Cloudways bundles the managed-hosting relationship; RunCloud manages servers you control. The deciding factor is whether owning the infrastructure account is a feature or extra work for you.
| Question | Cloudways | RunCloud |
|---|---|---|
| What are you buying? | Managed cloud platform with Flexible and Autonomous routes | A server-management control panel used with cloud infrastructure you choose and provision |
| Where Cloudways stands out | Cloudways is stronger when you want infrastructure and management purchased as one hosted service, with support and billing centered in one platform. | — |
| Where RunCloud stands out | — | RunCloud is stronger when you want to bring your own cloud provider, retain more server ownership and use a control layer to reduce SysAdmin work without giving up that infrastructure relationship. |
| What decides it | How much infrastructure choice and server responsibility do you want? | Does this platform's specialization fit your workload better? |
When Cloudways is the better fit
Cloudways is stronger when you want infrastructure and management purchased as one hosted service, with support and billing centered in one platform.
When RunCloud is the better fit
RunCloud is stronger when you want to bring your own cloud provider, retain more server ownership and use a control layer to reduce SysAdmin work without giving up that infrastructure relationship.
Do not compare the smallest advertised number
Normalize the management burden, contract term, renewal pricing, number of sites, traffic or bandwidth limits, backups, CDN, email and support. Two plans with similar monthly prices can place very different amounts of work on your team.
Bottom line
Cloudways bundles the managed-hosting relationship; RunCloud manages servers you control. The deciding factor is whether owning the infrastructure account is a feature or extra work for you.