Cloudways vs. Pressable

Last verified 35 days ago · 36 sources · Updated automatically

Cloudways and Pressable compared across Company facts, Pricing, Performance & infrastructure, WordPress management, Support & security and Platform & integrations — every fact sourced and re-verified from each vendor's public material.

Cloudways

Managed cloud hosting that runs WordPress on your choice of DigitalOcean, AWS, or Google Cloud. Owned by DigitalOcean.

HQ St. Julian's, Malta

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Pressable

Managed WordPress hosting from Automattic, with Jetpack and a global CDN included.

HQ San Antonio, TX

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Cloudways

Pressable

Company facts

Headquarters

St. Julian's, Malta

San Antonio, TX Automattic-owned; distributed/remote-first team

Employees

264 Cloudways team (brand); owned by DigitalOcean since 2022

125 LinkedIn shows 51-200 employees (midpoint)

Pricing

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

$11 DigitalOcean 1GB/2GB entry plan; unlimited websites and unmetered visits

$25 Signature 1 plan, billed monthly

Entry Plan WordPress Sites

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1 sites 1 WordPress install on Signature 1

Entry Plan Monthly Visits

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30k 30,000 monthly visits on Signature 1

Entry Plan Storage (GB)

50 GB

20 GB 20 GB storage on Signature 1

Free Trial Length (Days)

3 days 3-day free trial, no credit card required

0 days

Money-Back Guarantee (Days)

0 days No money-back guarantee (pay-as-you-go); 3-day free trial instead

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans

Performance & infrastructure

Underlying Cloud

DigitalOcean, AWS, Google Cloud, Linode, Vultr Customer chooses the cloud provider per server; DigitalOcean is the cheapest entry option

own datacenters Runs on Automattic's WP Cloud platform

Datacenter Locations

150 150+ data centers in 50+ countries across all five cloud providers

4 4 origin regions: Los Angeles, Dallas, Ashburn (VA), Amsterdam

Free CDN

Pressable Edge Cache included on every plan

Web Server

NGINX

NGINX NGINX with PHP-FPM

Built-in Object Cache

Redis persistent object cache available at no extra cost

Persistent object cache (Memcache) enabled by default

Latest PHP Version

8.4 Up to PHP 8.4 (Debian 11/12 servers); 8.2 default

8.4 PHP up to 8.4, selectable per site

Free SSL Certificate

Free 1-click Let's Encrypt SSL

Free Let's Encrypt SSL on every site

WordPress management

Automatic WordPress Updates

Automatic managed WordPress core updates

Staging Environments

Free 1-click staging and cloning

One-click staging on all plans

Automatic Daily Backups

Automated daily by default (adjustable to hourly); off-site storage metered

Daily file backups, hourly DB backups, one-click restore

Backup Retention (Days)

7 days Default 7-day retention; configurable from 1 to 4 weeks

30 days Automatic backups kept at least 30 days

Free Site Migration

Free WordPress Migrator plugin (unlimited) plus one free expert-handled migration per account

Free White Glove migrations + free migration plugin, any number of sites

SSH & WP-CLI Access

SSH + pre-installed WP-CLI on all servers; SFTP and Git too

SSH/SFTP access and WP-CLI on all plans

WordPress Multisite Support

Cloudways Flexible only (not Autonomous)

Multisite supported (path-based all plans; domain-based on 5+ site plans)

Support & security

Uptime SLA (%)

99.99% 99.99% uptime SLA (covers the Cloudways platform/console, not partner cloud providers)

100% 100% network uptime guarantee (SLA with credits)

24/7 Support

24/7/365 live chat and ticket support on all plans

24/7 WordPress support on all plans

Malware Removal / Hack Fix

Free malware cleaning & hack recovery assistance

WAF / DDoS Protection

Built-in WAF included free on all Flexible servers (OWASP rules, IP/country blocking, bot + DoS protection)

WAF + DDoS protection included via Jetpack Security on all plans

Platform & integrations

Control Panel

custom Cloudways Platform (custom dashboard; no cPanel)

custom MyPressable Control Panel

White-Label / Agency Features

Team roles, project organization, client access control, and automated white-label invoices

White-label, collaborator permissions, agency/reseller hosting

Email Hosting Included

No bundled email; optional Rackspace email add-on at $1/mailbox/mo

Professional email hosting powered by Titan

The verdict

Cloudways

Best for cheap, scalable multi-cloud hosting

Starts at $11/mo with unlimited sites and 50 GB storage, versus Pressable's $25/mo for one site, 30k visits, and 20 GB. You pick the cloud (DigitalOcean, AWS, Google Cloud, Linode, Vultr) across 150+ datacenters, against Pressable's 4 fixed regions. A 3-day free trial lets you test before paying.

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Pressable

Best for hands-off managed WordPress with security

Bundles a free CDN, automatic core updates, free malware removal, and email hosting that Cloudways lacks. Backups stay 30 days versus 7, and it carries a 100% uptime SLA plus a 30-day money-back guarantee, where Cloudways is pay-as-you-go with no refund window. Costs more ($25 vs $11) and caps the entry plan at one site.

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Sources · 36 verified references

cbinsights.com pressable.com linkedin.com cloudways.com support.cloudways.com

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