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Quick answer
Cloudways fits developers who want SSH/SFTP, staging and infrastructure choice without taking full responsibility for the operating system and hosting control plane.
Why developers consider Cloudways
Flexible keeps enough of the infrastructure model visible for developers to reason about resources, providers and application placement while Cloudways manages much of the routine hosting layer.
What the platform helps with
- Access: SSH/SFTP and application/server controls support normal development workflows.
- Environments: staging and cloning help separate production changes from experiments.
- Provider choice: Flexible currently supports DigitalOcean, AWS, GCP, Vultr and Linode.
What still needs a plan
- Cloudways is not the same as root access to an unmanaged VM.
- Confirm any custom system-package requirement before moving a production workload.
- If your team already operates Linux infrastructure efficiently, compare the management premium with a raw cloud VM.
What to compare next
Read Cloudways vs DigitalOcean and Cloudways vs RunCloud.