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Cloudways vs WP Engine: which is more reliable? (2026)

Cloudways and WP Engine are effectively tied on reliability (32.0 vs 30.5). Over the last 90 days Cloudways reported 12 incidents and WP Engine reported 20, with effective uptime of 93.40% and 95.37% respectively. WP Engine resolves incidents faster on average (21h 1m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

Cloudways

32.0/100

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WP Engine

30.5/100

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MetricCloudwaysWP Engine
Reliability score32.030.5
Rank (web hosts)#9#11
Uptime (90 days)93.40%95.37%
Incidents (90 days)1220
Partial / major outages55
Avg time to resolve1d 3h21h 1m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Cloudways and WP Engine differ

  • WP Engine reported 67% more incidents than Cloudways over the last 90 days (20 vs 12).
  • WP Engine fixes problems faster: 21h 1m on average, against 1d 3h for Cloudways.
  • Cloudways's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Apr 2, 2026); WP Engine's lasted 3d (Oct 15, 2026).

90-day uptime

Cloudways

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 7, 2026: no incidentsAug 8, 2026: 90.18% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 9, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 10, 2026: no incidentsAug 11, 2026: 77.28% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 12, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026: no incidentsAug 20, 2026: 98.73% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026: no incidentsAug 24, 2026: 96.63% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 25, 2026: 94.68% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 26, 2026 – Aug 29, 2026: no incidentsAug 30, 2026: 91.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 31, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 1, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026: 93.20% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026: no incidentsOct 1, 2026: 89.27% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 3, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 4, 2026: 95.72% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 5, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026: no incidentsOct 12, 2026: 20.85% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 13, 2026: 50.09% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026: no incidentsOct 20, 2026: 31.24% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 21, 2026: 8.39% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Oct 22, 2026: 0.00% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 23, 2026: 47.30% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Oct 24, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago93.449% average daily uptimeToday

WP Engine

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026: no incidentsAug 17, 2026: 94.85% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 18, 2026: 91.31% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026: no incidentsAug 21, 2026: 93.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026: no incidentsSep 1, 2026: 96.48% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 93.68% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026: 98.95% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 17, 2026: 96.07% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026: no incidentsSep 21, 2026: 92.42% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 22, 2026: 95.61% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026: 91.51% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 26, 2026: 97.89% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 27, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 28, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 29, 2026: 87.10% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 6, 2026: no incidentsOct 7, 2026: 95.28% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 8, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 10, 2026: 89.71% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 11, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026: no incidentsOct 13, 2026: 97.20% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: 90.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026: 72.39% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 16, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 17, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 18, 2026: 77.60% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 19, 2026: 87.91% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 20, 2026: 63.64% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 21, 2026: 74.08% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 22, 2026: 95.76% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago95.379% average daily uptimeToday

Recent Cloudways incidents

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  • Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 6h 3m

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