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Cloudways vs. SiteGround 2020

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Pricing
Starting price	$0.00 / month	$4.65 / month
Free domain	No	No
Coupons	2 coupons Get free cloud hosting credit worth $30 This is one of the more interesting deals we offer to our faithful HostAdvice users. The Cloudways deal gives you a $30 credit on any of the company’s cloud hosting plans, which include packages for DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud. To get started with this plan, you simply need to: • Sign up for an account with Cloudways • Input your coupon code • Receive your credit when you upgrade with a credit card Getting started takes a few minutes, and can lower your website building costs to give you better results. 30$ Discount on Cloudways We are excited to share this exclusive $30 Cloudways deal with our loyal HostAdvice users. The offer grants you a $30.00 discount on your next payment for Cloudways hosting and places no restrictions on what the discount can be applied to. The company’s offerings start at $10.00 monthly, and include excellent features such as: • Up to 160 GB of storage space for website development • Up to 5 TB of bandwidth for visitors • Choose from DigitalOcean, Linode, AWS, Google Cloud, and Vultr for servers Reduce your hosting startup costs and focus your resources where you need them most.	1 coupon 70% off Shared Hosting We were intrigued to uncover this SiteGround deal for a 70% discount on all the company’s shared plans. The offer, which started for Black Friday, gives you an excellent price reduction if you’re looking to sign up for one of SiteGround’s shared hosting plans. This includes: • StartUp hosting starting at $3.95 monthly • GrowBig hosting starting at $5.95 monthly • GoGeek hosting starting at $11.95 monthly All three plans include excellent features and entitle you to up to 30 GB of web space, along with unmetered data transfers and more. Kickstart your website development with SiteGround’s shared hosting.
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Detailed scores
Reliability	9 / 10	8 / 10
Pricing	9 / 10	7 / 10
User Friendly	9 / 10	9 / 10
Support	9 / 10	7 / 10
Features	9 / 10	7 / 10

Summary
Max Ostryzhko Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO SiteGround and Cloudways are two of the best providers available for hosting and if you’re torn between the two, you’ll want to know which one has the advantage. Cloudways is slightly better than SiteGround in that its pricing is more reasonable and its support is more responsive. Whether you need managed hosting or CDN plans, Cloudways can offer the same level of service but at a much lower cost. And unlike SiteGround, Cloudways covers almost the whole world with its services, rather than just parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. Winner! See plans and pricing www.cloudways.com

Summary

Max Ostryzhko

Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO

SiteGround and Cloudways are two of the best providers available for hosting and if you’re torn between the two, you’ll want to know which one has the advantage. Cloudways is slightly better than SiteGround in that its pricing is more reasonable and its support is more responsive. Whether you need managed hosting or CDN plans, Cloudways can offer the same level of service but at a much lower cost. And unlike SiteGround, Cloudways covers almost the whole world with its services, rather than just parts of North America, Asia, and Europe.

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.cloudways.com

Server Locations
North America	Yes	Yes
Europe	Yes	Yes
Asia	Yes	Yes
Oceania	Yes	No
South America	Yes	No
Africa & Middle East	No	No

Shared Hosting Plans
Plan Name	–	StartUp
Space	–	10 GB
Bandwidth	–	Unlimited
Panel	–	cpanel
Number of Sites	N/A	1
Features	–
Price	–	$4.65

Plan Name	–	GrowBig
Space	–	20 GB
Bandwidth	–	Unlimited
Panel	–	cpanel
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features	–
Price	–	$7.60

Plan Name	–	GoGeek
Space	–	30 GB
Bandwidth	–	Unlimited
Panel	–	cpanel
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features	–
Price	–	$14.08
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Plan Name	–	–
Space	–	–
Bandwidth	–	–
Panel	–	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features	–	–
Price	–	–

Dedicated Server Plans
Plan Name	–	Entry Server
Space	–	480 GB
CPU	–	4 x 3.20GHz
RAM	–	16 GB
OS	–	Linux
Price	–	$257.98

Plan Name	–	Power Server
Space	–	960 GB
CPU	–	4 x 3.50GHz
RAM	–	32 GB
OS	–	Linux
Price	–	$352.22

Plan Name	–	Super Power Server
Space	–	1.88 TB
CPU	–	12 x 2.00GHz
RAM	–	64 GB
OS	–	Linux
Price	–	$705.62
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Plan Name	–	–
Space	–	–
CPU	–	–
RAM	–	–
OS	–	–
Price	–	–

Cloud Hosting Plans
Plan Name	DigitalOcean Starter Plan	Entry
Space	20 GB	40 GB
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	2 x 3.00GHz
RAM	1 GB	4 GB
Bandwidth	1 TB	5 TB
Price	$10.00	$75.39

