Cloudways Flexible
Customizable managed hosting for WordPress, Magento, Laravel & PHP apps. Full control over server resources and cloud choice.
Fast, Secure & Dev-Friendly Managed PHP Hosting
Launch PHP apps in 1-click & boost performance with our optimized stack, built-in caches, and Cloudflare Enterprise. Enjoy UNLIMITED PHP workers, 24/7 expert support, and seamless vertical scaling for worry-free growth.
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Every technical task is just a click away on Cloudways, freeing you to focus on development, not lengthy installations. Experience firsthand the effortless way to launch a server.
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Your Projects. Your Choice.
Launch all major PHP frameworks and CMS on Cloudways in just one click to cater to diverse projects for unparalleled flexibility.
Move Your PHP Websites to Cloudways
Get Started FreeManaged PHP Hosting Excellence.
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Explore our pay-as-you-go plans with your preferred cloud server. Scale with ease and host unlimited PHP applications, complemented by exclusive add-ons and features.
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Cloudways Autonomous
Fully managed WordPress hosting for dynamic high traffic eCom and LMS sites — built to autoscale for thousands of concurrent users.
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Fastest growing & affordable cloud provider with high-performance SSD standard and NVMe storage premium servers across 9 locations. Select the perfect fit from their Basic, General Purpose, and CPU Optimized server lineup.
DigitalOcean
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Across 30 locations, Vultr provides standard servers featuring SSD storage and high frequency servers with NVMe storage powered by the fastest architecture available in the Vultr product lineup.
Vultr
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Popular cloud emphasizing consistent performance across 25 datacenters. Choose Linode if you wish top quality performance at a pocket—friendly budget.
Linode
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Flexible Amazon cloud compute (EC2) with configurable storage/bandwidth across 28 datacenters. AWS supports dynamic vertical scaling with options to both upgrade and downgrade server resources. Select the perfect fit from their Standard and Compute Optimized server lineup.
AWS
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Google Compute Engine (GCE) is an extremely powerful cloud hosting infrastructure with the efficient performance that comes with Google's brand name. With 28 datacenters, GCE supports dynamic vertical scaling with options to both upgrade and downgrade server resources. Select the perfect fit from their Standard, Compute Optimized and High Compute server lineup.
GoogleCloud
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- Basic
DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.
- General Purpose
DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.
- CPU Optimized
DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.
- Standard
DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.
- Standard
DigitalOcean Standard Droplets, powered by 2nd generation or earlier Intel CPUs and standard SSD, are perfect for general-purpose workloads and all your applications, offering networking speeds up to 2 Gbps.
- Premium
DigitalOcean Premium Droplets are powered by 2nd or 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and faster NVME storage delivering higher network throughput up to 10 Gbps for your most demanding applications.
Micro
Suitable for personal websites and simple blogs.
$11
$11
USD per month
You pay $0.0357 hourly
- 2GB RAM
- 1 vCPU
- 50GB Storage
- 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
Promotional offer valid for 6 months from now. Available for paid plans only.
- Lightning Stack
Supercharge your website performance with the new NGINX-based Lightning Stack. Enjoy faster page loads, optimized request handling, and enhanced caching — delivering blazing-fast speed and seamless scalability for all your applications.
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
Small
Suitable for growing businesses & moderate traffic.
$11
$11
USD per month
You pay $0.0357 hourly
- 2GB RAM
- 1 vCPU
- 50GB Storage
- 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
Promotional offer valid for 6 months from now. Available for paid plans only.
- Lightning Stack
Supercharge your website performance with the new NGINX-based Lightning Stack. Enjoy faster page loads, optimized request handling, and enhanced caching — delivering blazing-fast speed and seamless scalability for all your applications.
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
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Medium
Supports more demanding websites with higher traffic.
$11
$88
USD per month
You pay $0.1310 hourly
- 8GB RAM
- 4 vCPU
- 160GB Storage
- 5TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
Promotional offer valid for 6 months from now. Available for paid plans only.
- Lightning Stack
Supercharge your website performance with the new NGINX-based Lightning Stack. Enjoy faster page loads, optimized request handling, and enhanced caching — delivering blazing-fast speed and seamless scalability for all your applications.
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
8XL
Ideal for e-com stores and resource-intensive applications.
$11
USD per month
You pay $1.0848 hourly
- 128GB RAM
- 24 vCPU
- 2560GB Storage
- 11TB Transfer Bandwidth
- 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
Promotional offer valid for 6 months from now. Available for paid plans only.
- Lightning Stack
Supercharge your website performance with the new NGINX-based Lightning Stack. Enjoy faster page loads, optimized request handling, and enhanced caching — delivering blazing-fast speed and seamless scalability for all your applications.
