Cloudways Black Friday is the one hosting sale I tell people to plan for: the discount lands on a real cloud server, not a three-year shared plan that renews at four times the price. I saved Cloudways' own sale pages from every year since 2021. Last year: 50% off for 3 months plus 50 free migrations. The four years before: 40% off for 4 months. Below are every server at 50% off on today's prices, our load tests, and the signup-date rule that decides how much you keep.
⚡ Is Cloudways Black Friday 2026 live? Not yet, but a Halloween offer is live now. Cloudways opens its Black Friday sale two to three weeks before Black Friday: early access on 7 November in 2023, an early-bird deal by 15 November in 2024, and 11 November last year. Black Friday is 27 November. I update this page the day the 2026 offer goes live.
- 🎃 Live now, to October 31: 40% off for 4 months + unlimited free migrations, the same discount as Cloudways' Black Friday sales from 2021 to 2024. The code is applied by our link: check for the green "Promo code applied successfully" banner on the signup form. DigitalOcean 2GB $24.00 → $14.40/mo for 4 months, Vultr High Frequency 4GB $60.00 → $36.00/mo.
- Last sale (2025): 50% off every plan and add-on for 3 months + 50 free managed migrations, code BFCM5050.
- On today's prices: DigitalOcean 1GB $11.00 → $5.50/mo, Vultr High Frequency 4GB $60.00 → $30.00/mo.
- Smallest server? On the $11.00 DigitalOcean 1GB, the Halloween offer saves $17.60, so our
CLOUDS2022$30 credit is worth more there. See which one saves more on your server.
What Cloudways Includes
- Your own managed cloud server on DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS or Google Cloud
- Monthly billing: no contract and no renewal jump
- Free migration, staging, backups, SSL and Redis
- 0 failed requests in our load ramp up to 250 visitors at once
Cloudways Black Friday
- Live now: 40% off for 4 months + unlimited free migrations, to Oct 31
- Code: applied by our link
- Last sale: 50% off for 3 months, BFCM5050 (2025)
- Today: $11.00/mo, monthly
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The 2025 Offer and the Two Servers I'd Buy in the Sale
50% off for 3 months
- Every plan and add-on
- 50 free expert-led migrations
- New accounts only
The four sales before it: 40% off for 4 months, every year.
See Five Years of Offers
The cheapest server we tested
- 98ms with 100 visitors at once
- 0 failed requests on the full load ramp
CLOUDS2022's $30 credit saves more on this server than 50% off, and it works today.
Compare the Two Codes
Fastest of our four Cloudways servers
- 48ms response time from New York
- 74ms with 100 visitors at once
A repeat of last year's offer saves $90.00 on it over 3 full months.
See the 4GB Price BreakdownWhat Cloudways Offered Every Black Friday, 2021 to 2025
Each offer below is as Cloudways' own pricing and offer pages showed it during the sale. "Months saved" is the discount times the months it lasts: 40% off for 4 months equals 1.6 months of hosting at the normal price.
| Sale | Live from | Discount | How long | Code | Extras | Months saved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Late November | 40% off | 4 months | BFCM2021 | 1.6 | |
| 2022 | By 18 November | 40% off | 4 months | BFCM4030 | Up to 30 free migrations | 1.6 |
| 2023 | Early access 7 November | 40% off | 4 months | BFCM4040 | 40 free migrations | 1.6 |
| 2024 | Early bird by 15 November, ran to early December | 40% off | 4 months | BFCM4040 | Up to 40 free migrations; an early-bird version added $75 of credit | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 11 November to 5 December | 50% off | 3 months | BFCM5050 | 50 free expert-led migrations; plans and add-ons | 1.5 |
Months saved = discount x months. It ignores the extras, which matter most if you are moving several sites. Each year the sale has opened two to three weeks before Black Friday and run into December.
Cloudways' Own Black Friday Sale Pages, 2021 to 2025
The headline went up last year, from 40% to 50%, but the discount ran one month shorter, so it was worth slightly less in total: 1.5 months of hosting against 1.6. What did grow was the migration offer, from up to 30 free migrations to 50. If you are moving client sites in bulk, plan around that part of the deal.
Cloudways also runs sales outside Black Friday. Its summer 2026 offer was 40% off for four months plus 40 free migrations, the same discount as the 2021 to 2024 Black Friday sales. That saved 1.6 months of hosting against 1.5 for last year's Black Friday offer, with 40 free migrations against Black Friday's 50. November is not always the best time to buy.
Signing Up on Black Friday Itself Costs You Part of the Discount
Cloudways published the rules of its 2025 offer in its terms. These are the clauses that changed the saving:
- New accounts only. An account counted as new if its email address was not known to Cloudways before the promotion. Closing an existing account to sign up again did not qualify.
