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xCloud vs Cloudways:
Choose The Right Hosting For You

Let’s see how xCloud differs & stands tall from Cloudways to help you pick the right hosting solution that can significantly impact your website’s performance.

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Last updated: 27/06/2024

Features

xCloud

Cloudways

Hosting type

Cloud servers

Cloud servers

Lowest plan

Starts with 0

Need to pay for own server & some features are locked

Starts at $11/month

Web Server – NGINX & OLS

Do not provide OpenLiteSpeed servers.

Integrate your own provider (Vultr, DigitalOcean, GCP, Hetzner or any Ubuntu)

Required the paid track

Root access to server

Vertical Scaling

Unlimited websites creation

External Database

Required the paid track

WordPress Multisite ( support for sub-domain and sub-folder )

Site Disable

Blueprints

Custom NGINX

Built-in 1-click NGINX configuration for caching plugins ( Rocket-NGINX for WP Rocket, Standard WP NGINX for WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache)

Full page & Redis cache

Need PRO plan

Integrate your own cloud storage (DigitalOcean Spaces, Vultr Object, Cloudflare R2 Storage or any S3 compatible storage) account

Transactional email service

100 free emails for default team

Easy integration with Mailgun, SendGrid, ElasticEmail, or any SMTP provider

Fully WordPress focused

WordPress theme, plugin, & core update

Automatic security updates

7G & 8G Firewall

Fail2Ban Integration

Requires the paid track

Firewall Management

Requires the paid track

Accounts & roles management for team

Automatic FREE Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates

Requires the paid track

Custom SSL/TLS certificates

Automatic Cron job

Custom Cron Jobs

Multiple PHP versions in the same server

Compatibility & easy management for PHP 8.3

WP-CLI

Bulk site & server migration

cPanel Site Migration

Multisite with Subdomain Support

Full Site Backup

100 free emails for default team

Incremental Site Backup

Site Backup download option for remote backups

Need staging site functionality
Need to SSH manually

Full Server Backup Management

100 free emails for default team

File Manager

100 free emails for default team

Reset File & Folder Permissions

100 free emails for default team

Server & Site monitoring

Slack Integration

Server and Site Log

Need staging site functionality

Add existing database

Clone site to same & another server

Need staging site functionality
Need staging site functionality

1-click staging

Staging With Pull Push

1-click magic login

Magic Login Disable

Live chat support

Clone & deploy from GIT

Whitelabel

Upcoming

full support for server, sites & billing

Moneyback guarantee

14 days

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Powerful xCloud Features To Easily Manage Your WordPress Website

1-Click Server
Creation

One-click setup of self-managed or fully-managed xCloud servers from the dashboard for quick & easy deployment of your WordPress website.

Compatibility with Caching Plugins

xCloud will automatically enable Rocket NGINX to directly serve previously cached files, and also compatible with WP Rocket, WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache plugins, & more.

WordPress Theme, Plugin, Core Updates

xCloud simplifies WordPress maintenance by offering one-click updates for plugins, themes, and the WordPress core that eliminates the hassle of manual updates.

Transactional Email
Service

xCloud provides 100 FREE transactional emails to simplify email management & integration with popular services like Mailgun, SendGrid, and Elasticemail.

Free Website
Migration

Transfer multiple WordPress websites from cPanel & shared hosting with our free migration feature and plugin to smoothly move your sites.

Full Access With No Limitation

You have root access to your xCloud server, and we’re here for support. Our system uses updatable standard packages, giving you server flexibility.

xCloud vs Cloudways: Pricing Comparison

Explore pricing plans of both xCloud & Cloudways – managed servers, & make informed decisions to manage your website.

Ram/Bandwidth

SSD/NVMe

vCPU

xCloud

Cloudways

1GB/1TB

25GB

1

$5

$14

2GB/2TB

55GB

1

$12

$28

4GB/3TB

80GB

2

$24

$54

8GB/4TB

160GB

4

$45

$99

16GB/5TB

320GB

6

$88

$170

Ram/ Bandwidth

SSD/ NVMe

vCPU

xCloud

Cloudways

1GB/1TB

32GB

1

$7.5

$11

2GB/3TB

80GB

2

$20

$24

4GB/3TB

120GB

2

$30

$46

8GB/4TB

256GB

3

$50

$88

16GB/5TB

384GB

4

$100

$149

32GB/7TB

512GB

8

$200

$240