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Head-to-head · WordPress Multisite Hosting

CampusPress vs Cloudways

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 4 checks side by side
Higher score CampusPress #5 in WordPress Multisite Hosting 8.7/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit CampusPress
Cloudways #7 in WordPress Multisite Hosting 8.5/10 3-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Cloudways

CampusPress leads on 0 checks, Cloudways on 0, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 4 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreCampusPress · 8.7/10
  • Free trialonly Cloudways
  • Most featuresCampusPress · 3 of 3

CampusPress scores higher on our rubric for wordpress multisite hosting: 8.7 against 8.5 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #7.

CampusPress is the better fit for institutions needing managed multisite and SSO. Cloudways is the better fit for teams wanting managed hosting across cloud providers.

  • CampusPress fits best

    Institutions needing managed multisite and SSO

  • Cloudways fits best

    Teams wanting managed hosting across cloud providers

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Side by side

Feature CampusPress 8.7/10 Visit ↗ Cloudways 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.7 8.5
Ranking #5 in WordPress Multisite Hosting #7 in WordPress Multisite Hosting
Best for Institutions needing managed multisite and SSO Teams wanting managed hosting across cloud providers
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price Pricing on request $35/mo
Free plan Not checked yet —
Free trial — 3 days
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Integrations 8 integrations 8 integrations
Features CampusPress 3/3 · Cloudways 1/3
Per-site resource controls ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Domain mapping ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Staging environment ✓ ✓
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
  • Supports WordPress Multisite with domain mapping, cloning, and staging workflows
  • Connects with SAML, ADFS, Azure AD, CAS, LDAP, and other institutional systems
  • Includes nightly backups, 24/7/365 monitoring, and a 99.9% uptime SLA
  • 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
  • Pricing is sales-led and begins with a consultation or agreement
  • Built around WordPress, so it is not a general-purpose hosting platform
  • Institutional authentication integrations may require coordination with IT teams
  • 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

CampusPress is a managed WordPress hosting service for schools, universities, and education teams. It supports individual sites, large WordPress Multisite networks, and campus-wide publishing programs, with centralized administration for…

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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…

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  1. CampusPressWordPress Multisite Hosting 8.7Pricing on request
  2. CloudwaysWordPress Multisite Hosting 8.53-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • CampusPress — where it wins

    • Supports WordPress Multisite with domain mapping, cloning, and staging workflows
    • Connects with SAML, ADFS, Azure AD, CAS, LDAP, and other institutional systems
    • Includes nightly backups, 24/7/365 monitoring, and a 99.9% uptime SLA

    Where it doesn't

    • Pricing is sales-led and begins with a consultation or agreement
    • Built around WordPress, so it is not a general-purpose hosting platform
    • Institutional authentication integrations may require coordination with IT teams

  • 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.
  • CampusPress8.7/10 · Pricing on request

    A managed multisite host for institutions that need SSO, staging, and centralized administration.

    Visit CampusPressFull verdict →
  • Cloudways8.5/10 · 3-day trial

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

    Visit CloudwaysFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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