Cloud platforms ranked on scalability, performance and management experience.
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Cloudways is a managed cloud platform that deploys on third-party infrastructure such as DigitalOcean and Vultr.
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Vultr sells unmanaged cloud compute, bare metal and managed databases billed hourly.
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Kamatera offers hourly cloud servers with fully custom CPU, RAM and storage configuration.
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VPSServer sells unmanaged VPS instances across many worldwide locations with hourly billing.
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Hostinger sells low-cost shared, cloud and VPS hosting through its own hPanel control panel.
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ScalaHosting offers shared and self-managed or managed VPS hosting with the SPanel control panel.
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FastComet sells shared, cloud VPS and dedicated hosting with prices that do not jump on renewal.
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TMD Hosting offers shared, cloud VPS and dedicated plans with free migrations.
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The leading providers in this ranking on the specs that decide most buying decisions.
| WhichHosting Score | 8.8 / 10 | 8.7 / 10 | 8.6 / 10 | 8.4 / 10 |
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| Plan compared | Flexible 1GB | Regular Performance Cloud Compute | Entry cloud server (1 GB RAM) | 1 GB / 1 core VPS |
| Starting price | $14.00/mo | $2.50/mo | $4.00/mo | $4.00/mo |
| Renewal price | $14.00/mo | $2.50/mo | $4.00/mo | $4.00/mo |
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| Security score | 9.1 / 10 | 8.6 / 10 | 8.7 / 10 | 8.3 / 10 |
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