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DigitalOcean9.2/10
Developer-friendly cloud with simple pricing
- Clean, fast control panel
- Predictable flat pricing
- Huge tutorial library
Cloud hosting providers
236 companies in our directory list Cloud services, across 7 regions. 9 of them are tested and scored in our rankings.
North America 92Europe 88Asia 37Oceania 6Latin America 6Africa 4Middle East 3
Cloud hosting runs your site or app on a pool of servers rather than a single machine. You can add or remove capacity in minutes, pay for what you use, and many providers let you place servers in data-centres around the world.
Cloud servers suit growing sites, apps with uneven traffic, and teams that want to automate infrastructure. The flexibility comes with more choice to make: instance sizes, storage types, bandwidth pricing and extra services such as managed databases and load balancers. Comparing those costs side by side matters more than the headline monthly price.
How to choose
- Model the full monthly bill, including bandwidth, storage, backups and IP addresses, not just the server price.
- Check hourly billing and free tiers if your usage varies or you are testing.
- Pick a data-centre close to your visitors. Distance adds delay to every page load, and some data must stay in a given country.
- Look at extra services you might need later: managed databases, object storage, load balancers and Kubernetes.
- Read the uptime promise and what it pays out. A 99.9% guarantee allows about 43 minutes of downtime a month; look for service credits when it is missed.
- Check the API and automation tools if you plan to script deployments.
- Test support before you buy. Send a pre-sales question and see how fast and how clearly they answer.
- Plan your exit. Make sure you can export files, databases and email, and that your domain can be transferred out without fees.
Frequently asked questions
What is cloud hosting?
Hosting that runs on a network of servers so capacity can be added or removed on demand, usually billed by the hour or month.
Is cloud hosting more expensive than VPS?
Entry-level cloud instances cost about the same as a VPS. Costs rise with bandwidth, storage and extra services, so estimate the full bill.
Do I need technical skills for cloud hosting?
Raw cloud servers need server skills. Managed cloud platforms handle the server work for you.
Ranked and reviewed
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Vultr9.0/10
High-frequency compute in 32 locations
- 32 global locations
- Hourly billing
- GPU and bare metal
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Hetzner Cloud7.9/10
Unbeatable price-to-performance from Germany
- Best value per vCPU
- 20 TB traffic included
- Green data centres
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Cloudways9.0/10
Managed cloud on top of DigitalOcean, AWS and Google
- Fully managed servers
- 24/7 live chat
- Choice of 5 clouds
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Akamai (Linode)8.8/10
Reliable cloud with strong human support
- Free 24/7 support
- Generous transfer
- Akamai network
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Kamatera8.6/10
Fully custom cloud servers in minutes
- Fully custom sizing
- 30-day free trial
- 21 data centres
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Hostinger VPS8.7/10
Beginner-friendly VPS with an AI assistant
- Very low intro prices
- 30-day money back
- AI assistant
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AWS Lightsail8.4/10
Amazon cloud in a simple monthly package
- Amazon reliability
- 3 months free on some plans
- Easy path to AWS
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UpCloud8.9/10
The fastest cloud servers we have tested
- Top disk speed
- 100% uptime SLA
