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Cloudways
(1,029)
4.7 out of 5
Cloudways
By DigitalOcean
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DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin
(36)
4.1 out of 5
DirectAdmin
By DirectAdmin
At a Glance
Cloudways
Cloudways
Star Rating
(1,029)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (91.1% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
$11.00
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DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin
Star Rating
(36)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (86.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Cloudways vs DirectAdmin

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Cloudways easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Cloudways overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Cloudways meets the needs of their business better than DirectAdmin.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Cloudways is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Cloudways over DirectAdmin.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Cloudways
Managed Digital Ocean 1GB - Standard
$11.00
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DirectAdmin
No pricing available
Free Trial
Cloudways
Free Trial is available
DirectAdmin
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.3
878
8.3
13
Ease of Use
9.1
887
7.8
13
Ease of Setup
9.2
688
8.8
10
Ease of Admin
9.1
588
8.2
11
Quality of Support
9.2
851
8.1
9
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
577
8.9
9
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
856
3.6
11
Features by Category
WebOps PlatformsHide 9 FeaturesShow 9 Features
8.8
45
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
39
Not enough data
8.5
39
Not enough data
9.1
42
Not enough data
Management
9.1
38
Not enough data
9.2
42
Not enough data
8.5
37
Not enough data
Support
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.6
35
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
Reseller HostingHide 10 FeaturesShow 10 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
WordPress HostingHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
8.7
192
Not enough data
Performance
8.5
164
Not enough data
9.0
174
Not enough data
9.1
183
Not enough data
8.8
175
Not enough data
9.0
165
Not enough data
Security
9.4
180
Not enough data
9.0
174
Not enough data
8.2
153
Not enough data
8.5
153
Not enough data
Free Resources
7.2
158
Not enough data
7.0
148
Not enough data
9.4
182
Not enough data
Cloud Web HostingHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
9.0
140
Not enough data
Performance - Cloud Web Hosting
8.8
134
Not enough data
9.0
134
Not enough data
8.4
130
Not enough data
8.4
127
Not enough data
Support - Cloud Web Hosting
9.4
133
Not enough data
8.6
130
Not enough data
8.6
132
Not enough data
9.1
130
Not enough data
Security - Cloud Web Hosting
8.8
126
Not enough data
9.2
131
Not enough data
9.1
128
Not enough data
Virtual Private Servers (VPS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
8.8
387
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Virtual Private Servers (VPS)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Hosting Management
8.8
359
Not enough data
8.9
364
Not enough data
7.1
277
Not enough data
8.0
326
Not enough data
8.8
324
Not enough data
8.5
288
Not enough data
8.7
299
Not enough data
8.4
320
Not enough data
8.7
336
Not enough data
9.0
335
Not enough data
Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
9.1
102
Not enough data
Development
9.3
89
Not enough data
8.9
83
Not enough data
8.8
84
Not enough data
8.8
85
Not enough data
8.9
84
Not enough data
Database
9.0
91
Not enough data
8.9
85
Not enough data
9.0
81
Not enough data
9.1
94
Not enough data
9.2
92
Not enough data
Infrastructure
9.3
85
Not enough data
9.0
88
Not enough data
9.1
91
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Cloudways
Cloudways
DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin
Cloudways and DirectAdmin share no categories
Unique Categories
Cloudways
DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin is categorized as Reseller Hosting
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Cloudways
Cloudways
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
91.1%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
7.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
1.6%
DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
86.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
10.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
3.4%
Reviewers' Industry
Cloudways
Cloudways
Marketing and Advertising
15.2%
Information Technology and Services
13.2%
Computer Software
7.9%
Retail
5.2%
Design
5.1%
Other
53.5%
DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin
Information Technology and Services
20.7%
Internet
13.8%
Computer Networking
13.8%
Computer Software
10.3%
Telecommunications
6.9%
Other
34.5%
Most Helpful Reviews
Cloudways
Cloudways
Most Helpful Favorable Review
MM
Mahmoud M.
Verified User in Computer Software

Makes it easy for anyone to deploy their apps using cloud hosting services. I have been using cloudways since 2016 and it's perfect. Their customer support is amazing and always there to help you.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Computer Software

- Spam mails from them ( and different email addresses ) - Price is too high - No need to use cloudways to use GCP, VULTR, etc

DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Tarunika S.
TS
Tarunika S.
Verified User in Retail

I have worked on the Directadmin console for more than 3 years and I love everything about it. It is so clean and user-friendly even for people who are not from a SysAdmin background. People can still manage their hosting environment easily and yet it is...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Mike P.
MP
Mike P.
Verified User in Internet

Not very user friendly for the less experienced administrators as considerable server side modification required.

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Discussions
Cloudways
Cloudways Discussions
How do l move a website created from the Godaddy site builder to Clouways hosting?
36 comments
Rahul k.
RK
I'm sorry, but the text you provided appears to be a URL rather than a string of text in an unknown language. Could you please provide the text you would...Read more
How do I get high scores on https://pagespeed.web.dev/
6 comments
Tony Y.
TY
Hi John, I’ve a similar concern as my website doesn’t show great speed on Google. But in reality, it opens pretty...Read more
Set up the system by following the instructions provided in the manual.
4 comments
RK
I'm sorry, but I can't assist with that request.Read more
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DirectAdmin
DirectAdmin Discussions
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