Cloudways, part of DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DOCN), a scalable cloud for digital native enterprises, today announced general availability of Velocity, a new managed Node.js hosting offering. Velocity combines infrastructure simplicity with VPS-like control and predictable economics in order to help teams move applications into production with reduced server administration.
The new managed Node.js hosting offering helps developers and agencies deploy production-ready applications, without unpredictable usage-based bills or operational burden of managing infrastructure.
The launch extends Cloudways managed hosting experience beyond WordPress and into modern application workloads, giving both new and existing customers simpler and faster way from code to production. Developers and builders currently have to choose between serverless platforms that can become restrictive, unpredictable at scale and costly with raw VPS infrastructure that requires more operational work.
Velocity sits between those two models; Node.js applications can now be deployed through Git, while Cloudways manages infrastructure tasks including server maintenance, patching, SSL and backups.
As AI-assisted development tools accelerate prototyping, teams need clear path to running and maintaining applications in production. Developers must balance convenience of managed platforms with requirements for cost visibility and control. Agencies face additional challenge: keeping hosting costs predictable so they can price client work confidently and protect margins on fixed-priced retainers.
Velocity addresses these needs with managed, persistent infrastructure and flat, predictable monthly pricing, giving teams greater visibility into hosting costs and reducing day-to-day operational work.
Built for production Node.js applications: Velocity supports Server-Side Rendered (SSR) and Client-Side Rendered (CSR) applications, alongside Express-based API backends and Next.JS. Git-based deployment and framework-specific onboarding help developers move from code to production without having to administer PM2, NGINX or day-to-day server administration themselves.
For agencies already using Cloudways for WordPress, Velocity provides route to hosting headless builds, modern JavaScript frontends and standalone applications without introducing another hosting vendor.
One early customer illustrates how approach can simplify production Node.js hosting. UK-based ecommerce agency Regal IT selected Velocity to take its RMA Pro Shopify application from local development into production.
"Developers and agencies tell us they want predictable hosting costs, less infrastructure work, while keeping control of their applications, services and deployments. Velocity brings those needs together in a managed Node.js offering that helps them move from development to production," said Suhaib Zaheer, SVP & General Manager at Cloudways by DigitalOcean.
Velocity is generally available from September 14th, 2026; plans start at $20 per month.
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