Transparency alternatives to Cloudways
Other Cloud hosting vendors we measure, sorted by how much we found at them and not at Cloudways. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 34 that differ from Cloudways on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Cloudways has 7 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, No third-party tracking before consent, Notice before subprocessors change, Named privacy contact. The column “Found there, not found at Cloudways” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Found there, not found at Cloudways | Found at Cloudways, not found there | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exoscaleexoscale.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Exoscale | 87/100 | 6 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, +3 | nothing | Compare |
| Renderrender.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Render | 74/100 | 5 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, +2 | 1 Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
| Kinstakinsta.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Kinsta | 70/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, +1 | 1 Certifications named | Compare |
| DigitalOceandigitalocean.comSee also Transparency alternatives to DigitalOcean | 65/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | 1 Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
| Vercelvercel.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Vercel | 65/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | nothing | Compare |
| Railwayrailway.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Railway | 52/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | 2 Status page with history, Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
| Cloudflarecloudflare.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Cloudflare | 48/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | 3 Status page with history, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
| Hetznerhetzner.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Hetzner | 48/100 | 4 Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, No third-party tracking before consent, +1 | 3 Public pricing, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
| Scalewayscaleway.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Scaleway | 48/100 | 3 HTTPS enforced with HSTS, No third-party tracking before consent, Named privacy contact | 1 Certifications named | Compare |
| UpCloudupcloud.comSee also Transparency alternatives to UpCloud | 43/100 | 3 Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | 2 Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
| Herokuheroku.comSee also Transparency alternatives to Heroku | 39/100 | 3 Data location stated, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | 2 Status page with history, Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
| Tensorlaketensorlake.aiSee also Transparency alternatives to Tensorlake | 39/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Notice before subprocessors change | 3 Status page with history, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.