Where is Cloudways located?

Cloudways is headquartered in Mosta, Malta.

How many employees does Cloudways have?

As of Sep 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Cloudways is 126.

Where does Cloudways rank among its competitors?

Cloudways ranks 1st amongst 24 active competitors, of which 2 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Hanami, which secured an undisclosed amount in Mar, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Cloudways?

Cloudways' top competitors include Sirius, Pagely and Genus. Among them, Hanami secured the most recent funding round in March, 2026.

Cloudways - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Cloudways is an acquired company based in Mosta (Malta), founded in 2011 by Uzair Gadit and Uzair Gadit. It operates as a Managed cloud hosting and app management platform. The company has 24 active competitors, including 2 funded and 3 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Sirius, Pagely and Genus.

Company Details

Managed Cloud Hosting Platform on top of cloud infrastructure providers - DigitalOcean, Vultr, Amazon, and Google. Some of the web applications available as predefined one click installables on the Cloudways Console include WordPress, PHP 7 (including Laravel Framework), Magento 1 and Magento 2, Drupal and PrestaShop. Every Cloudways server is a dedicated Debian 8 instance.

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Founded Year

2011

Location

Mosta, Malta

Stage

Acquired

Investors

Digital Rain Venture & 2 more

Ranked

1^st among 24 active competitors

Employee Count

126 as on Sep 30, 2026

Similar Companies

Pagely & 17 more

Exit Details

Acquired by DigitalOcean (Aug 23, 2022)

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Cloudways is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
CLOUDWAYS, LLC CIN: 4867518 , United States, Active	Aug 27, 2024	-	-	-

Cloudways got acquired by DigitalOcean on Aug 23, 2022.

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Cloudways is a funded company. Cloudways has 3 institutional investors.

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The founders of Cloudways are Uzair Gadit and Uzair Gadit.

Here are the details of Cloudways' key team members:

Uzair Gadit: Co-Founder & Director of Cloudways and founder of 2 other companies, Secure.com and PureVPN.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Uzair Gadit: Co-Founder & Director of Cloudways and founder of 2 other companies, PureVPN and Kill Ping.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Cloudways' employee count trend

Cloudways has 126 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Cloudways's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Cloudways include Sirius, Pagely and Genus. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Cloudways, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Cloudways 2011, Mosta (Malta), Acquired	Managed cloud hosting and app management platform	-	Digital Rain Venture, Gaditek & 1 others	48/100
2nd	Sirius 2021, Singapore (Singapore), Series A	Cloud based cross platform for code developement	$18M	Shinewell Trading, https://balance.enterprises ... & 12 others	47/100
3rd	Pagely 2009, Phoenix (United States), Acquired	Reliable managed WordPress hosting solutions for businesses, agencies, and enterprises	-	-	35/100
4th	Genus 1996, Lysaker (Norway), Acquired	Provider of low code application development software	-	-	26/100
5th	Forumieren Unfunded	Provider of hosting services for building and managing online forums	-	-	24/100
6th	Crafter.ai 2019, Milano (Italy), Unfunded	Developer of an AI platform for building custom AI agents	-	-	24/100
7th	MugiApp 2016, Itxassou (France), Unfunded	Managed Cloud Hosting	-	-	24/100
8th	Fortheon 2014, Dallas (United States), Unfunded	Cloud platform simplifying app creation, deployment, hosting, and scaling	-	-	24/100
9th	Mustang Cloud 2016, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Funding Raised	Provider of customizable content management system for digital news platforms	-	HHS	22/100
10th	Hanami 2025, Nago (Japan), Seed	Online collaboration and deployment platform for continuous integration and delivery of software projects	-	-	21/100