--- title: "Cloudways vs Pressable: which is better in 2026?" url: "https://hostidea.com/compare/cloudways-vs-pressable" canonical: "https://hostidea.com/compare/cloudways-vs-pressable" author: "Jennifer T." generated: "2026-10-15" note: "Markdown twin generated at build time from the same content as the HTML page. The HTML page is canonical." --- # Cloudways vs Pressable Cloudways and Pressable compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. Cloudways scores higher overall. By [Jennifer T.](https://hostidea.com/authors/jennifer-t) ยท Updated Oct 14, 2026 We may earn a commission when you buy through our links. Rankings come from the published methodology and sourced data, not from commissions. [Disclosure](https://hostidea.com/disclosure). ## Verdict [7.8 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [Cloudways](https://hostidea.com/reviews/cloudways)Wins overall DigitalOcean's managed cloud layer: servers from $11 a month on five clouds, billed hourly, staging and caching included [7.7 out of 10](https://hostidea.com/methodology#scoring) [Pressable](https://hostidea.com/reviews/pressable) Automattic's managed WordPress host: dedicated PHP workers, four origins, failover, a 100 percent SLA, from $25 a month Cloudways wins 2 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.8 vs 7.7). ## How do the scores compare? Cloudways leads on 2 sub-scores, Pressable on 3. Higher is better. | | [Cloudways](https://hostidea.com/reviews/cloudways) | [Pressable](https://hostidea.com/reviews/pressable) | | --- | --- | --- | | Performance | 8.0 | 8.0 | | Uptime | 8.5 | 8.0 | | Support | 7.5 | 8.0 | | Features | 8.0 | 8.2 | | Value | 7.0 | 6.0 | | Ease of use | 7.0 | 8.0 | ## Which one is faster and more reliable? | | [Cloudways](https://hostidea.com/reviews/cloudways) | [Pressable](https://hostidea.com/reviews/pressable) | | --- | --- | --- | | Overall score | 7.8 | 7.7 | | Uptime (published)Kripesh Adwani 365 d vs Hostingstep 243 d; methods differ | 99.99% | 100.00% | | Response time (published)HostingStep vs Hostingstep; methods differ | 442 ms | 320 ms | ## Which one costs less? On renewal, Cloudways is cheaper ($14.00/mo vs $20.83/mo). Intro prices need the listed term. Prices verified Oct 14, 2026 (Cloudways) and Oct 14, 2026 (Pressable). USD. | | [Cloudways](https://hostidea.com/reviews/cloudways) | [Pressable](https://hostidea.com/reviews/pressable) | | --- | --- | --- | | Cheapest plan | DigitalOcean Premium Micro | Signature 1 | | Intro price | $14.00/mo | $20.83/mo | | Renewal price | $14.00/mo | $20.83/mo | | Required term | 1 months | 12 months | | Websites | unlimited | 1 | | Storage | 25 GB | 20 GB | | Money back | 0 days | 30 days | ## What does each include? | | [Cloudways](https://hostidea.com/reviews/cloudways) | [Pressable](https://hostidea.com/reviews/pressable) | | --- | --- | --- | | Free domain | No | No | | Free SSL | Let's Encrypt certificates on every application | Included; a Jetpack Security licence comes with every plan | | Backups | On-demand and scheduled server backups with one-click restore; offsite storage billed at $0.033 per GB per server | Hourly database and daily full backups, restorable from the site dashboard, per the support policy | | Free migration | Free migration of existing sites | Unlimited site migrations on every plan | | Free CDN | No | Built-in edge cache and global CDN across more than 24 edge locations | | Caching | Lightning Stack (NGINX), Object Cache Pro and Redis included on every plan | Edge cache, OPcache, page cache and query cache | | Staging | Advanced staging and cloning on every plan | One staging and one sandbox site per WordPress install on every Signature plan | | Email | No | No | | Resource limits | A whole server per customer: 1 to 8 GB RAM and 1 to 4 vCPU on the listed sizes, larger sizes and other providers available | Not stated | | Data center choice | The provider's regions, chosen per server: DigitalOcean 9, Vultr 30, Linode 25, AWS 28, Google Cloud 28 | Los Angeles, Dallas, Ashburn or Amsterdam per site at creation, with an account default; a secondary server in another region takes over on failure | | Uptime guarantee | No | 100 percent network, infrastructure and hardware SLA with a credit of 5 percent of the monthly fee per 30 minutes of downtime, up to the full month | | Security | Built-in firewall with IP blocking, WordPress vulnerability scanner, bot protection and dedicated firewalls per the pricing page | Jetpack Security, malware monitoring and threat response, Secure Hosting Alliance certification | | Free trial | 3 days without a credit card | Not stated | | Phone support | No | No | | Windows hosting | No | Not stated | | Dedicated resources | Not stated | 5 dedicated PHP workers (5 vCPUs) per site with 512 MB each and burst capacity; no shared memory pools | | Developer tools | Not stated | SSH and WP-CLI described on the features pages, an API, an MCP server, DupliKits site templates, multisite and headless support | ## Company facts | | [Cloudways](https://hostidea.com/reviews/cloudways) | [Pressable](https://hostidea.com/reviews/pressable) | | --- | --- | --- | | Control panel | Cloudways platform (its own console); no cPanel | MyPressable Control Panel (custom), with an API and an MCP server | | Data centers | 1 | 5 | | Support channels | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | chat, ticket, knowledge-base | | Founded | 2011 | 2010 | Visit Cloudways (affiliate link: /go/cloudways)Visit Pressable (affiliate link: /go/pressable)