.
| Feature | Cloudways | RemarkableCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Server management | Automated tooling, no proactive sysadmin team | Fully managed by RC team, 24/7 RC wins |
| Proactive monitoring | Platform automation, no team watching the server | RC team monitors and resolves before customer impact RC wins |
| Incident response | Support queue when OS-level issues arise | Handled by RC team, most issues fixed before user impact RC wins |
| OS and security patching | Platform-managed, limited visibility | Managed proactively by our team RC wins |
| Uptime SLA | No own SLA, inherits the underlying provider's | 500%, 1 hr down equals 5 hrs credited automatically from minute one RC wins |
| SLA accountability | Passed through from a third-party cloud | Our hardware, our team, our guarantee RC wins |
| Infrastructure ownership | Third-party cloud, DigitalOcean, AWS, or GCP | Our own dedicated infrastructure RC wins |
| Storage type | SSD on standard Droplets, NVMe costs extra | 100% NVMe on every plan RC wins |
| Backups | Automated, no free offsite S3 included | Daily snapshots plus free S3 storage included RC wins |
| Mail gateway | Not included, configured or billed separately | MailChannels SMTP and Rspamd antispam included free RC wins |
| Control panel | Cloudways dashboard only, limited panel options | RemarkablePanel free, or any licensed panel RC wins |
| OS and stack flexibility | Limited to supported stacks | Any supported OS, any stack, full root control RC wins |
| Free migration | Migration assistance, paid or conditional | Full server migration by RC team, free RC wins |
| Multi-cloud flexibility | Yes, DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP, Vultr | Single provider, our own infrastructure They win |
| App deployment tooling | One-click installers for WordPress, Magento, Laravel | Use any installer or control panel context-dependent |
Pick your Cloud Cube.
The comparison above showed two specific Cloud Cubes against a Cloudways managed plan. Here is the complete RemarkableCloud lineup, from the 2 GB Basic tier at $8 per month with annual billing to the 128 GB Dedicated CPU tier. Every plan, regardless of size, includes the same dedicated server, a real sysadmin team, daily snapshots with offsite S3 backup storage, MailChannels SMTP and Rspamd mail gateway, RemarkablePanel, and a 500% SLA that is genuinely ours. One flat all-in price, no third-party cloud underneath, no premium tier gates on features.
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- Inbound & Outbound Mail Gateway
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Reserved CPU, no sharing or bursting
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Reserved CPU, no sharing or bursting
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Reserved CPU, no sharing or bursting
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- Reserved CPU, no sharing or bursting
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- High-Capacity NVMe, 2x per GiB RAM
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- High-Capacity NVMe, 2x per GiB RAM
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- High-Capacity NVMe, 2x per GiB RAM
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- 500% SLA Guarantee
- Fully Managed, server, mail, security
- High-Capacity NVMe, 2x per GiB RAM
- Daily Snapshots & Remote Backups
- Free S3 Storage, 2x your NVMe disk
- 500% SLA Guarantee
Three steps to leave Cloudways.
RemarkableCloud handles the full migration from any Cloudways server at no cost. Most migrations complete in 2 to 24 hours with no downtime planned. You stay on Cloudways until we confirm the new server is verified and ready.
Order your Cloud Cube
Pick a Cloud Cube plan and complete the order. We provision the new server and send migration credentials within minutes. Your Cloudways server stays running and serving traffic. No reconfiguration on the Cloudways side.
We migrate your full stack
Our team copies files, databases, mail accounts, DNS records, and SSL certificates from your Cloudways server to the new Cloud Cube. We test everything on a staging URL before cutover. You review and approve. No surprises, no rushed migrations.
Coordinated cutover, then go live
When you approve, we point your domain DNS to the Cloud Cube during a coordinated window. Final database sync, DNS propagation, post-migration verification, then you cancel the Cloudways server. You are fully live on RemarkableCloud.
Four reasons teams move from Cloudways to RemarkableCloud.
Teams running production workloads on Cloudways move to RemarkableCloud for four consistent reasons: they want a real sysadmin team instead of automated tooling, they want a 500% SLA that is genuinely the host's own, they want their own dedicated server instead of a third-party Droplet, and they want enterprise mail deliverability included.
A real sysadmin team, not automated tooling.
Cloudways automates deployments and backups. When a process crashes at 2 AM, you are opening a support ticket. On RemarkableCloud, our team watches your server around the clock and resolves issues before they reach your users. Most problems are fixed before a single user-facing impact.
A 500% SLA that is genuinely ours.