- Free 24/7 support
All Cloud providers
Acquia
acquia.com · US
Aiven
aiven.io · FI
Akamai Connected Cloud
akamai.com/cloud · US
Akamai Linode
linode.com · US
Alibaba Cloud
alibabacloud.com · CN
Amazee.io
amazee.io · CH
Amazon Web Services
aws.amazon.com · US
ANS
ans.co.uk · GB
Arsys
arsys.es · ES
Aruba
aruba.it · IT
Aruba Cloud
arubacloud.com · IT
ASPHostPortal
asphostportal.com · US
Atlantic.Net
atlantic.net · US
AwardSpace
awardspace.com · BG
AWS Lambda
aws.amazon.com/lambda · US
Azure AKS
azure.microsoft.com/products/kubernetes-service · US
Azure Container Apps
azure.microsoft.com/products/container-apps · US
Back4App
back4app.com · US
Baidu AI Cloud
intl.cloud.baidu.com · CN
Binero
binero.com · SE
Bizfly Cloud
bizflycloud.vn · VN
Biznet Gio
biznetgio.com · ID
Bluehost Cloud
bluehost.com/cloud · US
Catalyst Cloud
catalystcloud.nz · NZ
City Network
cleura.com · SE
Civo
civo.com · GB
ClausWeb
clausweb.ro · RO
Clever Cloud
clever.cloud · FR
Cloud Temple
cloud-temple.com · FR
Cloudflare
cloudflare.com · US
Cloudflare Pages
cloudflare.com/products/pages · US
Cloudron
cloudron.io · DE
Cloudsigma
cloudsigma.com · CH
CloudSigma US
cloudsigma.com/us · US
Cloudways
cloudways.com · MT
Clouvider
clouvider.com · GB
CodeSandbox
codesandbox.io · NL
ConoHa
conoha.jp · JP
CtrlS
ctrls.com · IN
Cyon Cloud
cyon.ch/cloud · CH
Cyso
cyso.com · NL
DataBank
databank.com · US
Datapacket CDN
datapacket.com/solutions/cdn · CZ
Deno Deploy
deno.com/deploy · US
Dewaweb
dewaweb.com · ID
DigitalOcean
digitalocean.com · US
DigitalOcean App Platform
digitalocean.com/products/app-platform · US
DiscountASP.NET
discountasp.net · US
Domainesia
domainesia.com · ID
Donweb
donweb.com · AR
DreamCompute
dreamhost.com/cloud · US
DreamHost
dreamhost.com · US
E2E Networks
e2enetworks.com · IN
Elastx
elastx.se · SE
Elementor Hosting
elementor.com/hosting · IL
Etisalat Cloud
eand.ae/en/index.html · AE
Everleap
everleap.com · US
Exabytes
exabytes.com · MY
Exoscale
exoscale.com · CH
FastComet
fastcomet.com · US
Fastly
fastly.com · US
Firebase Hosting
firebase.google.com · US
Flexential
flexential.com · US
Fly.io
fly.io · US
Gandi
gandi.net · FR
Gandi Registrar
gandi.net/en/domain · FR
Gandi.net Domains
gandi.net/domain · FR
Gcore
gcore.com · LU
GitLab Pages
docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pages · US
GleSYS
glesys.com · SE
Glitch
blog.glitch.com · US
Go4hosting
go4hosting.in · IN
Google Cloud
cloud.google.com · US
GridPane
gridpane.com · US
Hawk Host
hawkhost.com · CA
Heroku
heroku.com · US
Hetzner
hetzner.com · DE
Hidora
hidora.io · CH
HKBN Cloud
hkbnes.net · HK
Host Color LLC
hostcolor.com · XX
HostArmada
hostarmada.com · US
HostBuddy
hostbuddy.com · US
HostDime Colombia
hostdime.com.co · CO
HosterPK
hosterpk.com · PK
HostForLIFE
hostforlife.eu · NL
HostGator Cloud
hostgator.com/cloud-hosting · US
Hostinger
hostinger.com · LT
HostNoc
hostnoc.com · XX
Hostwinds
hostwinds.com · US
Hostwinds Cloud
hostwinds.com/cloud · US
Huawei Cloud
huaweicloud.com · CN
Hypernode
hypernode.com · NL
IBM Cloud
ibm.com/cloud · US
IDCloudHost
idcloudhost.com · ID
IIJ
iij.ad.jp · JP
Ikoula
ikoula.com · FR
Ikoula Cloud
ikoula.com/cloud · FR
Infomaniak
infomaniak.com · CH
Infomaniak Public Cloud
infomaniak.com/en/hosting/public-cloud · CH
InMotion Cloud
inmotionhosting.com/cloud · US
InMotion Hosting
inmotionhosting.com · US
IONOS
ionos.com · DE
IONOS Cloud
cloud.ionos.com · DE
IONOS Domains
ionos.com/domains · DE
JetRails
jetrails.com · US
Joyent
joyent.com · US
KAGOYA
kagoya.jp · JP
Kamatera
kamatera.com · US
Kamatera Cloud
kamatera.com/products/cloud-servers · US
Kinsta
kinsta.com · US
Koyeb
koyeb.com · FR
Krystal
krystal.io · GB
KT Cloud
cloud.kt.com · KR
Lambda Labs
lambda.ai · US
Laravel Forge
laravel.com/forge · US
Laravel Vapor
vapor.laravel.com · US
