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Cloudways Managed Shared Hosting

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description Cloudways Managed Shared Hosting Overview

Cloudways offers a unique approach to shared hosting by leveraging cloud infrastructure from providers like DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Linode. Their managed shared hosting plans abstract away the complexities of cloud servers, providing a user-friendly experience with automatic updates, staging environments, and robust security features. While slightly more expensive than traditional shared hosting, the enhanced performance and scalability make it a worthwhile investment for growing websites. Cloudways excels in providing a balance of power and simplicity.

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Is Cloudways actually shared hosting?

Cloudways is better described as managed cloud hosting, not traditional cPanel shared hosting. Instead of putting many unrelated customers inside one bargain shared account, it lets you run managed servers on providers such as DigitalOcean, Vultr, AWS, or Google Cloud.

How is Cloudways different from buying a DigitalOcean droplet directly?

With DigitalOcean directly, you manage Linux, security patches, the web stack, backups, and monitoring yourself. Cloudways adds a managed control panel, server stack, backups, staging features, and support on top of the cloud server.

Can I host WordPress and WooCommerce on Cloudways?

Yes, WordPress and WooCommerce are common Cloudways use cases, especially for small agencies and stores that have outgrown cheap shared hosting. Cloudways' stack has historically included Nginx, Apache, Varnish, Redis, PHP-FPM, and database services.

Who owns Cloudways now?

DigitalOcean acquired Cloudways in 2022 in a deal reported at about $350 million. That matters because the platform is now closely tied to DigitalOcean's broader cloud hosting business, even though Cloudways still supports multiple infrastructure providers.

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