- Unlimited Visits
- Unlimited Websites
$0.033/GB per server will be applied for offsite backup storage.
Free Trial
Best for growing businesses that need autoscaling.
$100
$0For 3 Months
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 01
Bandwidth: 150 GB
Disk space: 20 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling Cloudflare Enterprise CDN Redis Caching Object Cache Pro + RelayGrowth
Best for growing businesses that need autoscaling.
$100
$100/Month
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 01
Bandwidth: 150 GB
Disk space: 20 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling Cloudflare Enterprise CDN Redis Caching Object Cache Pro + RelayAdditional Charges
- Disk Space: $1/GB
- Bandwidth: $0.4/GB
- Autoscaling: $0.07/hr/server beyond baseline
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Scale
Best For Woocommerce
$100
$200/Month
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 02
Bandwidth: 250 GB
Disk space: 50 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling Cloudflare Enterprise CDN Redis Caching Object Cache Pro + RelayAdditional Charges
- Disk Space: $1/GB
- Bandwidth: $0.4/GB
- Autoscaling: $0.10/hr/server beyond baseline
Plus
Best For LMS platforms & large WooCommerce stores
$100
$400/Month
Plan Includes
Website: 01
Baseline Autoscale Servers: 03
Bandwidth: 1000 GB
Disk space: 100 GB
Visits: Unmetered
PHP Workers: 100/server
Features Included
True Autoscaling Cloudflare Enterprise CDN Redis Caching Object Cache Pro + RelayAdditional Charges
- Disk Space: $1/GB
- Bandwidth: $0.4/GB
- Autoscaling: $0.12/hr/server beyond baseline
Enterprise
Beyond standard plans? We’ll create a plan that fits your needs.
Custom
Optimized resources for your traffic and usage patterns. Custom resource allocation and baseline capacity. Expert consultation to match plan to requirements.Features Fueling PHP Excellence. All in One Platform.
Explore Cloudways’ highly-optimized feature-set for limitless PHP project possibilities so you stay focused on what matters most i.e., growing your business.
SSD Hosting
SSD greatly improves your store’s performance and speed since the data transfer rate is much higher as compared to traditional storage.
Built-in Caches
Built-in performance-boosting caching such as Memcached, Varnish, and Redis speed up stores while reducing database load.
Optimized Stack
Our hosting stack comprises NGINX, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP-FPM to tackle high volume traffic and server requests resulting in better performance and faster load times.
PHP 8 Ready
Host your website on PHP 8 ready server that’s significantly faster, secure, and more versatile than previous versions.
Cloudflare
Expedite your websites, get constant availability, and secure them against DDoS attacks & malicious traffic with the Cloudflare add-on.
Breeze Plugin
We take caching quite seriously that’s why developed a free, light-weight, and feature-rich cache plugin that comes pre-installed on PHP app.
Dedicated Firewalls
Our platform-level firewalls protect your server against attacks such as IP spoofing, phishing, and everything that’s not authorized.
SSL Certificates
Get Let’s Encrypt free SSL certificates to indicate your visitors/customers that their data is encrypted and your online store is authentic.
Login Security
We protect your account with 2FA and also notify you of any login attempts made from an unidentified device.
IP Whitelisting
You can create a whitelist of IP addresses for unrestricted access over regions and networks through SSH and SFTP.
Application Isolation
Every PHP app hosted on your server is isolated to keep it protected from other stores on hosted the same server.
Database Security
Valuable data of your PHP app is well protected and is only allowed to be accessed remotely via whitelisted IP addresses.
IaaS Providers
Choose from 60+ data centers of world-class providers such as DigitalOcean, Amazon Web Services, & Google Compute Engine for fast PHP app.
Block Storage
Leverage high-performance block storage service while expanding your storage flexibly without changing other server parameters.
Vertical Scaling
Scale up your server resources such as RAM, CPU, and storage for high-availability and performance at the lowest possible costs.
No Contract
With pay-as-you-go plans, you only need to pay for the resources you use. Never pay a fixed amount or enter into any contract.
1-Click Actions
Our 1-click actions allow you to perform several operational tasks, such as backup/restore, website/server cloning in no time.
PHP Versions
You have the option to easily switch between different versions of PHP. We support PHP 5.6 and the latest versions of PHP 8.2.
24/7 Expert Support
We offer 24/7 live chat support in all areas to help you run your PHP app without any hiccups.
Active Community
Our effective and strong community of PHP experts who share their skills and knowledge to help users around the world.
Knowledge Base
We have a centralized resource center for our customers. You can refer to the Knowledge Base for any help related to our platform.
