Vultr vs Cloudways
Zero of fourteen models named Vultr first on the direct prompt; one named Cloudways. Vultr was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Cloudways by eight and Vultr carries 24 labels and Cloudways 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the cloud hosting page.
By framing
VultrFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCloudways
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Vultr and Cloudways were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 69 answers naming Vultr and the 28 naming Cloudways. In those answers Cloudways took the first choice three times and Vultr two.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | |||
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.20 | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | ||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
Vultr Cloudways first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Vultr on the left and Cloudways on the right.The direct prompt
Cloudways first, Vultr not the choice
1 of 14 modelsVultr was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Vultr2%#6 of 14Cloudways2%#7 of 14Vultr0%#– of 8Cloudways—not namedWhat the models said about Vultr
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“unexpected account suspensions, payment blocks, unreasonable verification demands” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Vultr scored only 1.5/5 based on customer reviews” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Linode (Akamai) or Vultr are often praised for better support than DigitalOcean” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“DigitalOcean or Vultr are often the best starting points” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Vultr: Most data center locations (30+), very competitive pricing starting at $2.50/month” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · alternative
What the models said about Cloudways
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“either a managed provider like Cloudways or Atlantic.Net” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Cloudways when ease of administration is more important than maximum infrastructure control.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · alternative
“Described as the best overall cloud provider starting from $14.00/month with managed services” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.