- Signups closed at midnight Pacific time on Friday 5 December 2025. The offer was on Cloudways' site by mid-November.
- 50% off your first three calendar months, on the hosting plan and eligible add-ons. The discount arrived as a credit on each monthly invoice, which Cloudways raises in the first ten days of the next month.
- The signup month counts as month one, even when it is a partial month. Terms example: sign up on 20 November, and November is your first discounted month.
- The 50 free migrations had to be requested by 31 December 2025. Cloudways' team queued them and gave a timeline.
- Not included: Cloudways Copilot.
Cloudways bills by usage and counts the signup month as month one. A server you start on 28 November costs only three days in November, and 50% off three days is almost nothing. Here is what last year's rules save on two of today's servers, by signup date:
| Sign up on | Discounted time | DigitalOcean 1GB ($11.00/mo) | Vultr HF 4GB ($60.00/mo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 November | 16 days + 2 months | $13.93 | $76.00 |
| 28 November | 3 days + 2 months | $11.55 | $63.00 |
| 1 December | 3 full months | $16.50 | $90.00 |
| 5 December | 27 days + 2 months | $15.79 | $86.13 |
Last year's terms applied to today's prices.
So under last year's rules the best day to sign up was the first day of December, not Black Friday itself. Signing up on 28 November instead cost $4.95 of discount on the smallest server and $27.00 on the 4GB one. Check the 2026 terms for the same clause before you pick a date.
Should You Wait for Black Friday or Use a Cloudways Code Today?
Cloudways takes one code per signup, so the right choice depends on what your server costs. Here is what THATMY30, CLOUDS2022 and a repeat of last year's 50% off are each worth over the first three full months:
| Server | THATMY30 30% off, 3 months | CLOUDS2022 $30 credit | Black Friday 50% off, 3 months | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean 1GB $11.00/mo | $9.90 | $30.00 | $16.50 | CLOUDS2022 |
| Vultr HF 1GB $16.00/mo | $14.40 | $30.00 | $24.00 | CLOUDS2022 |
| Vultr HF 2GB $30.00/mo | $27.00 | $30.00 | $45.00 | Black Friday |
| Vultr HF 4GB $60.00/mo | $54.00 | $30.00 | $90.00 | Black Friday |
| Vultr HF 8GB $118.00/mo | $106.20 | $30.00 | $177.00 | Black Friday |
- THATMY30: 30% off for three months on Cloudways Flexible. The best year-round code once a server costs more than $33 a month.
- THATMYCLOUD: our code for Cloudways Autonomous.
- CLOUDS2022: $30 of credit, about 2.7 months of the $11.00 server. Best for small servers.
How to enter each one, with screenshots of the signup, is on our Cloudways promo code page. If your server will cost more than $20 a month, a repeat of last year's 50% off beats every code; below that, CLOUDS2022 is worth more and you do not have to wait for November.
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Every Cloudways Server at 50% Off
Here is last year's 50% off applied to today's Cloudways prices, so you know your number before the sale opens.
Vultr High Frequency
| Server | Today | At 50% off | Saved over 3 full months | From month 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GB | $16.00/mo | $8.00/mo | $24.00 | $16.00/mo |
| 2GB | $30.00/mo | $15.00/mo | $45.00 | $30.00/mo |
| 4GB | $60.00/mo | $30.00/mo | $90.00 | $60.00/mo |
| 8GB | $118.00/mo | $59.00/mo | $177.00 | $118.00/mo |
DigitalOcean Standard and Premium
| Server | Today | At 50% off | Saved over 3 full months | From month 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard 1GB | $11.00/mo | $5.50/mo | $16.50 | $11.00/mo |
| Standard 2GB | $24.00/mo | $12.00/mo | $36.00 | $24.00/mo |
| Standard 4GB | $46.00/mo | $23.00/mo | $69.00 | $46.00/mo |
| Premium 2GB | $28.00/mo | $14.00/mo | $42.00 | $28.00/mo |
| Premium 4GB | $54.00/mo | $27.00/mo | $81.00 | $54.00/mo |
| Premium 8GB | $99.00/mo | $49.50/mo | $148.50 | $99.00/mo |
Cloudways Autonomous
| Plan (one website) | Today | At 50% off | Saved over 3 full months | From month 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth | $99.00/mo | $49.50/mo | $148.50 | $99.00/mo |
| Scale | $199.00/mo | $99.50/mo | $298.50 | $199.00/mo |
| Plus | $399.00/mo | $199.50/mo | $598.50 | $399.00/mo |
US dollars before tax. Last year Cloudways listed Autonomous at 50% off for three months alongside Flexible.