Ticketing System
Leave your queries through our ticketing system to avoid waiting in queues. Our engineers respond promptly to every query.
Support Add-ons
We offer advanced and premium add-ons for priority support. Tell us about your requirements and we’ll take care of it.
Troubleshooting
We have a server and application monitoring tool for troubleshooting. You also can contact our support engineers to take you out of the situation.
Git Integration
Pre-installed Git on our managed PHP hosting platform helps you set up auto-deployment on your live servers without worrying about code changes.
SSH and SFTP Access
SSH and SFTP allow you to securely access servers and update files for your application. You can also create SFTP credentials for your team members.
1-Click Cloning
Make copies of your PHP app or clone the entire server in just 1-click. You will get new staging URLs for themes/plugins compatibility testing, etc.
Team Collaboration
It is easy to split projects between relevant teams since we allow one team member to be a part of different teams for collaboration.
Staging URLs
We offer free staging URLs and areas that you can use while setting up, testing, and developing your PHP app.
User Roles
You can divide work within the team, regardless of their location and assign them full or limited access to your PHP app or server.
“You can take advantage of the scalability and power of platforms like Digital Ocean, without being a systems administrator or having expertise with a server.”
Brandon Ernst
Founder & CEO, Brand on Fire
“Cloudways offers an easier interface & a more thorough set of features, which really helps support our growth as a business.”
Iain Wang
CEO, ClassBento
Cloudways offers an intuitive and user-friendly control panel that makes managing your server and applications a breeze
Michael Kuczek
Founder, Biiird.com
Do PHP Apps Perform 10x Better on Cloudways?
Don’t just take our word for it; read what businesses like yours have to say about their PHP hosting experience with Cloudways.
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Specify is the perfect addition to our front-end boilerplate. Tokens, assets, fonts. Everything come straight out from Figma. Less configuration, more creative development. Our team loves it.
Gabriel Marcolongo
Founder at Incluyeme
Ecommerce
Tried many plugins but real speed never really improved. Moved to Cloudways and I’m amazed at REAL speed improvements, and so the transfers begin!
Jamie Knop
@JamieKnop
Agency
I am using DigitalOcean Plan in Cloudways and I can confirm it is very good. Also, additional the backup with my hosting is awesome too.
Suraj Katwal
Freelancer
The site’s loading time was greatly improved… I have a total of 14 clients on the platform and am in the process of migrating more.
Jyll S
President and Founder
Ecommerce
Cloudways is super easy, super fast and cost effective (we run 5 sites on a single instance for 40$/month!)
Elad Levy
@mrlevyelad
Agency
Excellent option for those looking for High-End WordPress Hosting. I have been using Cloudways for two years and the performance in amazing.
CĂ©sar R
Small-Business Owner
Freelancer
@cloudways
Can’t believe how much faster my WP site is after switching… not even close to my old host. So important w/ Google’s new SEO rules.
Kristen
@hikristennn
Ecommerce
Cloudways has fulfilled our expectations. It is a great service and keeps our website up and running nicely.
Amit Kothari
Founder at Tallyfy
Freelancer
I love that Cloudways has made cloud hosting available to non-technical IT people like myself…the new website was up and running within a few hours.
Chris A
Photography
Agency
Digital agencies like ours get to have multiple servers from different providers in one place.
John Falzon
Managing Director at Keen
Ecommerce
Gamechanger… completely elevated my ability to service my clients. Their support staff are extremely knowledgeable and the platform offers all the flexibility and scalability.
Walter
Kreetiv Studio
Freelancer
I wish I had discovered @Cloudways earlier. Their services and support are just amazing!
Jan Tegze
@jantegze
Agency
A simple management dashboard, combined with amazing chat support, reduces costs for outsourced server ops services.
Bet Hannon
CEO BH Business Websites
Ecommerce
Cloudways is strangely fast, literally. I mean, I don’t know why but it’s just fast.
Nathan
@zartre
And We’re Highly Rated on Top Review Sites.
Because 100,000+ SMBs, developers, and businesses rely on Cloudways to drive unparalleled value and growth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How affordable is Cloudways for PHP hosting with Composer?
Cloudways is very budget friendly for PHP hosting. Plans start at $11/month and include SSD storage, built-in caching, and free SSL, providing developers a reliable environment for Laravel or other PHP projects without compromising on performance.
Can I find affordable Laravel friendly PHP hosting for small projects?
Yes, you can easily affordable Laravel friendly PHP hosting with Cloudways for small projects. Their managed cloud hosting plans start at just $11/month for 2 GB RAM and 1 vCPU, letting you host unlimited websites, have full SSH/CLI access and enjoy a Laravel optimized stack without the usual hassle.
