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Discover key differences between ServerAvatar and Cloudways. This comparison highlights two popular managed cloud hosting platforms. We’ve covered everything in detail to help you choose the best hosting solution for your needs.

Fundamentals

Let’s learn how ServerAvatar and Cloudways are fundamentally different while both ultimately allows you to host your apps on cloud.

ServerAvatar

ServerAvatar

Managed Hosting - SMB Focused

ServerAvatar provides you managed, hosting ready servers to host your favourite applications on premium cloud platforms.

Affordable

At ServerAvatar, we charge 60-20% markup on the servers compared to origin cloud platforms.

Self-Managed Addon Available

With Self-managed option, You can connect your own servers from any cloud platform or server provider of your choice without any restrictions.

Cloudways

Cloudways

Managed Hosting - Enterprise Focused

Similar to ServerAvatar, Cloudways also provides hosting ready servers from 5 premium cloud hosting platforms including Google Cloud and AWS EC2.

Costly

Cloudways charges 100% markup minimum, going to 300-400% for Google Cloud and AWS.

No Self-Managed Option Available

With Self-managed option, You can connect your own servers from any cloud platform or server provider of your choice without any restrictions.

Support Addons

Let’s see what you would pay on both the platforms if you want to get 24*7, high priority support.

ServerAvatar

ServerAvatar

Affordable Premium Support Add-on

ServerAvatar provides Dedicated slack support channel with 24*7 availability of ServerAvatar team for $99/month.

Cloudways

Cloudways

Expensive Premium Support Add-on

Cloudways premium support plans start at $100 and $500. And it grows based on your requirements.

Tech Stacks

Different tech stacks allow you to host different types of applications on your servers. Let’s see the tech stack options we have in both the control panels.

ServerAvatar

ServerAvatar

Optimised LAMP (Apache) Stack

A tech stack built with Apache, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB along with Redis, Git, and other required services.

Optimised LEMP (Nginx) Stack

A tech stack built with Nginx, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB along with Redis, Git, and other required services.

Optimised OpenLitespeed Stack

OpenLiteSpeed stack in ServerAvatar is specifically good to host super fast WordPress sites.

MERN Stack

A tech stack built for Node.js, MongoDB, Express.js and React. You can host Node.js based apps on this tech stack.

Cloudways

Cloudways

Apache-Nginx Hybrid Stack

Cloudways provides Apache-Nginx Hybrid stack where Apache works as a web server and Nginx acts as a reverse proxy.

No other tech stacks available

Other than Apache-Nginx Hybrid stack, Cloudways does not provide support for any other tech stacks. Hence, it also limits the variety of applications you can host on Cloudways.

Server Management

In this section, we will compare the core server management features in both the panels.

ServerAvatar

ServerAvatar

Database management

ServerAvatar provides comprehensive Database and user management with fundamentally secure setup and secured remote access out-of-the-box.

System User Management

ServerAvatar provides complete system user management. You can control access to SSH/SFTP as well as provide isolated environments for each site.

Cronjob management

ServerAvatar provides cronjob management with all the required features.

Automatic Disk Cleaning

One-Click or Automatic disk cleaning in ServerAvatar allows you to clean selected log files and temporary files to free up space for sites.

One-Click Server Troubleshooting

ServerAvatar control panel provides one unique feature that helps you find issues in any part of the server very quickly.

Ioncube Support

ServerAvatar provides one-click Ioncube installation to help you deploy sites that require Ioncube support.

Service Management

You can easily monitor (CPU and RAM) used by various services and also restart, stop or reload any service.

Automatic Site Cloning

The automatic site migration feature allows you to migrate your sites between servers with a few clicks.

Advanced Log Viewer

ServerAvatar provides an in-built log viewer that allows you to search and filter through logs to help you debug quickly.

Automatic Backups

ServerAvatar provides automatic backups for whole applications, databases or files.

Control Panel Access

Provide control panel access to user with URL, username and password. ServerAvatar account is not required to access the server.

Custom Vhost Configuration

In ServerAvatar, You can add additional configuration to your virtual host files using the file manager.

Cloudways

Cloudways

Limited Database Management

Cloudways does not provide database management options compared to ServerAvatar. It also does not provide remote database access out-of-the-box.

