G2 Vendor Directory

AWS Direct Connect vs. Cloudways

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAWS Direct Connect

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Cloudways

by DigitalOcean

Overall rating4.64.7
Review count471,148
Ease of use8.59.2
Ease of setup8.79.3
Quality of support8.69.3
Meets requirements9.29.4
NPS74.35897482.477876
Small Business13.0%92.1%
Mid-Market30.4%6.5%
Enterprise56.5%1.4%
Total page views1273,241
Total LLM citations20830,531

AWS Direct Connect

AWS Direct Connect is a cloud service that establishes a dedicated network connection between your on-premises infrastructure and AWS, bypassing the public internet. This direct link enhances application performance by reducing latency and increasing bandwidth throughput, providing a more consistent network experience. By utilizing industry-standard 802.1Q VLANs, AWS Direct Connect enables private connectivity to AWS services such as Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and Amazon S3, facilitating secure and efficient data transfers.

Pros

  • Reliability
  • Scalability
  • Cloud Management
  • Performance Excellence
  • Security

Cloudways

Cloudways is a managed web hosting provider that frees businesses from hosting & server management with its suite of managed hosting solutions: Cloudways Flexible, Cloudways Autonomous, Cloudways Velocity, and Cloudways Managed AI Agents. Over 120,000 digital agencies, e-commerce businesses, developers, freelancers, and SMBs trust Cloudways to host their websites across 150+ available data center locations worldwide.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Easy Setup
  • Reliability
  • Helpful
  • Performance Speed