Secure Hosting on WordPress for Mission-Critical Websites

Give your site server-level protection that blocks threats before they reach WordPress. Firewalls, DDoS mitigation, malware scanning, and auto-healing servers are active from the moment you deploy.

*3-day free trial. No credit card required.

700M+

DDoS Attacks Mitigated

360M+

Firewall Events Blocked

520K+

Daily Login Attacks Prevented

All the Security Features Your Site Needs to Stay Protected

Not through plugins you install and forget, but through the infrastructure your site runs on, active before WordPress even loads.

DDoS Attacks Mitigation

Cloudflare Enterprise absorbs attack traffic before it reaches your server. Your site stays up regardless of the volume or duration of the attack.

Malware Protection

Proactive scanning catches infections before they affect your visitors or hurt your search rankings. Threats are flagged and resolved early.

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Server Firewall

Unauthorized traffic is blocked at the infrastructure level before it ever reaches WordPress. No plugin involved, no configuration needed.

Free SSL on Every Site

One click activates SSL on any site you host. Renewals happen automatically so expired certificates are never your problem again.

Self-Healing Servers

Failed server processes restart on their own. Most incidents are resolved before you receive a notification.

Automated Site Backups

Set a schedule once and backups run without any input from you. Restore any site to a previous snapshot in one click, anytime.

Login Protection

Two-factor authentication keeps accounts secure even if credentials are leaked. Any unrecognized login attempt triggers an immediate alert.

Application Isolation

Every WordPress site runs in its own environment. A breach on one site cannot affect anything else on the same server.

IP Whitelisting

SSH and SFTP access is restricted to the IP addresses you approve. Every other connection is rejected at the infrastructure level.

Pay-as-You-Go Plans That Adapt to Your Budget

Start with what you need today. Scale up as traffic grows, with no contract and no surprises.

Select Cloud Provider

  • Fastest growing & affordable cloud provider with high-performance SSD standard and NVMe storage premium servers across 9 locations. Select the perfect fit from their Basic, General Purpose, and CPU Optimized server lineup.

    DigitalOcean

  • Across 30 locations, Vultr provides standard servers featuring SSD storage and high frequency servers with NVMe storage powered by the fastest architecture available in the Vultr product lineup.

    Vultr

  • Popular cloud emphasizing consistent performance across 25 datacenters. Choose Linode if you wish top quality performance at a pocket—friendly budget.

    Linode

  • Flexible Amazon cloud compute (EC2) with configurable storage/bandwidth across 28 datacenters. AWS supports dynamic vertical scaling with options to both upgrade and downgrade server resources. Select the perfect fit from their Standard and Compute Optimized server lineup.

    AWS

  • Google Compute Engine (GCE) is an extremely powerful cloud hosting infrastructure with the efficient performance that comes with Google's brand name. With 28 datacenters, GCE supports dynamic vertical scaling with options to both upgrade and downgrade server resources. Select the perfect fit from their Standard, Compute Optimized and High Compute server lineup.

    GoogleCloud

Select Server Type

  • DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.

    Basic
  • DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.

    General Purpose
  • DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.

    CPU Optimized
  • DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.

    Standard
  • Standard

    DigitalOcean Standard Droplets, powered by 2nd generation or earlier Intel CPUs and standard SSD, are perfect for general-purpose workloads and all your applications, offering networking speeds up to 2 Gbps.

  • Premium

    DigitalOcean Premium Droplets are powered by 2nd or 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and faster NVME storage delivering higher network throughput up to 10 Gbps for your most demanding applications.

Micro

Suitable for personal websites and simple blogs.

$11

$11

USD per month

You pay $0.0357 hourly

  • 2GB RAM
  • 1 vCPU
  • 50GB Storage
  • 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
  • 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
  • Lightning Stack
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  • Unlimited Visits
  • Unlimited Websites
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Small

Suitable for growing businesses & moderate traffic.

