xCloud vs Levamo (formerly Rapyd Cloud): Pricing, Hosting Model, and Features Compared

Compare xCloud and Levamo — formerly Rapyd Cloud — on pricing, site and visit limits, root access, backups, support and migrations to choose the right WordPress hosting platform.

93 features compared · 58 where the two differ · Last updated: 23/08/2026

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Quick verdict

Choose xCloud if…

You do not want traffic metering — xCloud bounds you by your server's resources, not a monthly visit cap.
You want root access, custom NGINX and multiple PHP versions on a server that stays yours.
You run many sites: unlimited sites per server, rather than $20 per extra site.
You want Redis object caching on every plan, including the cheapest one.
You need agency tooling built in — team roles, white-labelling, bulk site and server migration.

Choose Levamo if…

You want Cloudflare Enterprise CDN included at every tier, not something you configure yourself.
You want automated daily backups written to offsite cloud storage without setting up storage.
You want a performance-tuned managed stack aimed at high-traffic WooCommerce, with zero server administration.
You want 24/7 expert support over live chat as part of the plan.

At a glance

xCloud vs Levamo at a glance

The decision criteria first. The full feature-by-feature matrix is below.

Criteria	xCloud	Levamo
Pricing model	Per-server panel subscription, or a managed plan bundling the server; no visit metering	Per-plan subscription metered by site count and monthly visits; monthly or annual billing
Starting price	$5/month managed (Newcomer, 1 GB RAM); free tier for connecting your own server	$29/month on the Starter plan billed annually; $35/month regular price
Infrastructure included?	Included on managed plans; separate (paid to your provider) if you bring your own server	Always included — Levamo operates the infrastructure and you cannot bring your own
Supported cloud providers	Vultr, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, AWS, GCP, Linode, or any Ubuntu server via SSH	None to choose — Levamo runs its own managed infrastructure
Server locations	Every region your chosen provider offers — you pick the datacentre	The regions Levamo offers; not published on the pricing page — check before buying
Number of sites/servers	Unlimited sites per server; servers billed individually	1 site (Starter), 3 (Business), 20 (Performance), 30 (Enterprise); extra sites $20 each
Traffic/bandwidth limits	No visit metering; bandwidth is your provider's, and managed plans start at 1 TB	Visit-metered: 25K/month (Starter), 75K (Business), 500K (Performance), 1.8M (Enterprise)
WordPress management	Core, theme and plugin updates, blueprints, WP-CLI and multiple PHP versions built in	Fully WordPress-focused managed stack with core, theme and plugin updates and WP-CLI
Staging and cloning	1-click staging with push/pull, plus cloning to the same or another server and full server clone	1-Click Staging with push/pull included on every plan; no clone to another server
Backups and restore	Full and incremental site backups with restore, downloadable, to your own S3, plus full server backups	Automated daily backups to offsite cloud storage with restore; no download or bring-your-own S3
CDN and caching	Full-page cache built in; bring any CDN, Cloudflare integration included	Cloudflare Enterprise CDN included on every plan, alongside the managed cache
Redis/object caching	Yes on every plan — Redis object cache plus full-page cache, and Object Cache Pro integration	KeyDB and Redis object cache from the Business tier up — not included on the Starter plan
Security and malware protection	7G and 8G firewall, Fail2Ban, vulnerability scanner, IP allow/deny lists, free SSL, custom certificates	Firewall management, vulnerability scanning and free Let's Encrypt SSL; no 7G/8G rules or Fail2Ban
Migration assistance	Built-in bulk site and server migration, plus cPanel migration, at no extra cost	Bulk site and server migration supported; no cPanel migration path
Support channels	Live chat and ticketing, plus documentation and Slack/WhatsApp/Telegram notifications	24/7 expert support via live chat on every plan
Agency/team features	Team accounts and role management included, with bulk migration for onboarding client sites	Team accounts and role management included; extra client sites cost $20 each
White-label/reseller features	White-labelling included	No white-labelling
Refund/cancellation terms	14-day money-back guarantee; cancel any time	14-day money-back guarantee, plus a 3-day free trial
Main limitations	Self-managed route means you hold a provider account and pay it separately	No root access, no bring-your-own server, visit caps per plan, and Redis gated to Business and up

Feature comparison

Every Feature, Side by Side

93 features side by side, including everything xCloud has shipped since the original comparison. 58 of them differ between xCloud and Levamo — use the filter to see only those.

