Cloudways vs. Elementor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cloudways
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Cloudways, 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
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Elementor is a Wordpress page builder and creative toolkit featuring a drag and drop live editor, 100+ widgets, and tools to landing pages and popups.
$49
per year
Pricing
CloudwaysElementor
Editions & Modules
Starting Price
$10.00
per month
Maximum Price
$274.33
per month
Personal
$49.00
per year
Plus
$99.00
per year
Expert
$149.00
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CloudwaysElementor
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
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.
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Community Pulse
CloudwaysElementor
Considered Both Products
Cloudways
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.
Elementor

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
CloudwaysElementor
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Cloudways
-
Ratings
Elementor
7.9
19 Ratings
2% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.919 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Cloudways
-
Ratings
Elementor
3.1
15 Ratings
84% below category average
API00 Ratings4.115 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings2.111 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Cloudways
-
Ratings
Elementor
8.1
29 Ratings
6% above category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.027 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings9.025 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.029 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.024 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings4.025 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Cloudways
-
Ratings
Elementor
6.6
28 Ratings
11% below category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings8.423 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings5.022 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings5.020 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings7.524 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings7.019 Ratings
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User Ratings
CloudwaysElementor
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(4 ratings)
9.0
(29 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(2 ratings)
2.0
(2 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.
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Elementor
I would recommend this for the ease of use and price. It is a good value for any website developer or designer to be able to create multiple websites a year with super simple coding. If you've got a way to speed up your website without using WP Rocket, then it's even better! I think this software is specifically made for someone with a coding background and would recommend that you have a background with Wordpress to make using this software even easier
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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
  • Easy to implement different sections of a page such as images, text blocks, forms etc.
  • There is a range of example pages available for you to change to suit your brand or to provide some inspiration
  • It is easy to add custom CSS (or similar)
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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
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Elementor
  • More Enterprise Features would be nice
  • More integration with 3rd party form plugins like Gravity Forms
  • Sometimes it gets confusing working with template features like headers. Editing in one place may accidentally affect the entire site and it is not always clear.
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Usability
DigitalOcean
No answers on this topic
Elementor
Elementor is one of those website builders that is really easy to get started with. The drag and drop features make it easy to create attractive and creative webpages for even the non-website designer. Some of the features available are not easy to find or easy to discover when you first start using Elementor. Practice makes perfect.
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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.
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Alternatives Considered
DigitalOcean
VPS and dedicated hosting are costly, Therefore cloud hosting provides a cheaper way to own a powerful server, and IP is dedicated as well. Cloudways was the decision because:
1) Easy to set up without any linux commands we can set up the server
2) Live chat for technical help. (Excellent agents, they helped out of the scope issues too)
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Elementor
Thrive Leads and thrive architect is a pain to update, they've changed version and name in recent years. I am unable to update because every time there was an upgrade or new release of the plugin it caused issues with my website's functionality which has left me stuck updating old versions that don't work anymore. With Elementor i haven't had this issue.
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Return on Investment
DigitalOcean
  • Massive ROI compared to Go Daddy's Server
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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.
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