Limited System User Management

Cloudways does create seperate system user for each application and provide SSH/SFTP credentials for each app, but it is not as comprehensive compared with ServerAvatar.

Cronjob management

Cloudways provides cronjob management to execute scheduled tasks for your applications.

Automatic Disk Cleaner

Cloudways provide one-click as well as automatic disk cleaner as good as ServerAvatar with all the required features.

One-Click Server Troubleshooting

Cloudways does not provide any similar feature to one-click troubleshoot and find issues on the server.

Ioncube support

Cloudways provides Ioncube support and allows you to host applications that require Ioncube to function.

Service Management

Cloudways provides service management to perform restart/stop and reload any service.

Automatic Site Cloning

Cloudways allows you to quickly and easily clone PHP sites on same of different server.

Advanced Log Viewer

Cloudways provides advanced log viewer in sense that you can filter through logs. However, It only supports 1000 entries on web.

Automatic Backups

Cloudways provides a complete automatic and instant backup solution for your WordPress sites.

Control Panel Access

Control panel access or similar feature is not provided by Cloudways.

Custom vhost configuration

Cloudways does not allow you to add custom config to your virtual host file.

Application Management

Let’s learn how ServerAvatar and Cloudways are fundamentally different while both ultimately allows you to host your apps on cloud.

ServerAvatar

ServerAvatar

Database management

ServerAvatar provides comprehensive Database and user management with fundamentally secure setup and secured remote access out-of-the-box.

System User Management

ServerAvatar provides complete system user management. You can control access to SSH/SFTP as well as provide isolated environments for each site.

Cronjob management

ServerAvatar provides cronjob management with all the required features.

Automatic Disk Cleaning

One-Click or Automatic disk cleaning in ServerAvatar allows you to clean selected log files and temporary files to free up space for sites.

One-Click Server Troubleshooting

ServerAvatar control panel provides one unique feature that helps you find issues in any part of the server very quickly.

Ioncube Support

ServerAvatar provides one-click Ioncube installation to help you deploy sites that require Ioncube support.

Service Management

You can easily monitor (CPU and RAM) used by various services and also restart, stop or reload any service.

Automatic Site Cloning

The automatic site migration feature allows you to migrate your sites between servers with a few clicks.

Advanced Log Viewer

ServerAvatar provides an in-built log viewer that allows you to search and filter through logs to help you debug quickly.

Automatic Backups

ServerAvatar provides automatic backups for whole applications, databases or files.

Control Panel Access

Provide control panel access to user with URL, username and password. ServerAvatar account is not required to access the server.

Custom Vhost Configuration

In ServerAvatar, You can add additional configuration to your virtual host files using the file manager.

Cloudways

Cloudways

Limited Database Management

Cloudways does not provide database management options compared to ServerAvatar. It also does not provide remote database access out-of-the-box.

Limited System User Management

Cloudways does create seperate system user for each application and provide SSH/SFTP credentials for each app, but it is not as comprehensive compared with ServerAvatar.

Cronjob management

Cloudways provides cronjob management to execute scheduled tasks for your applications.

Automatic Disk Cleaner

Cloudways provide one-click as well as automatic disk cleaner as good as ServerAvatar with all the required features.

One-Click Server Troubleshooting

Cloudways does not provide any similar feature to one-click troubleshoot and find issues on the server.

Ioncube support

Cloudways provides Ioncube support and allows you to host applications that require Ioncube to function.

Service Management

Cloudways provides service management to perform restart/stop and reload any service.

Automatic Site Cloning

Cloudways allows you to quickly and easily clone PHP sites on same of different server.

Advanced Log Viewer

Cloudways provides advanced log viewer in sense that you can filter through logs. However, It only supports 1000 entries on web.

Automatic Backups

Cloudways provides a complete automatic and instant backup solution for your WordPress sites.

Control Panel Access

Control panel access or similar feature is not provided by Cloudways.

Custom vhost configuration

Cloudways does not allow you to add custom config to your virtual host file.

Security & Monitoring

Let’s learn how ServerAvatar and Cloudways are fundamentally different while both ultimately allows you to host your apps on cloud.

ServerAvatar

ServerAvatar

Database management

ServerAvatar provides comprehensive Database and user management with fundamentally secure setup and secured remote access out-of-the-box.

