# Cloudways

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/cloudways
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/cloudways.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/cloudways/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://cloudways.com
- **Slug:** cloudways
- **Categories:** developer-tools, web-hosting-domains

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Provides the choice of multiple cloud infrastructures with a unified management interface and automated server-side optimizations.
Source: Brand's website (https://cloudways.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform designed to simplify the deployment and management of web applications. It acts as an abstraction layer over major infrastructure providers, allowing users to launch servers on AWS, DigitalOcean, and others through a proprietary control panel. The company focuses primarily on high-performance hosting for CMS-based sites like WordPress, Magento, and PHP-based applications.
Source: Brand's website (https://cloudways.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Managed Cloud Hosting
  - Cloudways Autonomous (Auto-scaling)
  - Managed WordPress/Magento Hosting.
Source: Brand's website (https://cloudways.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Subscription / Usage-based (Pay-as-you-go)
Source: Brand's website (https://cloudways.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Agencies, SMBs, E-commerce stores, Web Developers
Source: Brand's website (https://cloudways.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - WP Engine
  - Kinsta
  - SiteGround (Cloud plans)
  - RunCloud
Source: Brand's website (https://cloudways.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.