Edublogs vs Cloudways

Edublogs8.8Visit CCloudways8.5Visit

Higher score Edublogs #4 in WordPress Multisite Hosting 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Edublogs

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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

• Edublogs fits best

  Schools and educators needing a free network platform

• Cloudways fits best

  Teams wanting managed hosting across cloud providers

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Side by side

Feature	Edublogs 8.8/10 Visit ↗	CCloudways 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.5
Ranking	#4 in WordPress Multisite Hosting	#7 in WordPress Multisite Hosting
Best for	Schools and educators needing a free network platform	Teams wanting managed hosting across cloud providers
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$39.95/yr	$35/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	3 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	7 integrations	8 integrations
Features Edublogs 1/3 · Cloudways 1/3
Per-site resource controls	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Domain mapping	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Staging environment	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Network site limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Storage	50 GB (best)	15 GB
Backup frequency	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Free plan includes student and class management Privacy controls, ad-free use, and 24/7 support CampusPress adds SSO, LMS integration, and network tools	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	Free plan provides 256 MB of storage Custom domains require Pro or CampusPress Advanced campus features are separate from individual plans	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	Edublogs is a hosted WordPress blogging platform for teachers, students, and education professionals. It combines WordPress blogs with student and class management, educational themes and plugins, privacy and site-visibility controls,… 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

• Edublogs — where it wins

  • Free plan includes student and class management
  • Privacy controls, ad-free use, and 24/7 support
  • CampusPress adds SSO, LMS integration, and network tools

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan provides 256 MB of storage
  • Custom domains require Pro or CampusPress
  • Advanced campus features are separate from individual plans

• 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.

• Edublogs8.8/10 · Free plan

  A free WordPress network platform for educators, with paid domains and campus administration.

  Visit EdublogsFull verdict →
• CCloudways8.5/10 · 3-day trial

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

  Visit CloudwaysFull verdict →