Side-by-Side Comparison
GreenGeeks vs Cloudways — Detailed Comparison
Compare features, pricing, performance, and support side-by-side. Pick the one that fits your needs.
Company Information
Founded
2008
2011
Headquarters
USA
Malta
Hosting Types
User Reviews
1,288
746
Pricing & Plans
Cheapest Plan
$2.95/mo
$11.00/mo
Number of Plans
Money-Back Guarantee
30 days
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Performance & Infrastructure
Uptime Guarantee
99.9%
99.99%
NVMe Storage
No (SSD only)
Yes (DigitalOcean Premium)
LiteSpeed Web Server
No (Apache + Nginx + Varnish)
Data Centers
3
60+ (across DO/AWS/GCP)
PHP Versions
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7.4 – 8.3
Inodes (File Count)
200K – 600K
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Email Send Limit
100 – 500/hour by plan
N/A — Rackspace required ($1/mailbox)
Free Features Included
Free SSL
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Free Domain
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Free Migration
Yes (1st migration free)
Free CDN
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Support
24/7 Support
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Phone Support
Yes (Pro+)
Control Panel
cPanel
Cloudways Platform
Expert Ratings
User Friendly
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Support
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Features
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Reliability
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Pricing
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Key Features
GreenGeeks
- 30-Day Money Back Guarantee
- 300% Renewable Energy Match
- Free SSL, CDN & Nightly Backups
- Free Domain for Year One
- 5 Data Centers Worldwide
- 24/7/365 Expert Support
- 300% Renewable Energy Match (Eco-Friendly)
- Tree Planted For Each New Hosting Account
Cloudways
- 3-Day Free Trial — No Credit Card Required
- 3 Cloud Providers: DigitalOcean, AWS, Google Cloud
- Lightning Stack (Nginx + Varnish + Redis + PHP-FPM)
- Object Cache Pro Included Free (4GB+ servers, $95/mo value)
- Cloudways Autonomous (auto-scaling)
- Free SSL, CDN & Migration
- Free First Migration by Cloudways Engineers
- 24/7 Live Chat Support
Pros & Cons
GreenGeeks
Pros
- Truly eco-friendly (300% wind credit)
- A tree planted per new account
- Free migration on every plan
- Cloudflare CDN included
- Nightly backups included
- 5 global data centers (US, CA, NL)
Cons
- Higher renewal pricing
- Limited entry-level storage (25GB)
- No Windows hosting
- No refund window for dedicated servers
- Lite plan: 50 email accounts only (Pro/Premium unlimited)
- Email send limit: 100-500 messages/hour per account
Cloudways
Pros
- Choice of 3 enterprise cloud providers (DO, AWS, GCP)
- Managed platform — no server admin needed
- Object Cache Pro free on 4GB+ ($95/mo value)
- Free migration done by Cloudways engineers
- Vertical scaling — increase RAM/CPU with one click
- Pay-as-you-go billing
Cons
- No domain registration
- No email hosting at all (must use Rackspace add-on at $1/mailbox/month)
- Backups cost extra: $0.033/GB
- Higher entry price than shared hosting
- No money-back guarantee (uses 3-day free trial instead)
- No free email — even Elastic Email is paid
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GreenGeeks Plans
15 plans available across all hosting types.
Shared Hosting 3
WordPress Hosting 3
VPS Hosting 3
Reseller Hosting 3
| Plan | Price | Storage | CPU | RAM | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RH-25 | $19.95/mo | 60 GB SSD | 2 CPU cores per cPanel | 1 GB RAM per cPanel | 600 GB Transfer | Get Plan |
| RH-50 | $24.95/mo | 80 GB SSD | 2 CPU cores per cPanel | 1 GB RAM per cPanel | 800 GB Transfer | Get Plan |
| RH-80 Best | $34.95/mo | 160 GB SSD | 2 CPU cores per cPanel | 1 GB RAM per cPanel | 1600 GB Transfer | Get Plan |
Cloudways Plans
12 plans available across all hosting types.
Cloud Hosting 12
| Plan | Price | Storage | CPU | RAM | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DO Standard 1GB — DigitalOcean | $11.00/mo | 25 GB SSD | 1 Core | 1 GB | 1 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| DO Premium 1GB — DigitalOcean | $14.00/mo | 25 GB NVMe | 1 Core | 1 GB | 1 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| DO Premium 2GB — DigitalOcean | $28.00/mo | 50 GB NVMe | 1 Core | 2 GB | 2 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| GCP Standard Small — Google Cloud | $37.33/mo | 20 GB SSD | Shared | 1.7 GB | 1 GB Transfer | Get Plan |
| AWS Standard Micro — Amazon Web Services | $38.56/mo | 20 GB EBS | 2 Cores | 1.75 GB | 2 GB Transfer | Get Plan |
| DO Premium 4GB — DigitalOcean Best | $54.00/mo | 80 GB NVMe | 2 Cores | 4 GB | 4 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| DO Premium 8GB — DigitalOcean | $99.00/mo | 160 GB NVMe | 4 Cores | 8 GB | 5 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| DO General Purpose 8GB — DigitalOcean | $106.00/mo | 30 GB NVMe | 2 Cores | 8 GB | 4 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| GCP Standard Large — Google Cloud | $152.02/mo | 20 GB SSD | 2 Cores | 7.5 GB | 1 GB Transfer | Get Plan |
| DO CPU Optimized 8GB — DigitalOcean | $164.00/mo | 50 GB NVMe | 4 Cores | 8 GB | 5 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| AWS Standard Medium — Amazon Web Services | $183.22/mo | 20 GB EBS | 2 Cores | 8 GB | 2 GB Transfer | Get Plan |
| GCP Compute Optimized XL — Google Cloud | $255.37/mo | 20 GB SSD | 4 Cores | 16 GB | 1 GB Transfer | Get Plan |