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Cloudways vs Namecheap Hosting: which is more reliable? (2026)
Namecheap Hosting is more reliable than Cloudways, scoring 89.2 vs 32.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Cloudways reported 12 incidents and Namecheap Hosting reported 1, with effective uptime of 93.40% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Cloudways | Namecheap Hosting |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 32.0 | 89.2 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #9 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 93.40% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 12 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d 3h | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Cloudways and Namecheap Hosting differ
- Cloudways reported 12× as many incidents as Namecheap Hosting over the last 90 days (12 vs 1).
- Cloudways had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Namecheap Hosting.
90-day uptime
Cloudways
Namecheap Hosting
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Cloudways incidents
- InformationalOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 6d 21h
- MaintenanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 3h 22m
Cloudways Website & Affiliate portal unavailable
Affected: Cloudways Home
- Major outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 2d 3h
Critical PHP Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities - Monitoring & Mitigations Underwayofficial update ↗
Affected: Cloudways Cloud Platform Console, Cloudways Cloud Platform Service
- Major outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 23h 46m
Autonomous: Partial Service Degradation – London Regionofficial update ↗
- Major outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 1d 6h
Rackspace Webmail Login & Mailbox Provisioning Issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: Rackspace Email
- Degraded performanceOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 13d 5h
Degradation Impacting Vultr Server Operations
Affected: Cloudways Cloud Platform Service, Vultr
Recent Namecheap Hosting incidents
- MaintenanceOct 31, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
[COMPLETED] EMERGENCY SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE ON SHARED SERVER 343| October 31, 2026
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
[RESOLVED] PHP Security Vulnerability affecting Hosting Services | October 21, 2026
Other web hosts to consider
- Flywheel · #2 · 100% uptime
- Pressable · #3 · 100% uptime
- DreamHost · #4 · 100% uptime
- GoDaddy Web Hosting · #5 · 99.49% uptime