Plan Name	Vultr Starter Plan	Business
Space	25 GB	60 GB
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	3 x 3.00GHz
RAM	1 GB	6 GB
Bandwidth	1 TB	5 TB
Price	$11.00	$113.09

Plan Name	GCE Starter Plan	Business Plus
Space	20 GB	80 GB
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	4 x 3.00GHz
RAM	1.7 GB	8 GB
Bandwidth	2 TB	5 TB
Price	$33.30	$150.78

Plan Name	AWS Starter Plan	Super Power
Space	4 GB	120 GB
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	8 x 3.00GHz
RAM	1.75 GB	10 GB
Bandwidth	2 TB	5 TB
Price	$36.51	$226.18

Plan Name	Linode Starter Plan	–
Space	25 GB	–
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	1 GB	–
Bandwidth	1 TB	–
Price	$12.00	–

Plan Name	DO 2GB	–
Space	50 GB	–
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	2 GB	–
Bandwidth	2 TB	–
Price	$22.00	–

Plan Name	DO2GB	–
Space	50 GB	–
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	2 GB	–
Bandwidth	2 TB	–
Price	$22.00	–

Plan Name	Linode2GB	–
Space	50 GB	–
CPU	2 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	2 GB	–
Bandwidth	2 TB	–
Price	$24.00	–

Plan Name	VULTR2GB	–
Space	55 GB	–
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	2 GB	–
Bandwidth	2 TB	–
Price	$23.00	–

Plan Name	DO4GB	–
Space	80 GB	–
CPU	2 x 2.00GHz	–
RAM	4 GB	–
Bandwidth	4 TB	–
Price	$42.00	–

Plan Name	Linode4GB	–
Space	80 GB	–
CPU	2 x 2.00GHz	–
RAM	4 GB	–
Bandwidth	4 TB	–
Price	$50.00	–

Plan Name	VULTR4GB	–
Space	80 GB	–
CPU	2 x 2.00GHz	–
RAM	4 GB	–
Bandwidth	3 TB	–
Price	$44.00	–

Plan Name	AWS Medium	–
Space	20 GB	–
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	3.75 GB	–
Bandwidth	2 TB	–
Price	$87.00	–
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Plan Name	–	–
Space	–	–
CPU	–	–
RAM	–	–
Bandwidth	–	–
Price	–	–

CDN Plans
Plan Name	CloudwaysCDN	–
Bandwidth	25.6 GB	–
Number of Sites	1	N/A
Features	1-click Global Reach HTTPs Support Simple and easy to integrate	–
Price	$1.00	–

Plan Name	–	–
Bandwidth	–	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features	–	–
Price	–	–

Resellers Plans
Plan Name	–	Reseller Hosting
Space	–	10 GB
Bandwidth	–	Unlimited
Panel	–	cpanel
Price	–	$4.65

Plan Name	–	–
Space	–	–
Bandwidth	–	–
Panel	–	–
Price	–	–

SSL Plans
Plan Name	Free SSL	–
Features	1-click installation Auto renewal 24/7 Support	–
Warranty	$0.00	–
Price	$0.00	–

Plan Name	–	–
Features	–	–
Warranty	–	–
Price	–	–

Features
Support Services
Live Chat	Yes	Yes
Phone Support	No	Yes
Email Support	Yes	Yes
Forum Support	Yes	Yes
Video guides	Yes	Yes
Knowledgebase	Yes	Yes

CMS Support
Wordpress	Yes	No
Managed Wordpress	Yes	No
Joomla	Yes	No
Drupal	No	No
Magento	Yes	No
Fantastico	No	No
Presta Shop	Yes	No
ZenCart	Yes	No

OS Support
Windows	No	No
Linux	Yes	No

Language Support
PHP	Yes	No
Java	No	No
Python	No	No
NodeJS	No	No
Django	No	No
Perl	No	No
Ruby on Rails	No	No

Database Support
MongoDB	No	No
MySQL	Yes	No
PostgreSQL	No	No

Payment Types Support
PayPal	Yes	Yes
Credit Card	Yes	Yes
MoneyBookers	No	No
Wire Transfer	No	No
Webmoney	No	No
Bitcoin	No	No

Bottom Line
Max Ostryzhko Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO SiteGround and Cloudways are two of the best providers available for hosting and if you’re torn between the two, you’ll want to know which one has the advantage. Cloudways is slightly better than SiteGround in that its pricing is more reasonable and its support is more responsive. Whether you need managed hosting or CDN plans, Cloudways can offer the same level of service but at a much lower cost. And unlike SiteGround, Cloudways covers almost the whole world with its services, rather than just parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. Winner! See plans and pricing www.cloudways.com

Bottom Line

Max Ostryzhko

Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.cloudways.com

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