WPOven vs Cloudways
WPOven is a better yet more cost effective Cloudways alternative. There are no Hidden charges when you host with WPOven.
Free Backups
Cloudways charges $0.033 per each GB of backup every time it takes one and bills the user at the end of the month.
While WPOven offers Free daily incremental off server backups with all it’s plans.
Malware Removal
While Cloudways charges for malware scanning and cleanup per site additionally, both these are available with all the plans with WPOven.
WPOven offers Daily Malware scanning and Free malware cleanup with all plans
WordPress Support
The scope of the support provided by Cloudways is very limited. It offers an advanced Support add-on
The paid support add-on option includes things like WordPress troubleshooting for themes and plugins, database related issues, performance optimizations etc.
All these support options are provided by default with all WPOven plans
Performance Comparison
Given below are the excerpts from a comprehensive hosting performance test done by Review Signal.
500-3000 Concurrent Users over 30 Minutes, 10 Minutes at Peak
| WPOven | Cloudways (DO) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Requests | 438,758 | 442,424 |
| Errors | 1 | 243 |
| Requests / Sec (at Peak load) | 342.95 | 331.95 |
| Average Requests / Sec | 243.75 | 245.79 |
| Response Time at peak load (ms) | 10,051 | 15,097 |
| Average Response Time (ms) | 370 | 1131 |
CloudWays’ load test started to show signs of load with increased response times going into the multiple second range with a classic increased response time as load increases
WPOven handled this test without issue. Good uptime, 1 cumulative error on the load tests. Great job.
Annual Cost Comparison
To put things into perspective we have done a small cost analysis of owning a 3 Sites on WPOven and Cloudways (Linode) with daily backups and advanced support provided.
We have given costs of both the Hobby and a Personal plan as both can handle such traffic and sites but depends on number of plugins and the type of site as well.
Plans for Personal use | |||
|---|---|---|---|
WPOven Hobby | WPOven Personal | Cloudways (Linode) | |
| Basic Plan Cost The Basic Amount you have to pay | 19.95 USD | 39.95 USD | 24 USD |
| Daily backups / Site / Month Assuming used disk of 15GB and 30 GB respectively | Free | Free | 15 USD / month |
| Advanced Support Addon Includes WordPress troubleshooting, database related issues, performance optimizations | Free | Free | 100 USD / month |
| Malware scanning and cleanup This Cloudways addon is only available as an annual pack | Free | Free | 149.99 USD per site per year |
| Annual Cost Annual Cost for 3 | 239.4 USD | 479.4 USD | 1017.97 USD |
For a Freelancer or an Agency with about 15 Sites with 300K traffic. | |||
WPOven Professional | WPOven Agency | Cloudways (Linode) | |
| Basic Plan Cost The Basic Amount you have to pay | 79.95 USD | 149.95 USD | 50 USD |
| Daily backups / Site / Month Assuming used disk of 50 GB respectively | Free | Free | 40 USD / month |
| Advanced Support Addon Includes WordPress troubleshooting, database related issues, performance optimizations | Free | Free | 100 USD / month |
| Malware scanning and cleanup This Cloudways addon is only available as an annual pack | Free | Free | 149.99 USD per site per year |
| Annual Cost Annual Cost for 3 Sites | 959.4 USD | 1,799.4 USD | 3,429.85 USD |
Feature Comparison
Given below is a feature comparison between WPOven and Cloudways.
Features | WPOven | Cloudways |
|---|---|---|
Server Setup | ||
| Dedicated VPS All plans come with a dedicated Virtual Server optimized for WordPress | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Dedicated Resources RAM, IP, CPU and Network resources are allocated from the start | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Server Stack The selection of best tools for best performance | Nginx+Varnish | Custom |
| Hardened Server Security best practices with firewall and DoS protection | Yes | Limited |
| Server Location Pick a location for the best load times | US,Europe,Asia ,& Australia | US,Europe,Asia ,& Australia |
Wordpress Setup | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number of Sites Build as many sites as you like, performance is limited only by VPS resources | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Number of Visits Visits limited only by bandwidth, if required more is available at low rates | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Daily Offsite Backup & 1-click Restore Amazon S3 based backup system in case things go south | Yes | Paid Addon |
| Daily Malware Scanning Anti virus and malware scanning, so you are not caught by surprise | Yes | Paid Addon |
| Premium Plugins Selection of best paid plugins available to give you that edge | Yes | No |
| Premium Themes Premium themes for WordPress to get your site looking amazing | Yes | No |
| Site Builder Custom built recipes having themes and plugins to create sites quickly | Yes | No |
Client Manager | ||
|---|---|---|
| White label client Panel Manage client sites using WPOven and let them mange them. | Yes | No |
| Support System Integrated support system for your clients . | Yes | No |
| Invoicing Basic invoicing to collect payments. | Yes | No |
Support and Management | ||
|---|---|---|
| Uptime monitoring We make sure your sites stay online no matter what | Yes | Yes |
| Optimization Support Together we can help make your sites faster for you | Yes | No |
| Developer Tools Developer tools like GIT , WP-CLI , SSH Access | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Setup Custom setup with tools like PageSpeed,HHVM,Redis,MemCache etc | Yes | No |
| Anti-Hacking Support Got hacked ?, Malware warning on your site ? ... no problem let us sort it out | Yes | No |
| Custom WordPress Dev Support We handle all issues from troubleshooting plugins / themes to DB related issues | Yes | Paid Addon |
| Free Migration Service Free migration of all sites to your server | Yes | Yes |
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