Cloud Infrastructure · web hosting

Track your Cloudways bills and renewals

Cloudways, part of DigitalOcean, is a managed cloud hosting platform that runs PHP applications such as WordPress, Magento and Laravel on servers from DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS or Google Compute Engine. Next to this Flexible tier it offers Autonomous autoscaling WordPress hosting, Velocity for Node.js apps and managed hosting for AI agents, with an NGINX and PHP-FPM Lightning Stack.

Provider
Cloudways
Type
web hosting

About Cloudways

What people pay Cloudways for

  • Managed cloud hosting (Flexible)
  • Autoscaling managed WordPress (Autonomous)
  • Node.js app hosting (Velocity)
  • Managed AI agent hosting
For
Developers, agencies, businesses and AI builders
Part of
DigitalOcean

Cloudways pricing and billing

Pricing
Plans plus usage
Free plan
Free trial
Billed
Hourly or monthly
Plans
Flexible, Autonomous, Velocity
Paid plans from
$11 per month (Flexible Micro on DigitalOcean)

Flexible servers are billed hourly in arrears and invoiced monthly; Autonomous adds usage charges above plan limits; both have 3-day free trials without a card.

As listed on Cloudways's site on 12 October 2026 · official pricing. Prices change; confirm before you buy.

Tracking tip

Cloudways bills for what you use, so the amount changes from month to month. Record what was actually charged when each payment lands; your payment history then shows real costs, and Insights (Pro) flags changes of 5% or more.

How to track Cloudways in SysCost

SysCost keeps every Cloudways subscription in one ledger with the rest of your tools, reminds your team before each renewal, and converts every currency into yours.

  1. Step 1

    Pick Cloudways

    Add a subscription, choose Cloudways as its provider and give it your own name.

  2. Step 2

    Set the cycle

    Enter the amount, currency, billing cycle and next payment date.

  3. Step 3

    Get reminders

    In Slack, Discord, Telegram or email, days before each renewal.

  4. Step 4

    Record payments

    Mark each one paid, failed or skipped; unpaid ones show as overdue.

Checked to load on 12 October 2026. Sources: cloudways.com.

Cloudways and SysCost: common questions

Can SysCost track my Cloudways subscription?

Yes. Cloudways is built into SysCost with its logo: pick it as the provider when you add a subscription.

Does Cloudways have a free plan?

Cloudways offers a free trial rather than a permanent free plan, according to its website (checked 12 October 2026).

How does Cloudways bill?

Cloudways offers hourly or monthly billing, priced plans plus usage. In SysCost, choose the matching cycle (monthly, quarterly or yearly) and every renewal is projected from your next payment date.

Where can I check whether Cloudways is down?

Cloudways publishes a status page at status.cloudways.com.

Can I get a reminder before Cloudways renews?

Yes. Choose the days, for example 7, 3 and 1, and SysCost reminds your team in Slack, Discord, Telegram or by email.

Does SysCost connect to my Cloudways account?

No. You add Cloudways subscriptions by hand, from a CSV file, or by pasting a receipt into AI smart-add (Pro). SysCost never asks for your Cloudways login.

Is SysCost affiliated with Cloudways?

No. SysCost is independent; Cloudways and its logo belong to their owner.

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SysCost is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cloudways. Cloudways and its logo are trademarks of their owner and are shown only to identify the provider.

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