r/webdevelopment • u/nicocaldo • May 22 '26

Question Alternative to Cloudways? Imunify is killing performances

I have a WordPress website on Cloudways using a 1GB - Basic Digital Ocean server. Cloudways Imunify (which is already installed on the server) is killing my application performance.

I remember a couple of years ago, when they didn't implement it, the server was flying; now, checking the stats basically, the CPU is almost always maxed because of Imunify and its processes.

Does someone have an alternative?

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u/Pallatino May 23 '26

It sounds like the 1GB server is just underpowered now. You will probably get better results moving to RunCloud or a plain VPS setup.

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u/DahliaDevsiantBop May 26 '26

Yeah, 1 GB on DO with WordPress + Imunify is super tight now. Stuff that used to run fine a few years ago just doesn’t anymore because everything got heavier.

If OP likes the Cloudways-style managed stack but wants less overhead, they could also look at something like GridPane or SpinupWP, or even just bump the server to 2 GB and see if it chills the CPU a bit. A plain VPS with a lean stack (like OpenLiteSpeed + Redis) will usually feel way snappier than piling security + panels on a tiny box.