System User Management

ServerAvatar provides complete system user management. You can control access to SSH/SFTP as well as provide isolated environments for each site.

Cronjob management

ServerAvatar provides cronjob management with all the required features.

Automatic Disk Cleaning

One-Click or Automatic disk cleaning in ServerAvatar allows you to clean selected log files and temporary files to free up space for sites.

One-Click Server Troubleshooting

ServerAvatar control panel provides one unique feature that helps you find issues in any part of the server very quickly.

Ioncube Support

ServerAvatar provides one-click Ioncube installation to help you deploy sites that require Ioncube support.

Service Management

You can easily monitor (CPU and RAM) used by various services and also restart, stop or reload any service.

Automatic Site Cloning

The automatic site migration feature allows you to migrate your sites between servers with a few clicks.

Advanced Log Viewer

ServerAvatar provides an in-built log viewer that allows you to search and filter through logs to help you debug quickly.

Automatic Backups

ServerAvatar provides automatic backups for whole applications, databases or files.

Control Panel Access

Provide control panel access to user with URL, username and password. ServerAvatar account is not required to access the server.

Custom Vhost Configuration

In ServerAvatar, You can add additional configuration to your virtual host files using the file manager.

Cloudways

Cloudways

Limited Database Management

Cloudways does not provide database management options compared to ServerAvatar. It also does not provide remote database access out-of-the-box.

Limited System User Management

Cloudways does create seperate system user for each application and provide SSH/SFTP credentials for each app, but it is not as comprehensive compared with ServerAvatar.

Cronjob management

Cloudways provides cronjob management to execute scheduled tasks for your applications.

Automatic Disk Cleaner

Cloudways provide one-click as well as automatic disk cleaner as good as ServerAvatar with all the required features.

One-Click Server Troubleshooting

Cloudways does not provide any similar feature to one-click troubleshoot and find issues on the server.

Ioncube support

Cloudways provides Ioncube support and allows you to host applications that require Ioncube to function.

Service Management

Cloudways provides service management to perform restart/stop and reload any service.

Automatic Site Cloning

Cloudways allows you to quickly and easily clone PHP sites on same of different server.

Advanced Log Viewer

Cloudways provides advanced log viewer in sense that you can filter through logs. However, It only supports 1000 entries on web.

Automatic Backups

Cloudways provides a complete automatic and instant backup solution for your WordPress sites.

Control Panel Access

Control panel access or similar feature is not provided by Cloudways.

Custom vhost configuration

Cloudways does not allow you to add custom config to your virtual host file.

Team Management & Sharing

Team management features allow you to share access to your infrastructure with your team or clients. Let’s see how both the control panels differ in this case.

ServerAvatar

ServerAvatar

Manage Multiple Teams

In ServerAvatar, You can create multiple organisations to manage multiple teams.

Roles and Permissions

ServerAvatar provides detailed permission management to ensure controlled access to the servers.

White-Labelled Control Panels for Clients

In addition, ServerAvatar also allows you to white-label the server control panels and share them with clients.

Cloudways

Cloudways

Manage Multiple Teams

In Cloudways, You can manage multiple teams to provide access to colleagues.

Control Access with Permissions

Cloudways offers limited roles and does not provide permission management. Roles are very specific and rigid.

White-Labelled Control Panels for clients

Cloudways does not offer you any white-label option as of now.

Monitoring

Monitoring in this case can mean a lot of things. In this section, we will see what kind of monitoring capabilities both the platforms provide.

ServerAvatar

ServerAvatar

Basic Server Monitoring

Basic server monitoring includes server resource monitoring like CPU, RAM and disk.

Request Monitoring

ServerAvatar provides comprehensive request monitoring suite that allows you to visualise your log files.

Error Monitoring

ServerAvatar monitors all the requests that your server handles and provides you detailed information on error throwing pages.

Cloudways

Cloudways

Basic Server Monitoring

Basic server monitoring includes server resource monitoring like CPU, RAM and disk.

Limited Request Monitoring

Cloudways provides limited request monitoring features with basic information about requests managed by your servers.

Very Limited error Monitoring

In comparison with ServerAvatar, Cloudways provides very limited error monitoring information about your sites.

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