--- title: "Cloudways Alternative: CloudBlast vs Cloudways Prices (October 2026)" description: "Cloudways DigitalOcean Standard Medium (4 GB) costs $46.00 (€41.12) a month, CloudBlast VMA21 €4.80. Specs, price per vCPU, traffic, hourly billing and DDoS compared, checked October 9, 2026." url: "https://cloudblast.io/cloudways-alternative" language: "en-US" --- Cloudways alternative # Cloudways alternative: CloudBlast vs Cloudways The closest Cloudways plan to a 2 vCPU, 4 GB server is DigitalOcean Standard Medium (4 GB) (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB SSD) at $46.00 (€41.12) a month. CloudBlast's VMA21 (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 30 GB NVMe) costs €4.80 a month, 88% less, billed by the hour with DDoS protection included. Prices checked on October 9, 2026 [Cloudways pricing page](https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php) [Deploy a VMA21](https://console.cloudblast.io/create/server) ## Monthly price, comparable plans CloudBlast VMA21 against Cloudways DigitalOcean Standard Medium (4 GB), the closest plans by vCPU and RAM. Euro prices excluding VAT, checked on October 9, 2026. [Get started](https://console.cloudblast.io/create/server) ### €4.80 ### €41.12 ## CloudBlast vs Cloudways: specs and prices The Cloudways plan closest to 2 vCPU and 4 GB of RAM against the smallest CloudBlast plan with at least the same vCPU and RAM. List prices excluding VAT, checked on October 9, 2026. | Feature | CloudBlast | Cloudways | | --- | --- | --- | | Plan | VMA21 | DigitalOcean Standard Medium (4 GB) | | vCPU | 2 | 2 | | RAM | 4 GB | 4 GB | | Storage | 30 GB NVMe | 80 GB SSD | | Price per month | €4.80 (€0.0077/h) | $46.00 (€41.12) | | Price per vCPU | €2.40 | €20.56 | | Price per GB of RAM | €1.20 | €10.28 | | Monthly traffic | 5 TB (1 TB in Hong Kong) | 4 TB | | Port speed | 10 Gbps | 2 Gbps | | CPU | AMD EPYC | Intel | | Hourly billing | Yes | Yes | | Minimum term | None | None | | DDoS protection | Included | Paid add-on | | IPv4 address included | Yes | Not published | | IPv6 | Yes, a /64 per server | Not published | | Datacenter locations | 4 | 9 | ### Cheapest plans Each provider's lowest-priced regular plan, checked on October 9, 2026. | Provider | Plan | Specs | Price per month | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CloudBlast | VMA11 | 1 vCPU, 3 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | €3.60 | | Cloudways | DigitalOcean Standard Micro (1 GB) | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB SSD | $11.00 (€9.83) | ## Where CloudBlast is the better choice - 88% cheaper for a comparable server: €4.80 against $46.00 (€41.12) a month. - DDoS protection included on every plan, with up to 2.5 Tbps of scrubbing capacity. - NVMe storage on every plan. - A 10 Gbps port on every plan. - More traffic included: 5 TB a month against 4 TB. ## Where Cloudways is the better choice - More datacenter locations: 9 against CloudBlast's 4. - Fully managed hosting with support included. ## CloudBlast vs Cloudways: common questions ### Is CloudBlast cheaper than Cloudways? Yes. For a comparable server, CloudBlast's VMA21 costs €4.80 a month and Cloudways's DigitalOcean Standard Medium (4 GB) costs $46.00 (€41.12), so CloudBlast is 88% cheaper (list prices checked on October 9, 2026). ### What is the CloudBlast equivalent of Cloudways's DigitalOcean Standard Medium (4 GB)? CloudBlast's VMA21: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 30 GB NVMe, €4.80 a month or €0.0077 an hour, with 5 TB of traffic a month outside Hong Kong. ### Does Cloudways bill by the hour? Yes, Cloudways bills by the hour. So does CloudBlast, on every plan, capped at the monthly price. ### Does Cloudways include DDoS protection? Only as a paid add-on. CloudBlast includes always-on mitigation with up to 2.5 Tbps of scrubbing capacity on every plan. ### How do I move from Cloudways to CloudBlast? Deploy a CloudBlast server in the location closest to your users, copy your data across with rsync or a backup restore, test it, then point your DNS at the new IP. With hourly billing, running both servers side by side for a few days costs very little. ## How we compared Prices are the list prices on Cloudways's own pricing page on October 9, 2026, for its standard Linux VPS, excluding VAT. We compare the plan closest to 2 vCPU and 4 GB of RAM, and the cheapest plan, against the smallest CloudBlast plan with at least the same vCPU and RAM. Prices in other currencies are converted to euro at the European Central Bank reference rate of October 8, 2026. CloudBlast prices are from cloudblast.io/pricing. Where a provider advertises an introductory price that needs a long prepayment, we compare its regular price and show the introductory one next to it. Spotted a price that has changed? [Tell us and we will update this page.](https://cloudblast.io/contact) ### Sources - [cloudways.com/en/pricing.php](https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php) - [cloudways.com/wp-content/themes/cw\_multilingual/template/assets/js/pages/widget\_pricing25\_v2\_multilingual.js?ver=7.1.3](https://www.cloudways.com/wp-content/themes/cw_multilingual/template/assets/js/pages/widget_pricing25_v2_multilingual.js?ver=7.1.3) - [cloudways.com/en/digital-ocean-cloud-hosting.php](https://www.cloudways.com/en/digital-ocean-cloud-hosting.php) - [cloudways.com/en/cloudflare.php](https://www.cloudways.com/en/cloudflare.php) - [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudways) - [cloudblast.io/pricing](https://cloudblast.io/pricing) Cloudways alternative ## We'll help you migrate to our amazing cloud. We'll seamlessly migrate your website to our outstanding cloud platform, ensuring a smooth transition with zero downtime and superior performance. 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