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	xCloud	Levamo
Hosting type	Managed	Managed
Lowest plan	Starts at $5/month	$35/Month
Web Server – NGINX & OLS	Yes	Yes
Integrate Your Own Provider ( Vultr, DigitalOcean, GCP, Hetzner, AWS, Linode or any Ubuntu)	Yes	No
Root access to server	Yes	No
Vertical Scaling	Yes	No
Unlimited websites creation	Yes	Yes
External Database	Yes	No
WordPress Multisite ( support for sub-domain and sub-folder )	Yes	Yes
Site Disable	Yes	No
Blueprints	Yes	No
Custom NGINX	Yes	Yes
Full page & Redis cache	Yes	Yes
Object Cache Pro Integration	Yes	Yes
Transactional email service	Yes	Yes
Easy integration with Mailgun, SendGrid, ElasticEmail, or any SMTP provider	Yes	Yes
Fully WordPress focused	Yes	Yes
WordPress theme, plugin, & core update	Yes	Yes
Automatic security updates	Yes	Yes
7G & 8G Firewall	Yes	No
Fail2Ban Integration	Yes	No
Firewall Management	Yes	Yes
Vulnerability Scanner	Yes	Yes
Accounts & roles management for team	Yes	Yes
Automatic FREE Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates	Yes	Yes
Custom SSL/TLS certificates	Yes	No
Advanced Cron job	Yes	Yes
Multiple PHP versions in the same server	Yes	Yes
Compatibility & easy management for PHP 8.3	Yes	Yes
WP-CLI	Yes	Yes
Bulk site & server migration	Yes	Yes
cPanel Site Migration	Yes	No
Full Site Backup	Yes	Yes
Incremental Site Backup	Yes	Yes
Site Backup download option for remote backups	Yes	No
Full Server Backup Management	Yes	No
Remote Site Backup on any of your own s3 storage	Yes	No
File Manager	Yes	Yes
Reset File & Folder Permissions	Yes	No
Server & Site monitoring	Yes	Yes
Slack Integration	Yes	No
WhatsApp Integration	Yes	No
Telegram Integration	Yes	No
Server and Site Log	Yes	Yes
Add existing database	Yes	No
Clone site to same & another server	Yes	No
1-click Demo Site	Yes	No
Staging With Pull Push	Yes	Yes
1-click magic login	Yes	Yes
Magic Login Disable	Yes	No
Clone & deploy from GIT	Yes	No
Command Runner	Yes	Yes
IP Whitelist/Blacklist	Yes	No
Database Server – MySQL & MariaDB	Yes	Yes
Custom Cron Jobs	Yes	Yes
Restore site from backup	Yes	Yes
Multilingual Dashboard	Yes	No
Search Engine Visibility	Yes	No
Full Server Clone	Yes	No
White label	Yes	No
Live chat support	Yes	Yes
Moneyback guarantee	14 days	14 days
AI and agent control
MCP server — drive servers and sites from Claude, Cursor or any AI agent	Yes	No
Installable AI agent skills (servers, sites, WordPress, SSL, account)	Yes	No
AI bot blocker — block AI crawlers and scrapers at the server	Yes	—
Public REST API with scoped tokens	Yes	—
Security and WordPress integrity
Virtual patching for known vulnerabilities (Site Security PRO)	Add-on, $2/site	—
WordPress integrity monitor — verifies core files against checksums	Yes	—
Custom security headers (HSTS, CSP) from the panel	Yes	—
HTTP basic auth and per-site IP allow/deny	Yes	—
SSH lockdown — restrict SSH to trusted IPs, custom port	Yes	No
Performance and caching
Edge full-page cache on a global PoP network	Yes	Yes
Cloudflare Enterprise (330+ PoPs, Enterprise WAF)	Add-on, $5/domain	Included
HTTP/3 (QUIC) and Brotli compression, one click	Yes	—
Per-site PHP-FPM worker tuning and PHP extension manager	Yes	No
Auto-healing — restarts MySQL, NGINX, Redis or PHP if it stops	Yes	—
MySQL/MariaDB auto-tuning and OPcache control	Yes	No
Monitoring and observability
Broken link monitoring with one-click 301 redirect	Yes	No
Site Insights — PHP, MySQL and traffic analytics per site	Yes	—
Scheduled PageSpeed / Core Web Vitals monitoring with history	Yes	—
Telegram alerts for site, server and team events	Yes	—
Native macOS menu-bar app (xCloud Pulse)	Yes	No
Developer and deployment
Browser SSH terminal and command runner	Yes	No
One-click deploy from Git with stack auto-detection	Yes	—
Docker and Docker Compose application hosting	Yes	No
Node.js, Laravel and Next.js hosting with queue workers	Yes	No
One-click app library	285 apps	No
Supervisor process management and site snapshots	Yes	—
Backups, migration and agency tooling
Off-site backups to your own S3, R2, Backblaze, Wasabi, Google Drive or pCloud	Yes	—
Full server clone and server-to-server migration	Yes	—
Branded client maintenance reports (PDF)	Yes	—
White-label reseller programme with Stripe billing and your own plans	Yes	—
Business mailboxes on your own domain	Add-on, $1/mo	—

Already on Levamo?

