Cloudways vs. SSD Web Solutions 2018

Find out which one is the best for your needs

Pricing
Starting price	$10.00 / month	$1.40 / month
Free domain	No	No
Coupons	2 coupons Get free cloud hosting credit worth $30 This includes $30 free hosting credit and user will be able to get it after signing up at Cloudways and they will get free hosting credit as soon as they upgrade their account using a credit card. 30$ Discount	No
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User Ratings
Reliability	9.4 / 10	9.4 / 10
Pricing	9.2 / 10	9 / 10
User Friendly	9.3 / 10	9.6 / 10
Support	9.4 / 10	9.6 / 10
Features	9.3 / 10	9.1 / 10

User Reviews
Latest positive review	Anas Moiz supporting t... Nov. 28, 2018 Reliability 10 Pricing 10 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 10 Fast, professional and overall quality support. 11/10	Amazing product with g... Jul. 21, 2018 Reliability 10 Pricing 10 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 10 I have been using SSD from last couple of years and they are just awesome to provide support when it needed. They have soluti...More on for domain and its great if you want to have a new website for you. Thanks SSD Less
Latest negative review	I think it's a scam Oct. 21, 2018 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 2.0 User Friendly 2.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 customer support kept ignoring me to active my account and in final they blocked me for entering the chat.	not recomended Feb. 5, 2016 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 2.0 User Friendly 2.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 we hosted for over 3 month and switched to another hosting company. can not recommend these who can not even know what is cus...More tomer service is all about. Less

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

Shared Hosting Plans
Plan Name	–	L-StartUp
Space	–	1 GB
Bandwidth	–	10.24 GB
Panel	–	cPanel
Number of Sites	N/A	Unlimited
Features	–
Price	–	$1.40

Plan Name	–	L-Business
Space	–	2 GB
Bandwidth	–	25.6 GB
Panel	–	cPanel
Number of Sites	N/A	Unlimited
Features	–
Price	–	$2.11

Plan Name	–	L-Professional
Space	–	5 GB
Bandwidth	–	51.2 GB
Panel	–	cPanel
Number of Sites	N/A	Unlimited
Features	–
Price	–	$3.52

Plan Name	–	W-StartUp
Space	–	1 GB
Bandwidth	–	10.24 GB
Panel	–	–
Number of Sites	N/A	Unlimited
Features	–
Price	–	$1.40

Plan Name	–	W-Business
Space	–	2 GB
Bandwidth	–	25.6 GB
Panel	–	–
Number of Sites	N/A	Unlimited
Features	–
Price	–	$2.11

Plan Name	–	W-Professional
Space	–	5 GB
Bandwidth	–	51.2 GB
Panel	–	–
Number of Sites	N/A	Unlimited
Features	–
Price	–	$3.52
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Cloud Hosting Plans
Plan Name	DigitalOcean Starter Plan	–
Space	20 GB	–
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	1 GB	–
Bandwidth	1 TB	–
Price	$10.00	–

Plan Name	Vultr Starter Plan	–
Space	25 GB	–
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	1 GB	–
Bandwidth	1 TB	–
Price	$11.00	–

Plan Name	GCE Starter Plan	–
Space	20 GB	–
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	1.7 GB	–
Bandwidth	2 TB	–
Price	$34.17	–

Plan Name	AWS Starter Plan	–
Space	4 GB	–
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	1.75 GB	–
Bandwidth	2 TB	–
Price	$36.04	–

Plan Name	Linode Starter Plan	–
Space	25 GB	–
CPU	1 x 1.00GHz	–
RAM	1 GB	–
Bandwidth	1 TB	–
Price	$12.00	–
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Features
Support Services
Live Chat	Yes	Yes
Phone Support	No	Yes
Email Support	Yes	Yes
Forum Support	Yes	No
Video guides	Yes	No
Knowledgebase	Yes	Yes

CMS support
WordPress	Yes	Yes
Managed Wordpress	Yes	No
Joomla	Yes	Yes
Drupal	Yes	Yes
Magento	Yes	Yes
Fantastico	No	No
PrestaShop	Yes	No
Zen Cart	Yes	No

OS Support
Windows/ASP.NET	No	Yes
Linux	Yes	Yes

Language Support
PHP	Yes	Yes
Java	No	No
Python	No	No
Node.js	No	No
Django	No	No
Perl	No	No
Ruby on Rails	No	No

Database Support
MongoDB	No	No
MySQL	Yes	Yes
PostgreSQL	No	No

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

Bottom Line
Max Ostryzhko Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO Cloudways is a cloud platform hosting company offering ease-of-use application hosting options in order for you to focus on developing your web application and business while they focus on the hosting side. They claim to offer a one-stop shop for all application hosting needs while focusing on simplicity and ease-of-use. They have worked with a number of companies in hosting their applications and have a wide range of clients from all over the world. With servers in Spain and Dubai, they are definitely focused on a global clientele base. As a Cloud based web application hosting company, Cloudways offers managed cloud hosting options for you to easily run your applications and focus on your business instead of focusing on running the site or application itself. Their managed hosting services include Magento, WordPress and Joomla to name a few, and they also offer a number of additional services such as email, DNS, and load testing to offer higher quality services based on your needs. Winner! See plans and pricing www.cloudways.com

Bottom Line

Max Ostryzhko

Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO

Cloudways is a cloud platform hosting company offering ease-of-use application hosting options in order for you to focus on developing your web application and business while they focus on the hosting side. They claim to offer a one-stop shop for all application hosting needs while focusing on simplicity and ease-of-use. They have worked with a number of companies in hosting their applications and have a wide range of clients from all over the world. With servers in Spain and Dubai, they are definitely focused on a global clientele base. As a Cloud based web application hosting company, Cloudways offers managed cloud hosting options for you to easily run your applications and focus on your business instead of focusing on running the site or application itself. Their managed hosting services include Magento, WordPress and Joomla to name a few, and they also offer a number of additional services such as email, DNS, and load testing to offer higher quality services based on your needs.