Cloudways vs MassiveGRID: Complete Comparison (2026)
An in-depth comparison of Cloudways and MassiveGRID to help you choose the right tool for your business.
Last updated: November 2026
Cloudways
7/10
Managed cloud hosting platform that runs WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Laravel and PHP apps on DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS or Google Cloud servers.
MassiveGRID
5.9/10
MassiveGRID sells high-availability cloud VPS, managed cloud and dedicated servers, cPanel hosting, PaaS and private cloud to businesses from four data center locations.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7/10 | 5.9/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 3/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Customization | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Ease of Use | 8/10 | 5/10 |
| Integration | 7/10 | 4/10 |
| Reliability | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Scalability | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Security | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $14/mo Flexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $2/mo cPanel Hosting (from) |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | $14/mo Flexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $2/mo cPanel Hosting (from) |
| Features | ||
| Automatic Backups | ||
| DDoS Protection | ||
| Free SSL Certificates | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| VPS Hosting | ||
| API and CLI | Not listed | |
| Cloud Compute | Not listed | |
| Content Delivery Network | Not listed | |
| Dedicated Servers | Not listed | |
| Git Deployments | Not listed | |
| Managed WordPress | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
Cloudways vs MassiveGRID cost by team size
MassiveGRID costs less at every team size we checked.
| Team size | Cloudways | MassiveGRID |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | $14/moFlexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $2/mocPanel Hosting (from) |
| 5 users | $14/moFlexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $2/mocPanel Hosting (from) |
| 10 users | $14/moFlexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $2/mocPanel Hosting (from) |
| 25 users | $14/moFlexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $2/mocPanel Hosting (from) |
| 50 users | $14/moFlexible Micro (DigitalOcean) | $2/mocPanel Hosting (from) |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Cloudways
- Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 3/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (8/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for agencies (9/10 vs 6/10)
Why choose MassiveGRID
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: $2/mo vs $14/mo
Pros & Cons
Cloudways
Pros
- You can choose from five cloud providers and more than 50 locations from one control panel.
- Hourly pay-as-you-go billing, with a 5-day trial that needs no credit card.
- Every server includes free SSL, Layer 3 and 4 DDoS mitigation, a firewall and offsite backups.
- Agencies get one-click staging, cloning and Git auto-deployment for many client sites.
- Ratings are strong, at about 4.7 on G2 and 4.6 on Trustpilot.
Cons
- Email hosting and domain registration are not included.
- Billing gets hard to track once add-ons and bandwidth overages are added, and some reviewers report charges after cancelling.
- Some reviewers say support quality has dropped since the DigitalOcean acquisition.
- Power users report limited low-level control.
- Phone support requires a paid premium support add-on.
MassiveGRID
Pros
- Proxmox HA clustering with 3x Ceph replication restarts VMs automatically after a node failure, and it backs a 100% uptime SLA.
- 12 Tbps DDoS protection is included on every plan at no extra cost.
- Entry Cloud VPS is cheap at $3.99 a month, with discounts of up to 40% for 36-month terms.
- The product range is broad, covering cPanel and Forex VPS through to OpenShift, private cloud and colocation.
- The company states ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certification.
Cons
- Only four server locations: New York, London, Frankfurt and Singapore.
- Reviewers flag high renewal pricing.
- One reviewer waited more than 48 hours for an email support reply.
- No public documentation for an API, object storage or managed databases.
- A long-time customer on LowEndTalk reported continuous packet loss starting in late 2024.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Cloudways scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7/10 against 5.9/10 for MassiveGRID. The largest gap is in Analytics: 7/10 for Cloudways and 3/10 for MassiveGRID.
MassiveGRID costs less for 10 users: about $2/mo on its cPanel Hosting (from) plan, against about $14/mo on its Flexible Micro (DigitalOcean) plan for Cloudways, billed monthly.
No, neither Cloudways nor MassiveGRID lists a free plan.
Cloudways is the better fit for agencies: we rate it 9/10 for them, against 6/10 for MassiveGRID.