Moving Is Two Supported Routes, Not A Rebuild

You do not have to rebuild the site to change host. Both routes below are documented, and both bring the files and the database across together.

xCloud's built-in migration
Connect the site you are running on Levamo and let xCloud pull it across. It is the path most people take, and it handles the files and the database together.
Read the migration guide
Migrate Guru, if you prefer a plugin
A free WordPress plugin, fully compatible with xCloud. Useful when you would rather drive the move from inside the site you already control.
Read the plugin guide

Before you start: if a token migration fails, our guide's first checks are to disable 2FA and Cloudflare Bot Fight Mode on the source site. A migration that stalls is almost always a security setting rather than the data.

xCloud vs Levamo: Frequently Asked Questions

Direct answers to what people ask before moving between xCloud and Levamo.

Is Rapyd Cloud the same as Levamo?

Yes — Rapyd Cloud rebranded to Levamo. rapyd.cloud now 301-redirects to levamo.com, and that page states "Rapyd Cloud is now Levamo". Same product, same team, new name, so everything compared on this page reflects the current Levamo plans, read from levamo.com/pricing/ on 23 August 2026. This page leads with Levamo and keeps Rapyd Cloud in brackets, because both names are still searched and only one of them is current.

What is the difference between xCloud and Levamo?

The difference is who owns the server and how you are metered. Levamo (formerly Rapyd Cloud) sells managed WordPress hosting on infrastructure it operates, priced per plan by how many sites you run and how many visits they get. xCloud is a WordPress hosting control panel for a server you own on any provider — with root access, unlimited sites and no visit metering — and it also sells its own managed plans if you would rather not hold a provider account.

Is xCloud cheaper than Levamo?

At entry level, yes. xCloud's managed Newcomer plan is $5/month (1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD, 1 vCPU, 1 TB bandwidth), and connecting your own server is free; Levamo's Starter plan is $29/month billed annually, $35/month at the regular rate, for one site and 25,000 visits. Compare total cost carefully: with xCloud's self-managed route you pay your cloud provider separately, while Levamo's price includes the infrastructure.

See xCloud pricing

Which is better for WooCommerce?

It depends on traffic and on who tunes the stack. Levamo is aimed squarely at high-traffic WooCommerce, with a performance-tuned managed stack, Cloudflare Enterprise CDN on every plan and nothing for you to administer — but its plans are capped by monthly visits, and a sale that spikes traffic counts against that cap. xCloud has no visit metering, gives you Redis object caching on every plan, custom NGINX and vertical scaling of the server. Neither is benchmarked here — we publish no head-to-head store performance test.

Which is better for WordPress?

Both are WordPress-only platforms, so the choice is about control. xCloud adds tooling Levamo does not ship: blueprints, the 7G/8G firewall, Fail2Ban, custom SSL certificates, cloning to another server, Git deployment and downloadable backups to your own S3 storage. Levamo's advantage is that the server is never your problem, and Cloudflare Enterprise CDN and offsite daily backups are included by default.

Can I use my own VPS with xCloud or Levamo?

With xCloud, yes — connect Vultr, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, AWS, GCP, Linode or any Ubuntu server over SSH and keep root access. With Levamo, no: it runs its own managed infrastructure, there is no bring-your-own-server option and no root access to the instance.

Can I migrate from Levamo to xCloud?

Yes. xCloud includes bulk site and server migration at no extra cost, so sites move across without a rebuild, and there is a cPanel migration path for sites hosted elsewhere. The usual approach is to migrate, test on the new server while DNS still points at Levamo, then cut over.

Read the migration guide

Does either platform include backups?

Both do. Levamo runs automated daily backups to offsite cloud storage on every plan, with restore. xCloud offers full and incremental site backups with restore, full server backup management, and the option to download backups or send them to your own S3 storage — which Levamo does not.

Do xCloud and Levamo support Redis or object caching?

Both do, but Levamo gates it by plan. xCloud includes Redis object caching and full-page caching on every plan, plus Object Cache Pro integration. Levamo's KeyDB and Redis object cache starts at the Business tier — the $29–$35/month Starter plan does not include it.

