Cloudways vs Northflank

A detailed comparison to help you choose between Cloudways and Northflank.

Cloudways

Cloudways

Managed cloud hosting on your choice of provider

Northflank

Northflank

Full-stack cloud platform for engineering teams

Overview
Rating4.4 (513 reviews)4.7 (11 reviews)
Pricing modelpaidfreemium
Starting priceFrom €14/moFree tier available
Best forAgency developers and freelancers who want managed hosting flexibility without paying Kinsta pricesEngineering teams building microservices who want K8s power with platform-level simplicity and built-in CI/CD
Specifications (entry plan)
CPU cores1 vCPU
RAM1 GB
Storage25 GB
Bandwidth1 TB/mo
SLA uptime99.9%
Data-center count65
€/vCPU/mo€14.00
€/GB RAM/mo€14.00
Features
IPv6
DDoS protection
Automated backups
Snapshots
Managed option
Bare metal
GPU available
S3-compatible
Hourly billing
Free tier
Data-center locations
Regions
United StatesUnited KingdomGermanyNetherlandsSingaporeAustralia+1
Tags
Tags
managed optionddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenter
free tiermanaged optionteam featureskubernetes supportapi access
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Cloudways

Pros

  • + Choose your underlying cloud provider
  • + Excellent price-to-managed-value ratio
  • + One-click staging environments

Cons

  • - Adds markup on top of underlying provider cost
  • - Less control than raw VPS for advanced users
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Northflank

Pros

  • + Built-in CI/CD and secrets management
  • + Cron jobs and background workers native
  • + Kubernetes-powered with simple UX

Cons

  • - Less documentation than Render
  • - Pricing less transparent
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