Looking for a Cloudways alternative?
Cloudways gives you a managed panel on top of a cloud server you still have to size, scale and pay for. G7Cloud gives you a fully managed platform (email, DNS, restore-tested backups and an AI Website Builder included) at one fixed UK price.
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About Cloudways
Who Cloudways are
Cloudways, owned by DigitalOcean since 2022, is a managed hosting layer that sits on top of cloud providers such as DigitalOcean, AWS and Google Cloud. You launch a virtual server of your chosen size, and Cloudways manages the stack on it through a single panel.
If you want fixed UK pricing, a dedicated container per site, and email, DNS and tested backups included as standard, here is why teams move to G7Cloud.
The case for switching
Why people leave Cloudways for G7Cloud
Fixed pricing, a dedicated container per site, and email, DNS and tested backups included as standard. Here is what changes when you move.
You still do capacity planning
On Cloudways you pick a server size, watch RAM and CPU graphs, and resize when an app outgrows the box. That's real work, and getting it wrong means slow sites or wasted spend. On G7Cloud every site runs in its own dedicated container and we manage the infrastructure. There is no server for you to size.
The add-ons stack up
The headline server price is only the start: premium CDN, off-site backup storage and higher support tiers are chargeable extras on Cloudways. G7Cloud plans include ScaleShield firewall and bot protection, scheduled backups with off-site targets (S3, R2, SFTP) and support from the engineers who run the platform, all at one fixed price.
No email or DNS hosting
Cloudways does not host mailboxes. You bolt on a third-party email service and manage DNS elsewhere. Every paid G7Cloud plan includes email hosting (mailboxes, aliases, Roundcube webmail, spam filtering, DKIM/SPF managed for you) and full DNS hosting with zone import.
Backups you can actually trust
The only test that matters for a backup is whether it restores. G7Cloud restore-tests every backup nightly (a real restore into a sandbox), so a backup that would fail gets flagged before you ever need it. Full, single-file and single-database restores are all built in.
A UK team, not a ticket queue
G7Cloud is built and run by engineers in the UK, and support comes from the people who operate the platform. You are not routed through support tiers or told the problem is with the underlying cloud provider.
An AI Website Builder is included
Every G7Cloud plan includes the AI Website Builder, which builds database-backed sites (shops, bookings, CMS) with an admin panel and code you own. Cloudways is hosting only; new sites are still built somewhere else.
G7Cloud vs Cloudways, side by side
What you get on each plan, side by side.
Cloudways on DigitalOcean starts at around $14/mo for an entry-size server, before add-ons such as premium CDN, off-site backup storage or higher support tiers. G7Cloud prices are fixed GBP and all-inclusive.
Want the full head-to-head? Read our complete G7Cloud vs Cloudways comparison.
Fixed prices, one ladder
What switching actually costs
Fixed GBP prices. The price you sign up at is the price you renew at, whatever your traffic or team size. Every plan includes the AI Website Builder, free SSL and ScaleShield protection.
Business
Up to 3 sites plus full-stack AI apps: shop, bookings, CMS.
- 3 hosted sites: any type, incl. WooCommerce & Magento
- Full-stack AI apps: online shop, bookings, CMS & more
- Database plus admin panel on AI-built sites
- Stripe checkout on your AI-built shop (your own keys)
- AI Website Builder · 5 projects, publish 3
- 1.25M AI tokens per month
- Managed PostgreSQL & Redis add-ons
- Site cloning, phpMyAdmin, WP-CLI
- Everything in Starter included
Full feature breakdown on the pricing page. 30-day money-back guarantee on every paid plan.
Moving from Cloudways
We move you. Free. You approve every step.
Our team moves your sites from Cloudways with you: files, databases, email and DNS. You preview everything on a temporary URL first, and we only switch DNS when you approve the cutover. Your Cloudways server stays live until then, so there is no leap of faith. The migration is free on every paid plan.
- Assisted by our team: we do it with you, not to you
- Preview everything on a temporary URL before anything switches
- Your old site stays live until you approve the cutover
- 30-day money-back guarantee if it does not work out
Cloudways alternative: questions answered
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Host your site on managed UK infrastructure from £12/mo, or build something new with the AI Website Builder on the Free plan. Fixed prices, and you own the code.