Which platform is better for agencies?

xCloud, in most cases, on cost and control: unlimited sites per server rather than $20 per additional site, white-labelling, team accounts with roles, and bulk site and server migration for onboarding clients in batches. Levamo also has team accounts and roles, and its higher tiers cover 20–30 sites with no server administration, but it has no white-labelling and every site beyond the plan's allowance is billed.

Hear what people are saying about us

See why agencies, developers, startups, and growing businesses choose xCloud to power their projects.

I'm moving my servers to xCloud, a cloud control panel by M Asif Rahman and the WPDeveloper team. Their roadmap looks interesting and no, there are no team mates nor API limits with xCloud! #xCloud #wordpress #hosting

Leo Koo

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Ed Ellingham

xCloud is like having an expert server team on call — without the big agency costs. It's given me back my time and given my clients peace of mind. Highly recommended for freelancers and small teams who want reliable performance and security.

Dumitru Butucel

xCloud isn't just a solution. It's like one of that friend who got your back when you screw things up pretty bad.

Waqar Ahmed

Trust me when I say, once people explore the potential of xCloud they gonna switch from other panels, just keep delivering the best tech, lots of love for the team 😍😍

Rahul Singh

xCloud works really well, I am surprised by its performance being this the release version, I have tried many paid platforms such as runcloud, cloudpages or serveravatar, as well as free platforms such as CyberPanel, CloudPanel or Hestia Control Panel and direct competitors such as SpinupWP and FlyWP. Of all those that I have tried, the platform that works best for WordPress is SpinupWP and I believe that xCloud can reach and surpass that development, its roadmap is promising. Congratulations to the xCloud team, I hope they become the leading platform in the segment, it has all the potential to achieve it!

Brian Geovanny

I've been with runcloud for the last 3 years. However, after trying xcloud for the last month, I'm switching over. They are on a roll with their setup.

Kevin Pineda

So far my experience has been smooth like silk. I didn't imagine that configuring and managing a VPS would be so easy. As of today, I have deployed 8 sites. The support is good, and they treat users with respect, even if they ask stupid questions (myself included). For the future, I hope for greater flexibility in scheduled backups and more comprehensive and consistent documentation. I'm sure that within a few months, xCloud will become the leader in its segment. This community is amazing, and the Staff here is super helpful.

Massimo Villa

I've recently taken all of my Vultr-hosted sites and gotten rid of cPanel for them to substitute it with xCloud. I have to say, I'm really impressed with xCloud so far! The interface is definitely the standout feature for me.

Tony Lewis

How Kevin Heinrichs Cut Hosting Costs by 84% While Running WooCommerce & Node.js Sites Efficiently

Kevin Heinrichs

Came from cloudways then to runcloud then to xcloud. Looks like I'm staying here.

Gerson El

I came from Cloudways and won't go back. Highly impressed with xCloud. Glad I gave them a chance.

Jared McDowell

I like xCloud better than RunCloud, but one thing I'll point out is that some years ago RunCloud was hungry for business, the support was outstanding, and the community was active and helped each other. Maybe it was sold, there was a change in management, or they stopped being hungry, but the quality of the RunCloud offering declined and it hasn't been moving forward quickly. My point is that currently the xCloud team has the edge and it is theirs to keep or lose

David McCan

I had 150 sites on cloudways and am in the process of moving them to xcloud. Much faster and better priced.

Dan Spinoza

Dear xCloud Team, I have been using xCloud for some time now and am genuinely impressed with its capabilities and the flexibility it offers by allowing users to bring their own VPS for management. It's a fantastic service, and my experience so far has been very positive. Successful migrated 5 sites on a single server. Xcloud migration tool worked great. There were few hiccups with security plugin like MalCare but disabling the plugin prior to migration worked just fine.

Rahil Maknojia

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Gary Moody

xCloud gave me what no other hosting platform could: the flexibility of a VPS with the convenience of managed WordPress. As a solo founder running an entire business on one server, that combination is an important unfair advantage.

Jorge de los Reyes Martínez

How Newman Web Solutions Ensured Perfect Uptime and Seamless Scaling For 120+ WordPress Sites with xCloud

Lori Newman

I too have moved over to xCloud. It's pretty sweet. One click n8n and uptime Kuma apps

John Aperture

Came from runcloud. Tried xcloud and never came back.

Karl Fanega

I use Server Avatar and xCloud and I'll sooner use xCloud than Server Avatar personally.

Jay Pagano

I went from Cloudways to xCloud. No intention on switching in the foreseeable future.

Blaine Moore

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