Cloudways has no uptime SLA of its own. Your guarantee is whatever the underlying DigitalOcean or AWS terms happen to offer, passed through. RemarkableCloud's 500% SLA is ours: our hardware, our team, our accountability. 1 hour down equals 5 hours credited, automatically, from the first minute, with no claim.
Your own server, not a third-party platform.
Cloudways runs your application on a third-party Droplet with platform-level restrictions on OS, stack, and configuration. A Cloud Cube is your own dedicated server on infrastructure we operate directly: any supported OS, any stack, full root access, and a control panel of your choice.
Enterprise mail deliverability, included.
Cloudways does not include an enterprise SMTP relay. You configure mail yourself or pay for an add-on. RemarkableCloud sends all outbound mail through the MailChannels enterprise relay, with established IP reputation whitelisted by Gmail and Outlook, plus Rspamd antispam on inbound. Inbox delivery from day one, no separate configuration.
When Cloudways is the right choice. When RemarkableCloud is.
Cloudways is the wrong answer for some buyers and the right answer for others. Same for RemarkableCloud. The honest version of this page is which one matches the shape of your team and your workload. Here is the test.
Choose Cloudways when
- You want multi-cloud flexibility, running workloads across DigitalOcean, AWS, and Google Cloud from one dashboard.
- You want one-click application deployments with a simplified interface.
- Your team is not technical and you want an abstraction layer above raw VPS management.
- You want to scale infrastructure providers without committing to long-term contracts.
- You rely on Cloudways-specific integrations or workflows already built around their platform.
- You prefer choosing the underlying cloud yourself rather than running on the host's own hardware.
Choose RemarkableCloud when
- You want a team that actually manages the server, not just automates the deployment.
- You want a 500% SLA that is genuinely the host's own, not inherited from a third-party cloud.
- You want your own dedicated server with full root access and no platform restrictions.
- You want any OS, any stack, and a control panel of your choice.
- You want MailChannels enterprise SMTP and free offsite S3 backups included, not add-ons.
- You want one flat all-in price with no third-party cloud billed underneath.
RemarkableCloud vs Cloudways, your questions answered.
Is Cloudways the same as fully managed hosting?
Not in the way RemarkableCloud is. Cloudways provides a management dashboard and automation, one-click deployments, basic backups, a staging environment, on top of a third-party cloud. What it does not provide is a sysadmin team watching your server and resolving issues before they affect you. RemarkableCloud is genuinely fully managed: our team handles OS patching, security hardening, monitoring, incident response, firewall, mail gateway, and backups proactively. The difference is automated tooling versus real human expertise on the server.
Can I migrate from Cloudways to RemarkableCloud for free?
Yes. RemarkableCloud includes free migration from Cloudways on every Cloud Cube plan, with no engineering work required on your side. Our team copies your files, databases, mail accounts, DNS records, and SSL certificates from your Cloudways server to your new Cloud Cube, tests everything on a staging URL, then coordinates a cutover window with you. Most migrations complete in 2 to 24 hours with no planned downtime, and you stay on Cloudways until we confirm the new server is verified.
Does Cloudways have its own uptime SLA?
No. Cloudways does not offer a meaningful uptime SLA of its own. Because your server is a third-party Droplet or instance, your guarantee is whatever the underlying cloud, DigitalOcean, AWS, or another, happens to provide, passed through to you. RemarkableCloud's 500% SLA is genuinely ours: our hardware, our team, our accountability. One hour of verified downtime means five hours of service credited back to your account, automatically, from the first minute, with no threshold and no claim to file.
Why does RemarkableCloud cost less for comparable specs?
Cloudways prices a management layer on top of a third-party cloud instance, so you are effectively paying for the Droplet plus the Cloudways platform, with add-ons for managed email and dedicated firewall billed separately. RemarkableCloud operates its own infrastructure, so a comparable Cloud Cube delivers more RAM, NVMe storage, a real sysadmin team, the mail gateway, free offsite S3 backups, and a 500% SLA at one flat all-in price. There is no third-party cloud billed underneath.
Will I lose flexibility moving off the Cloudways platform?
You gain server-level flexibility and give up multi-cloud choice. Cloudways lets you pick the underlying provider, DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP, Vultr, but restricts the OS, stack, and panel within its platform. A Cloud Cube is your own dedicated server: full root access, any supported OS, any stack, and a control panel of your choice including RemarkablePanel free. If running across multiple cloud providers from one dashboard is essential to you, Cloudways keeps that. If you want full control of one well-managed server, a Cloud Cube is the better fit.