Pick a Cloudways Server for Your Site
| Your site | Start with | Today | At 50% off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blog, portfolio or small business site | DigitalOcean 1GB or 2GB | $11.00/mo | $5.50/mo |
| Busy WordPress site | Vultr High Frequency 2GB | $30.00/mo | $15.00/mo |
| WooCommerce store | Vultr High Frequency 4GB | $60.00/mo | $30.00/mo |
| Agency with many client sites | Vultr High Frequency 8GB | $118.00/mo | $59.00/mo |
| One WordPress site with traffic spikes | Autonomous Growth | $99.00/mo | $49.50/mo |
On Flexible you can resize later without moving the site, so on a budget start one size smaller; a busy WooCommerce store starts at 4GB.
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Four Cloudways Servers Under the Same WordPress Load Test
Each server ran the same WordPress test site. We measured response time (TTFB) from 10 locations at the origin server, with no CDN in front, a load ramp from 0 to 250 clients at once, and uptime over 54 days. Full test method: How We Test.
| Server | TTFB New York | 10-location average | 100 visitors | Failed requests | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean 1GB $11.00/mo | 59ms | 132ms | 98ms | 0 | 99.981% |
| DigitalOcean Premium 2GB $28.00/mo | 54ms | 121ms | 86ms | 0 | 99.985% |
| Linode 2GB $28.00/mo | 62ms | 139ms | 106ms | 0 | 99.979% |
| Vultr High Frequency 4GB $60.00/mo | 48ms | 106ms | 74ms | 0 | 99.99% |
Lower is better for response times. Failed requests are out of 8,250 on each server's full load ramp. The price under each server is today's normal monthly price.
All four servers finished the full load ramp without a failed request, including the $11.00 DigitalOcean 1GB server, which answered 100 visitors at once in 98ms. The Vultr High Frequency 4GB was the quickest of the four on every measure. For comparison, the shared plans in our Black Friday hosting comparison took from 240ms to 1400ms with the same 100 visitors. The full results are in the Cloudways review.
What Cloudways Add-Ons Cost at 50% Off
Last year's discount covered eligible add-ons too. Cloudways shows most add-on prices only inside a running server, not on its pricing page. These are the prices in the console of our test account, and what they would be at 50% off:
| Add-on | Normal price | At 50% off | When I'd pay for it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Enterprise | $4.99 per domain a month | $2.50 per domain | Yes for WooCommerce and busy sites |
| Malware Protection | $4 per app a month (1 to 5 apps), $3 (6 to 15), $2 (over 15) | $2, $1.50 or $1 per app | If you run plugins you do not audit |
| Site Manager Pro | $3 per app a month | $1.50 per app | For agencies doing many plugin updates |
| Advance support | $25 a month, already 75% off $100 for life | Check on the day | If you want help inside your application |
The Patchstack vulnerability scanner and managed WordPress migration come free; Cloudways support confirmed Patchstack in chat. Email is not included in any plan, so budget for Google Workspace, Zoho Mail or the Rackspace add-on.
How to Claim the Cloudways Black Friday Discount
- Wait for the offer page. Last year Cloudways put the offer on its homepage and pricing page, and signing up through the offer page applied the code automatically. This page gets the 2026 details when they are out.
- Pick your signup date. Under last year's terms the signup month is month one, so the first days of a month give you three full discounted months.
- Check the code is on the form. If you type a code yourself, it goes behind the small "I have a promo code" link under the signup form, and it has to go in at signup.
Where the promo link sits on the signup form. - Launch your server. Pick the stack, the cloud and the size. On the free trial, our account could launch only a 4GB DigitalOcean Premium server, with AWS and Google Cloud locked until a card was added.
The launch wizard on a trial account. - Add a card. Cloudways charges $1 to verify it and reverses the charge once the check passes.
The $1 card check. - Request the free migrations early. Last year they had to be requested by 31 December, and Cloudways queued them.
- Check your first invoice. The discount arrives as a credit on each monthly invoice. A credit code like CLOUDS2022 shows as a funds balance instead.
What a credit code looks like once applied.
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What You Pay After Month 3
After the three months you pay the normal monthly price, the same price a new customer pays. There is no renewal rate. That is the real difference from shared hosting Black Friday deals, which lock you into one to four years at a low price and then renew at two to four times as much.
| Vultr HF 4GB | Months 1 to 3 | Month 4 onward | First year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50% off | $30.00/mo | $60.00/mo | $630.00 |
| THATMY30 | $42.00/mo | $60.00/mo | $666.00 |
| No code | $60.00/mo | $60.00/mo | $720.00 |
Because billing follows usage, you can resize the server at any time: down if the site turned out smaller than planned, up if it grew. Cloudways also runs offers inside the console for existing accounts; on our test server it offered 20% off vertical scaling, the move up a size:
Cloudways Black Friday for Agencies
- Buy one bigger server, not many small ones. A Vultr HF 8GB server at 50% off is $59.00 a month for three months ($177.00 saved over three full months) and hosts many client sites; Cloudways charges per server, not per site.
