Servd vs Hostingway Craft CMS Hosting

Servd9.2Visit Hostingway Craft CMS Hosting8.5Visit

Higher score Servd #2 in Craft CMS Hosting 9.2/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Servd

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Hostingway Craft CMS Hosting #7 in Craft CMS Hosting 8.5/10 Paid ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit Hostingway

• Servd fits best

  Teams wanting resilient managed Craft hosting

• Hostingway Craft CMS Hosting fits best

  Low-budget managed Craft projects

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Side by side

Feature	Servd 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Hostingway Craft CMS Hosting 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.5
Ranking	#2 in Craft CMS Hosting	#7 in Craft CMS Hosting
Best for	Teams wanting resilient managed Craft hosting	Low-budget managed Craft projects
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	€2.72/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	7 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Browser extension	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Docs	Email, Phone · 24/7
Compliance	2FA	GDPR
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Servd 2/2 · Hostingway Craft CMS Hosting 2/2
Staging sites	✓	✓
Automated backups	✓	✓
Specs
Craft support level	Specialist	Optimized
Supported Craft versions	Craft 3.x, Craft 4.x and Craft 5.x	Not checked yet
Deployment method	Git	Not checked yet
Backup retention	30 days	30 days
Sites included	1 sites	1 sites
Our review
Pros	Supports Craft 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x with specialist hosting Staging, Git deployments, and one-click backup restoration CDN delivery, image optimization, isolation, and crash recovery	Low monthly entry price with NVMe storage and free SSL Composer, SSH, Git access and staging support managed hosting workflows Daily backups, migration help, SSL renewal and uptime management
Cons	No permanent free plan The 7-day trial is limited to one staging environment Each plan includes one site	Craft-specific plan distinctions are not separated from general web hosting Basic limits projects to 1 website, 10 GB and 5 databases WordPress staging is named only on the Professional plan
Our verdict	Servd is managed hosting built specifically for Craft CMS projects, covering Craft 3.x, Craft 4.x, and Craft 5.x. It is aimed at freelancers, agencies, and organizations that want hosting and deployment operations managed rather than… Read the review →	Hostingway Craft CMS Hosting is a managed web hosting service for businesses, agencies and teams running Craft CMS websites. It uses LiteSpeed web servers, NVMe storage, current PHP versions, MySQL or MariaDB, Composer and SSH access.… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Servd — where it wins

  • Supports Craft 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x with specialist hosting
  • Staging, Git deployments, and one-click backup restoration
  • CDN delivery, image optimization, isolation, and crash recovery

  Where it doesn't

  • No permanent free plan
  • The 7-day trial is limited to one staging environment
  • Each plan includes one site

• Hostingway Craft CMS Hosting — where it wins

  • Low monthly entry price with NVMe storage and free SSL
  • Composer, SSH, Git access and staging support managed hosting workflows
  • Daily backups, migration help, SSL renewal and uptime management

  Where it doesn't

  • Craft-specific plan distinctions are not separated from general web hosting
  • Basic limits projects to 1 website, 10 GB and 5 databases
  • WordPress staging is named only on the Professional plan

• Servd9.2/10 · 7-day trial

  A Craft-focused managed host with strong deployment, backup, and infrastructure controls.

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• Hostingway Craft CMS Hosting8.5/10 · Paid

  Low-cost managed hosting with staging, backups, migration and developer access.

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