Altis Cloud vs Cloudways

Altis Cloud8.6Visit CCloudways8.5Visit

Higher score Altis Cloud #6 in WordPress Multisite Hosting 8.6/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Altis Cloud

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C Cloudways #7 in WordPress Multisite Hosting 8.5/10 3-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Cloudways

• Altis Cloud fits best

  Enterprise networks needing autoscaling and DR

• Cloudways fits best

  Teams wanting managed hosting across cloud providers

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Side by side

Feature	Altis Cloud 8.6/10 Visit ↗	CCloudways 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	8.5
Ranking	#6 in WordPress Multisite Hosting	#7 in WordPress Multisite Hosting
Best for	Enterprise networks needing autoscaling and DR	Teams wanting managed hosting across cloud providers
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	$35/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	3 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	6 integrations	8 integrations
Features Altis Cloud 0/3 · Cloudways 1/3
Per-site resource controls	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Domain mapping	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Staging environment	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Network site limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Storage	Not checked yet	15 GB
Backup frequency	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Autoscaling spans application, database, and cache servers Managed WAF, DDoS protection, failover, and continuous backups Unlimited multisite sites on higher tiers with GitHub integration	Staging environments support one-click pushes to production. Backups, cloning, caching, scaling, SSL, and firewall tools are included. Supports DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, and Google Cloud.
Cons	Annual starting price is $24,000 Plan prices for Plus, Scale, and Beyond require sales contact Enterprise infrastructure may exceed smaller network requirements	There is no free plan. Automated malware removal is a paid add-on. Scale and Plus highlight one website rather than multiple applications.
Our verdict	Altis Cloud is a managed enterprise WordPress hosting platform for organizations running high-traffic websites, WordPress multisite networks, publishing operations, and other mission-critical digital experiences. It combines autoscaling… Read the review →	Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform for WordPress websites and other PHP applications. It gives small and medium-sized businesses, agencies, developers, ecommerce operators, bloggers, and publishers a dashboard for deploying and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Altis Cloud — where it wins

  • Autoscaling spans application, database, and cache servers
  • Managed WAF, DDoS protection, failover, and continuous backups
  • Unlimited multisite sites on higher tiers with GitHub integration

  Where it doesn't

  • Annual starting price is $24,000
  • Plan prices for Plus, Scale, and Beyond require sales contact
  • Enterprise infrastructure may exceed smaller network requirements

• Cloudways — where it wins

  • Staging environments support one-click pushes to production.
  • Backups, cloning, caching, scaling, SSL, and firewall tools are included.
  • Supports DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, and Google Cloud.

  Where it doesn't

  • There is no free plan.
  • Automated malware removal is a paid add-on.
  • Scale and Plus highlight one website rather than multiple applications.

• Altis Cloud8.6/10 · Paid

  A high-capacity multisite platform for enterprise networks with demanding uptime and recovery needs.

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• CCloudways8.5/10 · 3-day trial

  A managed WordPress hosting dashboard with scaling, staging, backups, and cloud choice.

  Visit CloudwaysFull verdict →