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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cloudways

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ACloudways, by DigitalOcean, offers a range of managed hosting solutions, including managed Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, and others, with a choice of infrastructure providers and media delivery via CloudwaysVPN, and CloudwaysBot notification system.

    $10

    per month

    Elementor

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AElementor is a Wordpress page builder and creative toolkit featuring a drag and drop live editor, 100+ widgets, and tools to landing pages and popups.

    $11.99

    per month

    Pricing
    CloudwaysElementor
    Editions & Modules
    Starting Price
    $10.00
    per month
    Maximum Price
    $274.33
    per month
    Lite
    $11.99
    per month
    Basic
    $14.99
    per month
    Business
    $24.99
    per month
    Grow
    $32.99
    per month
    Expert
    $149.00
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CloudwaysElementor
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$25 per applicationNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCloudways offers 1 free migration to all customers. For any further migration needs the customer can use our free WordPress migration plugin and do it themselves. Or they can request paid migration services for any PHP based application, which start at $25 per application.Prices reflect deployment via WordPress. Options are also available for use with WooCommerce. A discount is offered for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    CloudwaysElementor
    Considered Both Products
    DigitalOcean
    Chose Cloudways
    I liked Cloudways more than other websites due to its simplicity and how clear their website was (and still is).
    It is the first server hosting platform I ever used.
    Incentivized
    Elementor
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    87%
    Would buy again
    26 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    Features
    CloudwaysElementor
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Cloudways and Elementor
    Feature
    Cloudways
    -
    Ratings
    Elementor
    7.8
    26 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.826 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Cloudways and Elementor
    Feature
    Cloudways
    -
    Ratings
    Elementor
    7.2
    24 Ratings
    8% below category average
    API00 Ratings7.024 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings7.417 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Cloudways and Elementor
    Feature
    Cloudways
    -
    Ratings
    Elementor
    8.1
    41 Ratings
    3% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.239 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.938 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.539 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings8.440 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings7.437 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.341 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.335 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings7.237 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Cloudways and Elementor
    Feature
    Cloudways
    -
    Ratings
    Elementor
    7.9
    40 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings8.433 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings7.234 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings7.528 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.734 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings8.028 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CloudwaysElementor
    Small Businesses
    Flywheel
    Score4.8 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    WP Engine
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    CloudwaysElementor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (41 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CloudwaysElementor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    DigitalOcean
    When you dont know how to set up a cloud server technically, (The LAMP stack or the PHP settings etc) Cloudways comes handy. You can easily modify the server settings with one click.
    Less Appropriate - If you want to save costs, go for direct cloud providers. Setting up technical stuff is a one time job.
    Incentivized
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    Elementor
    Wanted to create a website quickly and get it running within a week's time. The step-by-step guide on installing Elementor and creating the basic webpage was easy and time-efficient. Some of the advanced features can be time-consuming, but they are definitely worth it once you start creating professional sites. It fits in from basic to advanced sites; I don't think there could be any scenarios where it can be inappropriate.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    DigitalOcean
    • Automatic Daily One Click Restore Backups
    • Integrated CDN
    • Easy & Intuitive Alternate Interface to cPanel and WHM
    • Very Affordable for High Specs
    • 24/7 Customer Support is Extremely Helpful
    • Serve & Application Management is a Breeze
    • Choose from Multiple Server Locations
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    Elementor
    • Block code is very easy to work with.
    • They don't have support, per se, but they have a whole big group of users on Facebook who are great at helping each other out.
    • They have some templates you can use to just get going if you're in a particular industry that would probably work well with a template!
    • The price is really not bad for how much you get.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    DigitalOcean
    • Their free alternative to WP Rocket could be made more user-friendly and easier to understand
    • Create a function to automatically report heavy usage to specific email IDs
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Elementor
    • Occasional plugin conflicts
    • Occasional differences in appearance between the editor and live page.
    • Flexbox building has a deeper learning curve than the previous sections/columns builder. In-editor guidance would be helpful here.
    • Some options/widgets available in other builders aren't in Elementor, which means additional plugins are sometimes needed.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    Elementor
    Elementor is critical to our ongoing success and providing our clients with world-class websites
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    DigitalOcean
    They are constantly improving their dashboards and interface to make it easier to use and find the things that we use the most. It's a lot of features to pack in to one UI and they have done a great job of making it user friendly. Their layout is intuitive and easy to learn and is extremely granular. We are able to control every aspect of our websites and applications from an individual level from scaling, to cache, to DNS, security, WAF, and everything in between.
    Incentivized
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    Elementor
    1. Very intuitive user interface with very well organized options for basic and advanced design features 2. Integrates very well with wordpress and a variety of plugins 3. Vast collection of Elementor themes available in the market for the small to mid sized businesses who would still prefer desired internal control over tactical/relatively less complex website changes and thus reduce dependency /Expensive annual web design contracts
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    DigitalOcean
    Technical support is just 2-3 clicks away and the Cloudways homepage and the operators are available almost 24/7. They also are able to answer any kind of question related to their services, whether economical or technical. I sometimes made mistakes while using their services and they have been keen to help me, and fixed my problems really fast.
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    Elementor
    There support is slow and at times can be frustrating and this is why many prefer to air out their frustrations within the Facebook group community. I tend to give up as when I'm working on something and something goes wrong I need the help straight away. I do not have the patience to wait anymore.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    DigitalOcean
    No answers on this topic
    Elementor
    The business team has to stick to its core competencies - Our key turning point occured when we delegated webpage design challenges to a tech. firm with specific mandates (including a certain degree of internal control). Once the initial go-live was completed, the agency trained us on internalizing ad-hoc and tactical change work
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean: harder to set up, hands-on maintenance and controll, but needs work-hours of a linux expert. GoDaddy: absolutely worst of all providers, charges stupid people money for nothing-services. Horrible products in my opinion. HostGator: okay-ish hosting, nowhere to the power of Cloudways, the customer support also is much less knowledgeable. I would advise against all managed hostings. Go managed-cloud instead.
    Incentivized
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    Elementor
    Elementor is a bit of a different platform than, say, easyTithe, Robly, and Apptivo, but it is comparable to Shopify. I feel like Elementor and WooCommerce are a lot easier to use than Shopify, and it doesn't come with such high fees. For our business, it was no choice! Elementor fits great for our needs!
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    DigitalOcean
    • We were able to reduce load on our main server.
    • By migrating social sentiment platform to cloudways, we were able to scale and run it effeciently.
    • It saved lot of time as well in terms of server management.
    Incentivized
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    Elementor
    • Elementor has made it possible for our non-profit to stand out in the non-profit space in which we operate. Our website was highly flexible and looked great, which provided confidence to our donors.
    • Elementor has never been a weak spot in the security of our website. We've had several attempted attacks against our website and yet everything was remained locked down.
    • We have only used the free version of Elementor, so it has kept our costs low and allowed us to have a professional looking website, but being able to put more money towards our charitable cause rather than IT.
    Incentivized
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