Up to 4 at once.
| Criteria |  Amazon Web Services | Cloudways |
|---|---|---|
| Weighted Score | 3.5/5 | 3.2/5 |
| Pricing | Highly complex pay-as-you-go model with costs based on granular resource consumption, data egress, and managed services. | Plans from ~$14/mo; pricing tracks chosen cloud provider. |
| Platform Type | hosting | Managed Cloud Hosting |
| Performance & delivery | 4.6/5 | 4.2/5 |
| Scale & traffic-spike resilience | 4.8/5 | 3.8/5 |
| Security & compliance | 4.8/5 | 3.2/5 |
| Platform & developer workflow | 3.8/5 | 3.9/5 |
| Uptime SLA & remedies | 3.2/5 | 3.0/5 |
| Support & migration | 3.0/5 | 3.3/5 |
| Strengths | ✓ Infinite scalability for traffic spikes ✓ Global content delivery via CloudFront | ✓ Choice of 5 underlying cloud providers ✓ Very cost-efficient for the performance |
| Limitations | ✗ Extreme technical complexity ✗ No publisher-specific application support | ✗ Less hand-holding than fully-managed WP hosts ✗ Faster support SLAs need paid add-ons |
Amazon Web Services
3.5
Rating
★ 3.5/5
Pricing
Highly complex pay-as-you-go model with costs based on granular resource consumption, data egress, and managed services.
Platform
hosting
Scores
Performance & delivery
4.6
Scale & traffic-spike resilience
4.8
Security & compliance
4.8
Platform & developer workflow
3.8
Uptime SLA & remedies
3.2
Support & migration
3.0
Strengths
✓ Infinite scalability for traffic spikes
✓ Global content delivery via CloudFront
Limitations
✗ Extreme technical complexity
✗ No publisher-specific application support
Cloudways
3.2
Rating
★ 3.0/5
Pricing
Plans from ~$14/mo; pricing tracks chosen cloud provider.
Platform
Managed Cloud Hosting
Scores
Performance & delivery
4.2
Scale & traffic-spike resilience
3.8
Security & compliance
3.2
Platform & developer workflow
3.9
Uptime SLA & remedies
3.0
Support & migration
3.3
Strengths
✓ Choice of 5 underlying cloud providers
✓ Very cost-efficient for the performance
Limitations
✗ Less hand-holding than fully-managed WP hosts
✗ Faster support SLAs need paid add-ons
