WordPress Hosting Comparison
Managed cloud hosting platform letting you deploy on DigitalOcean, Vultr, AWS, and more.
Bottom line: Cloudways gives developers flexibility over their cloud provider, but requires significantly more configuration than WP Pro Host. It's a platform for those who want control, not a fully managed service.
£25/mo
Dedicated bare metal · All features included · No traffic limits
Cloudways
£11/mo
Your choice of cloud provider (shared)
| Feature | WP Pro Host | Cloudways |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure | Dedicated bare metal | Shared cloud (your choice) |
| Truly managed | Yes — we manage everything | Platform managed — WordPress management is on you |
| Web server | LiteSpeed Enterprise | Apache/Nginx |
| Staging environment | All plans | Available |
| Free migration | 1 free, then paid | |
| Daily backups | Included all plans | Add-on cost |
| CDN | QUIC.cloud — included | Cloudflare add-on (extra cost) |
| Plugin & theme updates | Managed — included | Manual — your responsibility |
| Vulnerability patching | Included | Your responsibility |
| Malware scanning | Included | Add-on |
| WAF | Included free | Add-on (Cloudflare) |
| Traffic overage fees | None | Bandwidth limits apply |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% published | No formal SLA |
| UK-based support | ||
| Published scaling policy | ||
| Setup complexity | Zero — fully managed | Significant — server + app config required |
* Competitor information based on published pricing and feature pages. Prices may vary.
Your resources are not shared. Bare-metal Ryzen 9 7950X3D with dedicated vCPUs, ECC RAM, and NVMe RAID -- not a slice of someone else's cloud.
Over £330/mo of tools are bundled into every plan. CDN, WAF, backups, malware scanning, plugin updates -- no itemised add-on invoices.
Published scaling policy, defined resource allocations, no traffic overage charges. You know exactly what you're paying and what you're getting.
Engineers who understand WordPress, available when UK businesses need them. Not a first-line script-reader in a distant time zone.
Cloudways manages the cloud server infrastructure, but WordPress management — updates, security hardening, plugin maintenance — is largely your responsibility. WP Pro Host manages the full stack including WordPress itself.
Cloudways charges extra for automated backups. WP Pro Host includes daily backups with 7–60 day retention on every plan at no additional cost.
Cloudways starts lower but quickly accumulates additional costs: backups, CDN, email, security add-ons. WP Pro Host bundles over £330/mo of tools into every plan. Compare the total cost, not the headline price.
Cloudways suits developers who want control over their cloud provider and are comfortable managing WordPress themselves. WP Pro Host is built for businesses and agencies who want everything managed without compromise.
Free migration included. We handle DNS, SSL, databases, and content. Average migration completed in under 24 hours.