Leaseweb
leaseweb.com · NL
LH.pl
lh.pl · PL
Linode Akamai Edge
akamai.com · US
Liquid Web
liquidweb.com · US
Liquid Web Cloud
liquidweb.com/cloud-hosting · US
Locaweb
locaweb.com.br · BR
Louhi
louhi.fi · FI
Lumen
lumen.com · US
Lunanode
lunanode.com · CA
Magalu Cloud
magalu.cloud · BR
Magento Cloud
business.adobe.com/products/magento · US
Melbicom
melbicom.net · LT
Memset
iomart.com/control-panels · GB
Metanet
metanet.ch · CH
MGT Commerce
mgt-commerce.com · DE
Micron21
micron21.com · AU
Microsoft Azure
azure.microsoft.com · US
MilesWeb
milesweb.in · IN
Mirantis
mirantis.com · US
Mittwald
mittwald.de · DE
MongoDB Atlas
mongodb.com/atlas · US
Naver Cloud
ncloud.com · KR
Nebius
nebius.com · NL
Neon
neon.com · US
Netlify
netlify.com · US
Netmagic
netmagicsolutions.com · IN
NHN Cloud
nhncloud.com · KR
Nimbus Hosting
nimbushosting.co.uk · GB
noris network
noris.de · DE
Northflank
northflank.com · GB
Novita AI
novita.ai · US
NTT Communications
ntt.com · JP
Open Telekom Cloud
t-cloud-public.com · DE
OpenSRS
opensrs.com · CA
Oracle Cloud
oracle.com/cloud · US
Outscale
outscale.com · FR
OVH Poland
ovhcloud.com/pl · FR
OVHcloud
us.ovhcloud.com · FR
OVHcloud Asia
ovhcloud.com/asia · SG
OVHcloud Australia
ovhcloud.com/en-au · AU
OVHcloud Canada
ovhcloud.com/en-ca · CA
OVHcloud Domains
ovhcloud.com/en/domains · FR
OVHcloud Game
ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal/game · FR
OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes
ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/kubernetes · FR
PA Vietnam
pavietnam.vn · VN
Pantheon Drupal
pantheon.io/product/drupal-hosting · US
PhoenixNAP
phoenixnap.com · US
PlanetHoster
planethoster.com · CA
PlanetScale
planetscale.com · US
Platform.sh
platform.sh · FR
Platform.sh Drupal
platform.sh/drupal · FR
Ploi
ploi.io · NL
plusserver
plusserver.com · DE
PS.kz
ps.kz · KZ
Pulsant
pulsant.com · GB
Qservers
qservers.ng · NG
Qwords
qwords.com · ID
Rackspace
rackspace.com · US
Radore
radore.com · TR
Railway
railway.com · US
Render
render.com · US
Replit
replit.com · US
Ruk-Com
ruk-com.cloud · TH
Rumahweb
rumahweb.com · ID
RunCloud
runcloud.io · MY
RunPod
runpod.io · US
Safaricom Cloud
safaricom.co.ke · KE
Safespring
safespring.com · SE
Sakura Internet
sakura.ad.jp · JP
Saveincloud
saveincloud.com · BR
ScalaHosting
scalahosting.com · US
Scaleway
scaleway.com · FR
Scaleway Kapsule
scaleway.com/kubernetes-kapsule · FR
Section.io
webscale.com · AU
Seeweb
seeweb.it · IT
Selectel
selectel.ru · RU
Server Mania
servermania.com · CA
ServerFreak
web-hosting.net.my · MY
Serverplan
serverplan.com · IT
Servers.com
servers.com · CY
SiteGround
siteground.com · BG
SiteGround Cloud
siteground.com/cloud-hosting · BG
SiteHost
sitehost.nz · NZ
SmarterASP.NET
smarterasp.net · US
SmartWeb
smartweb.com.ng · NG
Sparked Host
sparkedhost.com · US
Sparked Host Bots
sparkedhost.com/discord-bot-hosting · US
SpinupWP
spinupwp.com · US
SSDNodes
ssdnodes.com · US
Stablepoint
stablepoint.com · GB
STACKIT
stackit.com/de · DE
Stackscale
stackscale.com · ES
Supabase
supabase.com · SG
Surge
surge.sh · CA
TEMOK.com
temok.com · XX
Tencent Cloud
tencentcloud.com · CN
TierPoint
tierpoint.com · US
Timeweb
timeweb.com · RU
TransIP
transip.nl · NL
Truehost Domains
truehost.co.ke · KE
UKHost4u
ukhost4u.com · GB
Umbler
umbler.com · BR
UpCloud
upcloud.com · FI
Upsun
upsun.com · FR
Vercel
vercel.com · US
Verpex
verpex.com · GB
Viettel IDC
viettelidc.com.vn · VN
Virtuozzo
virtuozzo.com · CH
VK Cloud
cloud.vk.ru · RU
Vocus Cloud
vocus.com.au · AU
Vultr
vultr.com · US
WebHostFace
webhostface.com · US
WebhostUK LTD
webhostuk.co.uk · XX
Websupport
websupport.sk · SK
WP Engine Atlas
wpengine.com/atlas · US
xCloud
xcloud.host · US
Yandex Cloud
yandex.cloud · RU
Yotta
yotta.com · IN
Zenlayer
zenlayer.com · US
Znetlive
znetlive.com · IN