$11

$11

USD per month

You pay $0.0357 hourly

  • 2GB RAM
  • 1 vCPU
  • 50GB Storage
  • 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
  • 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
  • Lightning Stack
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  • Unlimited Visits
  • Unlimited Websites
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8XL

Ideal for e-com stores and resource-intensive applications.

$11

$342

$342

USD per month

You pay $1.0848 hourly

  • 128GB RAM
  • 24 vCPU
  • 2560GB Storage
  • 11TB Transfer Bandwidth
  • 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
  • Lightning Stack
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  • Unlimited Visits
  • Unlimited Websites
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$0.033/GB per server will be applied for offsite backup storage.

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  • Free Migration
  • Free Object Cache Pro
    (Worth $95/Mon)
  • Free AI Copilot Credits
  • Lightning Stack
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  • Free Redis Cache
    (Worth $100/Mon)
  • Built-in Firewall with IP Blocking
  • Vertical Scaling
  • Free Advanced Staging
    & Cloning (Worth $20)
  • Free WordPress Vulnerability Scanner

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  • Free Cloudflare Enterprise (Worth $250/Mon)
  • Autoscaling
  • 24/7 Chat & Ticketing Support
  • Free Object Cache Pro (Worth $95/Mon)
  • Load Balancing
  • Built-in Firewall & DDoS Protection
  • Free Advanced Staging & Cloning (Worth $20)
  • Multiple PHP Versions
  • Free Managed Migrations

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Secure WordPress Hosting, Built to Scale

Security tightens as your site grows. More traffic, more threats — your protection scales with both.

No Compromise on Speed

SSD storage, Cloudflare CDN, and WAF protection work together on the same stack, keeping load times between 200 and 400ms while blocking malicious traffic. Your visitors get a fast, safe experience without you making any tradeoffs.

Secure Across Every Cloud Provider

Deploy on AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, Linode, or Vultr. Dedicated firewalls, SSL, and malware protection come with every server regardless of the provider you choose.

WordPress Multisite Hosting

Hundreds of concurrent users across a large Multisite installation, handled without breaking a sweat. Every site stays isolated, secure, and fast regardless of how much the network grows.

The Verdict Is In.
Cloudways is the Best WP Engine Alternative.

Cloudways stands out with faster speed, better support, and full control. It’s the smarter choice for users looking to move beyond WP Engine.

Paul D.

Creative Director & Owner

You pay for what you get. Instead of paying a low introductory fee and then getting high prices a year or two later, you just pay for what you need now. It’s easy to scale up and down. Cloudways makes cloud hosting easy to start. The process of setting up your websites and server is simple and quick. The UI/UX design is great too. Very intuitive and simple. It’s also fast and reliable which is something you don’t want to mess with for websites. Also their support team has been great. They’ve been quick to respond to any issues I’ve experienced.

Andrew P

TrustPilot User

Great support through out my entire experience, great price and my site never crashes. Thank you to Syed Aleem for informing me on any deals and promotions!

Paul D

Creative Director & Owner

You pay for what you get. Instead of paying a low introductory fee and then getting high prices a year or two later, you just pay for what you need now. It’s easy to scale up and down. Cloudways makes cloud hosting easy to start. The process of setting up your websites and server is simple and quick. The UI/UX design is great too. Very intuitive and simple. It’s also fast and reliable which is something you don’t want to mess with for websites. Also their support team has been great. They’ve been quick to respond to any issues I’ve experienced.

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Verified Trust Pilot User

Run, don’t walk to cancel your existing provider and migrate everything to Cloudways. You won’t regret it. These guys offer the best combo of services together and the best price around. And the sites you run are blazing fast with wicked good caching.