- Move every client site inside the window. Last year's 50 free migrations let an agency move its whole book at no cost.
- Switch on per-app add-ons while they are discounted. Malware Protection is $3 per app at 6 to 15 apps, $1.50 at 50% off.
- Skip Autonomous for client work. Each Autonomous plan hosts one website, so ten clients means ten plans.
Who Should Buy Cloudways in the Sale, and Who Should Skip It
My Plan for Cloudways Black Friday 2026
If my server will cost more than $20 a month, I wait for the sale and sign up in the first days of a month inside the window, so all three discounted months are full ones. On a Vultr High Frequency 4GB server, the fastest of the four we tested, that was worth $90.00 under last year's rules.
For a single small site I don't wait: CLOUDS2022's $30 credit covers about 2.7 months of the $11.00 DigitalOcean server, which held 100 visitors at once in 98ms without a failed request, and it works today.
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Cloudways Black Friday FAQ
What is the Cloudways Black Friday 2026 deal?
Cloudways has not announced it yet. Last year's offer was 50% off the first three months on every hosting plan and add-on, plus 50 free expert-led migrations, for new accounts. The four sales before that, 2021 to 2024, were each 40% off for four months. Black Friday 2026 is 27 November. Until October 31, Cloudways' Halloween offer gives that same 40% off for four months, plus unlimited free migrations, through our link.
Is there a Cloudways Halloween deal in 2026?
Yes, live until October 31: 40% off for 4 months plus unlimited free migrations for new accounts. Cloudways sent it to its partners on October 19, and the signup form showed "Promo code applied successfully" through our link the same day. The code is applied by our link, so there is nothing to type. It saves 1.6 times your monthly bill: $38.40 on a DigitalOcean 2GB server, $96.00 on a Vultr High Frequency 4GB.
When does Cloudways Black Friday 2026 start?
Not announced. Last year the offer was on Cloudways' site by mid-November, and its terms closed signups at midnight Pacific time on Friday 5 December 2025. Under those terms the month you sign up in counts as your first discounted month, so an early-December signup got three full months at 50% off.
What is the Cloudways Black Friday promo code?
Last year's offer page applied BFCM5050 automatically when you signed up through it. The codes change with the offer: BFCM2021 in 2021, BFCM4030 in 2022 and BFCM4040 in 2023 and 2024. Until the 2026 offer is out, the best deal is Cloudways' Halloween offer, 40% off for 4 months to October 31, applied by our link. Our own codes also work: THATMY30 (30% off for 3 months), THATMYCLOUD (for Autonomous) and CLOUDS2022 ($30 of credit).
How much does a Cloudways server cost at 50% off?
On today's prices, a DigitalOcean 1GB server would drop from $11.00 to $5.50 a month, and a Vultr High Frequency 4GB server from $60.00 to $30.00. The discount covers three months, then the normal price returns.
Is Black Friday better than THATMY30 or CLOUDS2022?
Right now the Halloween offer beats both on most servers: 40% off for 4 months is worth 1.6 times your monthly bill, more than THATMY30 on every size and more than CLOUDS2022's $30 from $18.75 a month. Against last year's Black Friday deal: for most servers, yes. Over three months, 50% off beats THATMY30's 30% off on every size, and beats CLOUDS2022's $30 credit once the server costs more than $20 a month. On the $11.00 DigitalOcean 1GB server, CLOUDS2022 is worth more than the whole Black Friday discount, and it works today.
Can existing Cloudways customers get the Black Friday deal?
Not under last year's terms: the offer was for new accounts only, meaning an email address Cloudways had not seen before, and customers who closed an account to sign up again were excluded. Existing customers could still take in-console offers, such as the Advance support add-on at 75% off for life.
Does the Black Friday deal cover Cloudways Autonomous?
Last year it did: Cloudways listed Flexible and Autonomous at 50% off for three months. The terms excluded Cloudways Copilot. Autonomous starts at $99.00 a month today, for one website.
What happens to my price after the three months?
It goes back to the normal monthly price, the same price a new customer pays. Cloudways has no renewal rate: a $60.00 server is $60.00 in month four and in year three. There is no contract, so you can resize or delete the server at any time.
Can I try Cloudways before Black Friday?
Yes. The 3-day free trial needs no card. On our trial account it launched one server size in practice, a 4GB DigitalOcean Premium server, with AWS and Google Cloud locked until a card was added, which is enough to see the dashboard and test a site before the sale.