Side-by-Side Comparison
InterServer vs Cloudways — Detailed Comparison
Compare features, pricing, performance, and support side-by-side. Pick the one that fits your needs.
Company Information
Founded
1999
2011
Headquarters
USA (New Jersey, Dallas, Los Angeles)
Malta
Hosting Types
User Reviews
485
746
Pricing & Plans
Cheapest Plan
$2.50/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
Yes (Standard Web)
Yes (DigitalOcean Premium)
LiteSpeed Web Server
Yes (LSCache + QUIC)
No (Apache + Nginx + Varnish)
Data Centers
3 (USA only)
60+ (across DO/AWS/GCP)
PHP Versions
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7.4 – 8.3
Inodes (File Count)
400K (Shared)
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Email Send Limit
Guaranteed Delivery (no hard limit)
N/A — Rackspace required ($1/mailbox)
Free Features Included
Free SSL
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Free Domain
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Free Migration
Yes (Free + Cleanup)
Yes (1st migration free)
Free CDN
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Support
24/7 Support
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Phone Support
Yes 24/7
Control Panel
DirectAdmin
Cloudways Platform
Expert Ratings
User Friendly
Support
Features
Reliability
Pricing
Key Features
InterServer
- Price Lock Guarantee — Same Price Forever
- Inter-Insurance — Free Hacked Site Cleanup
- Unlimited Storage, Bandwidth & Email
- DirectAdmin Control Panel (no extra cost)
- LSCache + QUIC + Cloudflare CDN
- Guaranteed Email Delivery
- Slice-based VPS scaling (1-10 slices)
- Free Migration with Site Cleanup
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
InterServer
Pros
- Price Lock Guarantee — no renewal increases
- Unlimited storage and bandwidth on Standard plan
- Inter-Insurance — free hacked site cleanup
- Owns its own data centers (NJ, DAL, LA)
- Flexible slice-based VPS pricing
- DirectAdmin included free
Cons
- Older interface compared to modern hosts
- DirectAdmin instead of cPanel (small learning curve)
- Limited international data centers (US only)
- VPS managed support requires 4+ slices
- CPU usage capped at 20% of server (shared plan)
- Inodes hard limit: 400,000 files
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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InterServer Plans
14 plans available across all hosting types.
Shared Hosting 4
| Plan | Price | Storage | CPU | RAM | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Web Hosting | $2.50/mo | Unlimited SSD | 1 Core | 2 GB | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| Boost 2 — Web Hosting | $9.95/mo | Unlimited SSD | 2 Cores | 4 GB | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| Boost 4 — Web Hosting Best | $19.95/mo | Unlimited SSD | 4 Cores | 8 GB | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| Boost X — Web Hosting | $69.95/mo | Unlimited SSD | 10 Cores | 20 GB | Unlimited | Get Plan |
VPS Hosting 5
| Plan | Price | Storage | CPU | RAM | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress VPS 1 — 1 Slice | $3.00/mo | 40 GB SSD | 1 Core | 2 GB | 2 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| 1 Slice — Cloud VPS | $6.00/mo | 30 GB SSD | 1 Core | 2 GB | 1 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| WordPress VPS 4 — 4 Slices | $12.00/mo | 160 GB SSD | 2 Cores | 8 GB | 8 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| 4 Slices — Cloud VPS Best | $24.00/mo | 120 GB SSD | 4 Cores | 8 GB | 4 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
| 8 Slices — Cloud VPS | $48.00/mo | 240 GB SSD | 8 Cores | 16 GB | 8 TB Transfer | Get Plan |
Dedicated Server 3

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 |