Side-by-Side Comparison
Cloudways vs FastComet — Detailed Comparison
Compare features, pricing, performance, and support side-by-side. Pick the one that fits your needs.
Company Information
Founded
2011
2013
Headquarters
Malta
USA
Hosting Types
User Reviews
746
681
Pricing & Plans
Cheapest Plan
$11.00/mo
$1.79/mo
Number of Plans
Money-Back Guarantee
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45 days
Performance & Infrastructure
Uptime Guarantee
99.99%
99.9%
NVMe Storage
Yes (DigitalOcean Premium)
Yes (Shared) / SSD (VPS)
LiteSpeed Web Server
No (Apache + Nginx + Varnish)
No (Apache + LSCache plugin)
Data Centers
60+ (across DO/AWS/GCP)
12
PHP Versions
7.4 – 8.3
—
Inodes (File Count)
—
250K – 500K
Email Send Limit
N/A — Rackspace required ($1/mailbox)
400/hour
Free Features Included
Free SSL
—
—
Free Domain
—
—
Free Migration
Yes (1st migration free)
Yes (Free + Cleanup)
Free CDN
—
—
Support
24/7 Support
—
—
Phone Support
No (Chat 24/7)
Control Panel
Cloudways Platform
cPanel
Expert Ratings
User Friendly
Support
Features
Reliability
Pricing
Key Features
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
FastComet
- 45-Day Money Back Guarantee (Shared) / 7-Day (VPS & Dedicated)
- Price Lock — Same Renewal Rate Forever
- 12 Global Data Centers
- NVMe SSD Storage on All Plans
- AMD EPYC Processors
- Free Daily & Weekly Off-site Backups
- Imunify360 Security + WAF
- Free cPanel/WHM Included
Pros & Cons
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
FastComet
Pros
- Price lock — no renewal price increases
- 12 global data centers (US, EU, Asia, Oceania)
- NVMe SSD + AMD EPYC across all plans
- Free migration on every plan
- Free daily AND weekly off-site backups
- Imunify360 security included
Cons
- Higher entry price than budget hosts
- Limited email accounts on Starter plan (5 only)
- Shorter money-back on VPS/Dedicated (7 days)
- CPU: 2-6 cores (Starter to Extra)
- Inodes limit: 250k-500k per plan
- Email: 400 messages/hour limit
Ready to choose?
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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 |

FastComet Plans
15 plans available across all hosting types.
Shared Hosting 4
| Plan | Price | Storage | CPU | RAM | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FastComet Starter | $1.79/mo | 10GB NVMe SSD | 1 Cores | 1 GB | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| FastComet Essential | $2.39/mo | 20GB NVMe SSD | 2 Cores | 2 GB | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| FastComet Plus Best | $3.59/mo | 30GB NVMe SSD | 3 Cores | 3 GB | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| FastComet Extra | $4.99/mo | 40GB NVMe SSD | 4 Cores | 4 GB | Unlimited | Get Plan |
VPS Hosting 3
| Plan | Price | Storage | CPU | RAM | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FastComet Cloud 2 | $53.87/mo | 80 GB SSD NVMe | 2 vCPU Virtual Cores | 4 GB ECC RAM | 4 TB | Get Plan |
| FastComet Cloud 3 Best | $69.27/mo | 160 GB SSD NVMe | 4 vCPU Virtual Cores | 8 GB ECC RAM | 5 TB | Get Plan |
| FastComet Cloud 4 | $107.77/mo | 320 GB SSD NVMe | 6 vCPU Virtual Cores | 16 GB ECC RAM | 8 TB | Get Plan |
Dedicated Server 8
| Plan | Price | Storage | CPU | RAM | Bandwidth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FastComet Managed cPanel 4GB | $57.50/mo | 100 GB NVMe SSD | 2 CPU cores | 4 GB Dedicated RAM | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| FastComet Managed cPanel 8GB | $90.83/mo | 150 GB NVMe SSD | 4 CPU cores | 8 GB Dedicated RAM | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| FastComet Managed cPanel 16GB Best | $140.83/mo | 300 GB NVMe SSD | 8 CPU cores | 16 GB Dedicated RAM | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| FastComet Managed cPanel 32GB | $232.50/mo | 400 GB NVMe SSD | 16 CPU cores | 32 GB Dedicated RAM | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| FastComet Managed cPanel 64GB | $415.83/mo | 800 GB NVMe SSD | 24 CPU cores | 64 GB Dedicated RAM | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| FastComet Managed cPanel 128GB | $915.83/mo | 1.2 TB NVMe SSD | 32 CPU cores | 128 GB Dedicated RAM | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| FastComet Managed cPanel 160GB | $1,165.83/mo | 1.4 TB NVMe SSD | 48 CPU cores | 160 GB Dedicated RAM | Unlimited | Get Plan |
| FastComet Managed cPanel 256GB | $1,832.50/mo | 2 TB NVMe SSD | 64 CPU cores | 256 GB Dedicated RAM | Unlimited | Get Plan |