Comments on: Cloudways vs Runcloud: An Honest Review

By: Kingsley Felix

Kingsley Felix — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 08:50:09 +0000

I currently use SpinupWP because its tailored towards WP but to add extra server cost $5 now I am looking at Runcloud. As an alternative I previously used Cloudways.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:47:49 +0000

How do both services handle custom nameservers and DNS management?

If one is hosting customer websites, as I suspect many are, what options are available for both to manage the nameservers and DNS for those customers?

Thanks in advance.

By: Julian Song

Julian Song — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 02:50:50 +0000

I guess most of us that use RunCloud most likely paid for annual subscription, which is only USD12.5 per mouth.

By: Colin Newcomer

Colin Newcomer — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:46:21 +0000

In reply to Gene.

Do you mean sending emails or email hosting? RunCloud has plans to offer a similar server-level SMTP tool as Cloudways but it’s not out yet. For now you need to use an SMTP plugin on each site. Not a huge deal but not as convenient.

For email hosting, I’d rather use an external service anyway so I don’t think that’s a big deal either way. I’m not sure how Cloudways’ Rackspace integration makes life easier, though I never really checked into it.

By: Gene

Gene — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:13:23 +0000

Thanks for the thorough review Colin! I’m currently using Cloudways and have been very happy with the service for the most part… although I have been looking at RunCloud as an alternative as well… as mentioned, once you have multiple servers the pricing increases quite a bit for Cloudways… My main concern with RunCloud is the setup of email. I like that Cloudways offer a simple option to connect to a third-party email service. Do you know if RunCloud offers something similar? Searching email in their knowledgebase did not yield any results…