Mark M

TrustPilot User

Using Cloudways for about 4 years for my wordpress sites. Main site is 250,000 pageviews a month with a LOT of images. Fast systems with 100% uptime. The interfaces are awesome too. easy to use and informative. Support has been excellent for me. First off the first-pass bot system is literally the best in the tech industry and it amazes me how based off my simple question comment, how accurate and on-point the answers are. […]

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I want to give a quick shoutout to @Cloudways, the host of my site.With the events taking place this week, I’ve received nearly a month’s worth of traffic in three days. Their server is going strong, never slowed down and remains fast despite the pressure.Thank you!

John Saward

TrustPilot User

[…] In the last 25 years I’ve used various hosting and server management services and Cloudways remains my choice for at least 3 reasons: 1. The interface for managing servers and applications is clean and uncluttered and has a logical structure that makes sense to me. 2. Support services are friendly and knowledgable. When front support staff cannot solve an issue there are engineers for them to pass the requests through to. 3. Server performance is more than adequate for my clients’ needs. […]

Simple, Powerful & Autoscaling Hosting for WordPress

Get a hosting solution with zero configurations, 1-click operations, and zero downtime with autoscaling servers. Simply host your website and focus on growing your business, while Autonomous does the rest!

  • Go Hands-off
  • Truly Autoscale
  • Remain Highly Available

The Perfect Feature-Set to Deliver a Secure Hosting Experience

Get the best of all hosting features to pump your way up to the top. No more limitations; just a safe, fast, and scalable environment.

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Flexibility
Multiple PHP Versions
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Unlimited Application Installation
65+ Global Data Centers
Performance
PHP 8.1 Ready Servers
Cloudflare Enterprise CDN
Optimized Stack with Advanced Cache
Built-in WordPress and Magento Cache
NVMe-Based Servers
Ease of use
Launch 10+ Apps Through 1-Click
Staging Area & URLs
Easy DNS Management
Automation
1-Click Server Cloning
1-Click Advanced Server Management
1-Click SafeUpdates for WordPress
Automated Backups
Seamless Vertical Scaling
Security
1-Click Free SSL Installation
Dedicated Firewalls
Server & App Monitoring (15+ Metrics)
Auto-Healing Servers

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cloudways offers one free migration to all its users without any site breakages. Users can also migrate any WordPress site from an old hosting provider to Cloudways using the Cloudways migration plugin.

Yes, hosting for WordPress by Cloudways offers automatic backups and lets you restore them quickly with 1-click. You may also revert the backups with 1-click.

The Cloudways Bot Protection feature identifies any traffic surges, blocks malicious traffic, and reduces server resource usage to protect your WordPress website from attacks.

Cloudflare is famously known for its strong protection against DDoS attacks. And Cloudways has recently partnered with Cloudflare offering the enterprise solution for only $5 (instead of a hefty amount) to its customers. So, with the combination of Cloudways hosting and Cloudflare, you're secure from DDoS attacks.

Cloudways provides all the features required for the tight security of any WordPress website. With features like dedicated firewalls, IP whitelisting, regular security patching, WAF, two-factor authentication, and more, you can remain carefree of your website's security.

SSL establishes a secure connection between user and website that helps you transfer your data in encrypted form. Once the data is in encrypted form, it is difficult to read or convert, solidifying your WordPress website's security.

Take the following actions to make your WordPress site secure:
  • Install a WP security plugin
  • Install an SSL certificate
  • Ensure your PHP version is updated
  • Update your WordPress version, plugins, and themes
  • Use Cloudflare or any other tool for DDoS protection
  • Follow the below checklist to see if your WordPress is secure: Check if a WordPress security plugin is installed to block malicious traffic and attacks. Check if your WordPress version is updated and stable. Check if all your plugins are updated. Check if you are using any DDoS protection tool like Cloudflare.

    Cloudways provides WordPress security through managed cloud servers that include firewalls, free SSL, automated backups, two-factor authentication, and isolated application environments. These features protect your site from malware, hacks, and other potential threats, giving you a secure and reliable hosting environment.

    Migrate For Free Without Any Glitches

    We’ll move your first website to Cloudways from any web host for FREE (Without
    breaking your site hosted on the old host)