What’s the difference between PHP cloud Hosting and PHP Hosting?
Web hosting for PHP typically refers to hosting services that support websites and applications built using the PHP programming language. It provides the necessary server environment to run PHP scripts and serve PHP-based content to users. PHP Hosting can come in various forms, including shared hosting, VPS hosting, and dedicated hosting. It focuses primarily on providing the infrastructure to run PHP code effectively.
On the other hand, PHP Cloud Hosting extends traditional PHP Hosting by leveraging cloud computing technologies. Cloud hosting offers greater flexibility, scalability, and reliability compared to traditional hosting methods. The main difference between PHP Hosting and PHP Cloud Hosting lies in the hosting environment. Web hosting PHP services provide the infrastructure to run PHP code, while PHP Cloud Hosting utilizes cloud technology to offer enhanced scalability, flexibility, and reliability for PHP-powered websites and applications.
On the other hand, PHP Cloud Hosting extends traditional PHP Hosting by leveraging cloud computing technologies. Cloud hosting offers greater flexibility, scalability, and reliability compared to traditional hosting methods. The main difference between PHP Hosting and PHP Cloud Hosting lies in the hosting environment. Web hosting PHP services provide the infrastructure to run PHP code, while PHP Cloud Hosting utilizes cloud technology to offer enhanced scalability, flexibility, and reliability for PHP-powered websites and applications.
What is Managed PHP Hosting?
Managed PHP Hosting is a specialized web hosting PHP service that offers comprehensive management and support tailored for websites and applications built using PHP. In managed PHP hosting, the hosting provider takes care of various technical aspects related to the server environment, allowing you to focus on developing and maintaining your website or application.
Managed PHP Hosting from Cloudways offers tailored support for PHP-powered websites and apps. It includes optimized server setup, automatic updates, robust security, and performance enhancement. Benefit from expert technical support, regular backups, and scalability options, while Cloudways handles server maintenance. Experience hassle-free PHP web Hosting with Cloudways.
Managed PHP Hosting from Cloudways offers tailored support for PHP-powered websites and apps. It includes optimized server setup, automatic updates, robust security, and performance enhancement. Benefit from expert technical support, regular backups, and scalability options, while Cloudways handles server maintenance. Experience hassle-free PHP web Hosting with Cloudways.
Which framework and CMS can you install on Cloudways?
Cloudways supports the installation of any CMS or framework created in the PHP language. If you're wondering how to host PHP files, Cloudways provides an easy-to-use interface to launch applications built on frameworks like Laravel, Symfony, and CodeIgniter, as well as CMS platforms like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal.
How many PHP versions are available on Cloudways?
Cloudways platform offers you a choice of versions from PHP 7.4 to 8.2, allowing you to choose the desired version for your apps. The best part is the easy migration from one version to another in just a few clicks.
How many PHP workers do I need?
Generally, sites with essentially static content do not require numerous PHP workers.. For bigger websites with more dynamic functionality, 4 PHP workers are a good beginning point. However, this may change according to the site’s special set of themes, plugins, database queries, and cached-to-uncached ratio.
How secure is Cloudways for PHP hosting?
Cloudways does not compromise security, so why we have hardened all PHP MySQL hosting servers hosted on our platform. Furthermore, we have deployed a platform-wide firewall which ensures data safety and security.Plus, Cloudways offers 1-Click SSL installation and 1-click package upgrade as soon as the security update is out. Cloudways uses auto-healing servers, and an automated backup mechanism where all of the backup data is stored on an offsite location.
Which database is supported by Cloudways?
Cloudways currently supports MariaDB 10.0. However, newer servers are available with Debian 10 distribution and MariaDB 10.4 as a default database. You can always upgrade to the latest database version, e.g., MariaDB 10.6, as per your requirements.
Do I have to pay separately for hosting?
No. All our plans already have hosting charges included in them, so you don't have to pay extra!
Can I scale my PHP server on the Cloudways platform?
Yes, you can scale your PHP servers on Cloudways managed PHP platform. Our servers are vertically scalable, which means you can increase or decrease the server size with a single click.
What makes Cloudways the best PHP hosting provider?
Cloudways is the best PHP hosting platform, offering an efficient administration console for quick deployment of clouds and web applications.Its features include free SSL certificates, domain name pointing, critical services for Varnish, Memcached, Apache, Nginx, and databases, a lightweight DB Manager, a publicly available API for server automation, real-time cloud insights, PHP-FPM, automatic backups, and more.
My website is quite big with a lot of traffic. Can your servers handle it?
Our PHP web hosting is robust enough to handle all PHP and MySQL applications, including large-scale websites.