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The Cloudways Free Trial vs the $30 Free Credit — Which is Better?
4 min read · 2026-03-11
Cloudways technically offers three ways to try the platform without paying: a 3-day free trial (no card), a $30 free credit via our 30FREE promo code, and the ability to combine both.
The 3-day trial is limited — no SSH access, no ability to migrate an existing site, and it disappears after 72 hours. It's fine for a quick look at the dashboard.
The 30FREE credit is much more useful. It gives you $30 of real hosting spend to use on any provider, any size, for as long as it lasts (about 3 months on a 1 GB DigitalOcean server). Full feature access, full SSH, full migrations.
Best strategy: sign up with 30FREE and skip the trial entirely. You get more time, more features, and no credit card required until the credit runs out.