# Cloudways: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 1 category by 8 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudways

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Cloud hosting](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/cloud-hosting/index.md) | 2% | 7 | 0% | 11 |

## What the models said for it

- "either a managed provider like Cloudways or Atlantic.Net" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Cloud hosting)
- "Choose Cloudways when ease of administration is more important than maximum infrastructure control." (Perplexity Sonar, Cloud hosting)
- "Described as the best overall cloud provider starting from $14.00/month with managed services" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Cloud hosting)
- "Managed cloud hosting platforms like Cloudways (which aggregates multiple providers)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Cloud hosting)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Cloudways, from 26 of the 28 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- atlantic.net: 15
- forbes.com: 12
- cybernews.com: 8
- reddit.com: 8
- websitebuilder.org: 7
- hostinger.com: 6
- scalahosting.com: 6
- techradar.com: 6
- digitalocean.com: 5
- g2.com: 5

### Pages cited

- https://atlantic.net/cloud-platform/best-cloud-hosting-providers-small-businesses: 13
- https://forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-cloud-hosting: 10
- https://cybernews.com/best-web-hosting/cloud-web-hosting: 7
- https://websitebuilder.org/best/cloud-hosting: 7
- https://scalahosting.com/blog/best-cloud-hosting-for-small-businesses: 6
- https://techradar.com/news/best-cloud-hosting-providers: 6
- https://guideflow.com/blog/cloud-hosting: 5
- https://hostinger.com/tutorials/best-cloud-hosting: 5

## In its own words

What Cloudways's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Managed Cloud Hosting Platform Simplified (https://cloudways.com/)
- For: SMBs, agencies, developers, ecommerce, or online business (https://cloudways.com/)
- Price stated: Get 30% off on all plans. (https://cloudways.com/)
- Starting price: 25 (https://cloudways.com/)
- Free plan or trial: 3-day free trial, no credit card needed (https://cloudways.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS
- Hosting: over 200 countries, 150+ data center across the globe, 50+ countries, New York, Amsterdam, Bangalore, Frankfurt, London
- Customers named: Guru SEO Services

## What it publishes

Every page cloudways.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 558 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- case study: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 49 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.