Cloud Ways GCE Small, $ 33.30/mo. on Linux Cloud
GCE Small has been discontinued on January 7, 2026 (added ), Aggregate Rating (4.7 out of 10 from 6 reviews)
| 💪 CPU/Cores : | 1vCPU |
|---|---|
| 🔋 RAM : | 1700 MB |
| 🔌 Hosted domains : | unlimited |
| 🆓 free domains : | 0 |
| 📌 Dedicated IPs : | 0 |
| 💳 Payment Methods : | Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards |
| ✍️ Support Options : | EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7 |
| 🌏 Server Locations : | Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Germany Japan Singapore Taiwan United Kingdom United States |
| ⚑ Targeting : | US |
Original plan URL was https://www.cloudways.com/en/pricing.php#gce
📜 Plan description
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Account Management Dashboard
SSD-Based Servers
Dedicated Environment
PHP 7 Ready Servers
CDN
Pre-configured PHP-FPM
Dedicated Firewalls
Staging Area & URLs
Unlimited Application Installation
Optimized Stack With Advanced Cache
Built-in WordPress and Magento Cache
Easy DNS Management
Built-in MySQL Manager
5 Cloud Providers
60+ Global Data Centers
1-Click Server Cloning
1-Click Advanced Server Management
Server & App Monitoring (15+ Metrics)
1-Click Free SSL Installation
Auto-Healing Servers
Managed Backups
Regular OS and Patch Management
Free Trial Without Credit Card
Seamless Vertical Scaling
Multiple Databases
Launch 10+ Apps Through 1-Click
Multiple PHP Versions
24/7 Support On All Plans
Smart Assistant
Note: $0.033/GB per server will be applied for offsite backup storage.
Ever Ready Support
Peace of mind with 24/7 support any day of the year.
Pay As You Go
Pay only for the resources you consume with pay as you go billing.
Free Migration
We migrate your first website to Cloudways for free.
Free SSL Certificates
Secure your website with easy-to-install SSL certificates for free.
No Lock-in
Freely use our services without being tied up in a contract.
Unlimited Applications
Freedom to host unlimited applications on any plan.
Google Data Centers
USA - Iowa
USA - South Carolina
USA - North Virginia
USA - Oregon
Europe - London
Europe - Frankfurt
Europe - Belgium
Asia Pacific - Singapore
Asia Pacific - Sydney
Asia Pacific - Taiwan
Asia Pacific - Tokyo
24/7 EXPERT SUPPORT UNLIMITED APP INSTALLATION FREE SSL CERTIFICATES FREE MIGRATION
Account Management Dashboard
SSD-Based Servers
Dedicated Environment
PHP 7 Ready Servers
CDN
Pre-configured PHP-FPM
Dedicated Firewalls
Staging Area & URLs
Unlimited Application Installation
Optimized Stack With Advanced Cache
Built-in WordPress and Magento Cache
Easy DNS Management
Built-in MySQL Manager
5 Cloud Providers
60+ Global Data Centers
1-Click Server Cloning
1-Click Advanced Server Management
Server & App Monitoring (15+ Metrics)
1-Click Free SSL Installation
Auto-Healing Servers
Managed Backups
Regular OS and Patch Management
Free Trial Without Credit Card
Seamless Vertical Scaling
Multiple Databases
Launch 10+ Apps Through 1-Click
Multiple PHP Versions
24/7 Support On All Plans
Smart Assistant
Note: $0.033/GB per server will be applied for offsite backup storage.
Ever Ready Support
Peace of mind with 24/7 support any day of the year.
Pay As You Go
Pay only for the resources you consume with pay as you go billing.
Free Migration
We migrate your first website to Cloudways for free.
Free SSL Certificates
Secure your website with easy-to-install SSL certificates for free.
No Lock-in
Freely use our services without being tied up in a contract.
Unlimited Applications
Freedom to host unlimited applications on any plan.
📄 Editorial Review
Cloudways operates as a managed cloud hosting platform rather than a traditional shared hosting provider. Instead of renting space on their own servers, they sit on top of major cloud infrastructures – DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode / Akamai.com, AWS and Google Cloud – and provide a simplified control panel, performance stack and managed services around them. This makes Cloudways an option for agencies, ecommerce businesses, developers and serious bloggers who want the power of cloud servers without running Linux boxes themselves.The company started in 2012, co-founded by Aaqib Gadit and Pere Hospital, and later became part of DigitalOcean in 2022. It originally grew out of Malta and now runs under its US-based parent with a distributed team across more than twenty countries. The platform today powers a large number of websites and sits firmly in the managed cloud and premium WordPress hosting segment rather than the low-cost shared-hosting market.
Product portfolio and positioning
Cloudways groups its hosting into two main product lines:
- Cloudways Flexible – customizable managed hosting for WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, Laravel, custom PHP apps and multi-site setups. Customers choose the underlying cloud provider and instance size (RAM, vCPU, SSD, bandwidth etc.), and Cloudways adds its management layer, monitoring, backups, security and performance stack (the newer Lightning Stack, built around NGINX, PHP-FPM, caching and Imunify360 firewall). In practice this behaves much more like managed VPS or managed cloud servers than classic shared hosting.
- Cloudways Autonomous – fully managed, Kubernetes-based, high-availability WordPress hosting built on Google Kubernetes Engine with integrated Cloudflare Enterprise, autoscaling and load balancing. This line is aimed at high-traffic WooCommerce stores, LMS platforms and media or event sites with big, spiky traffic where autoscaling and resilience matter more than manual control over server sizes.
On top of these core hosting lines there are several add-on and companion services:
- Cloudflare Enterprise CDN add-on for global caching, WAF and DDoS mitigation.
- SafeUpdates for automated WordPress core, plugin and theme updates with testing.
- Malware Protection Add-on for proactive scanning and cleanup.
- DNS Made Easy integration to accelerate DNS resolution.
- Client Billing & Reporting for agencies that resell hosting and need automated invoicing and white-label reports.
- Cloudways AI Copilot, an AI-assisted troubleshooting and monitoring layer that helps detect issues in the stack and suggests remediations.
In everyday use, Cloudways functions as a middle ground between doing everything on raw cloud infrastructure and paying for very high-end boutique WordPress hosting. It removes most sysadmin work – OS patching, basic security hardening, performance stack configuration, server monitoring, backups – while still letting users decide how much RAM/CPU/storage they need and which cloud region to use.
Typical use cases include:
- Agencies who manage dozens of client sites and want centralized management, staging and client billing.
- Online stores (especially WooCommerce) that need strong caching, integrated CDN, autoscaling options and good support.
- Developers who want an opinionated stack (SSH, Git, staging, multiple PHP versions) without building it from scratch.
- Growing SMB sites that have outgrown cheap shared hosting but do not want an in-house DevOps team.
It is less suitable for users who simply want a very cheap shared plan with bundled domain, email and cPanel, or for workloads that fall outside the PHP/WordPress/Laravel/Magento ecosystem.
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- 🔧 Category: Shared Hosting
- 💻 OS Type: Linux/Windows
- 💰 Price: € 72.00/mo.
- 💿 Disk Space: 80 GB
- 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
- 💲 Setup Fee: free
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