Every Cloudways and OVHcloud plan we track, compared on the price you pay to start, what it renews at and the cost over three years, plus money-back terms, uptime guarantees and data centers. Prices are checked against both providers daily (October 2026).
| Cloudways | OVHcloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $11.00/moCloudways DigitalOcean Standard Micro | ≈ $1.11/moOVHcloud Starter Web Hosting |
| Renews at | $11.00/mo | ≈ $1.79/mo |
| Plans | 144 | 214 |
| Kinds of hosting | cloud hosting, WordPress hosting | VPS hosting, web hosting, dedicated servers, GPU servers, cloud hosting, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, cloud storage, business email hosting |
| Money-back guarantee | None | None |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.99% | 99.9% |
| Support | 24/7, live chat | 24/7, phone |
| Data center countries | 32United States, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, India… | 9France, Germany, United Kingdom, Poland, Italy, Canada… |
| Founded | 2011 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Malta | France |
| Visit Cloudways | Visit OVHcloud |
| Cloudways | OVHcloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Cloudways DigitalOcean Standard Micro1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 25 GB SSD | OVHcloud Public Cloud d2-21 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 25 GB NVMe |
| From / renews at | $11.00 / $11.00 per month | ≈ $6.42 / ≈ $6.42 per month |
| Best value plan | Cloudways DigitalOcean Standard 8XLValue score 73/100 | OVHcloud Public Cloud r2-240Value score 84/100 |
OVHcloud has the lower starting price: OVHcloud Starter Web Hosting at $1.11/mo, against Cloudways DigitalOcean Standard Micro at $11.00/mo. Compare the renewal prices too: they decide what you pay from the second term.
Cloudways's cheapest plan renews at $11.00/mo and OVHcloud's at $1.79/mo. Over three years, Cloudways averages $11.00/mo and OVHcloud $1.71/mo on those plans.
Cloudways has no money-back window. OVHcloud has no money-back window.
On our value score, OVHcloud: its OVHcloud Public Cloud r2-240 plan scores 84/100 against 73/100 for Cloudways's best cloud hosting plan. The score weighs resources per dollar over three years, renewal price, uptime, refund window and support.
See how we collect prices and score plans. Always confirm the final price at checkout.