StackValue currently uses two approved affiliate relationships: Cloudways and AccuWeb Hosting (through Awin). The commission-earning links are disclosed in an affiliate box at the end of each page that carries them and use rel="sponsored". As of 9 Sep 2026 nine pages carry such links: Managed Hosting vs VPS cost comparison, Cloudways vs Kinsta pricing, Cloudways pricing, Cloudways Standard vs Premium, Cloudways on DigitalOcean vs Vultr, Managed DigitalOcean hosting, Everything except the server, Hetzner alternatives 2026 and Hetzner CX and CAX unavailable. The Managed hosting cost calculator deliberately carries no affiliate links at all. The first three each carry two links: one pricing link and one STACKVALUE sign-up link; the SUMMER404 sign-up links were removed when that code expired on 15 September 2026. Three of the others carry two each: one pricing link and one STACKVALUE sign-up link. Everything except the server, Hetzner alternatives 2026 and Hetzner CX and CAX unavailable each carry a single pricing link and no sign-up link. On the two Hetzner pages that link sits inside a paragraph which says Cloudways costs several times a Hetzner CX plan; the paragraph was written on 5 September 2026 and the link was added on 9 September 2026 without changing it. If you use them, Cloudways may pay us a commission at no additional cost to you. Promo terms are shown next to each code with the date we last verified them. AccuWeb Hosting, through the Awin network, has one disclosed link, added on 12 October 2026 to Hetzner alternatives 2026 in a paragraph that names it as one more provider to compare; that page also keeps its single Cloudways pricing link. If you use it, AccuWeb Hosting may pay us a commission at no additional cost to you. StackValue has no affiliate relationship with Kinsta; Kinsta links on this site are plain links to its pricing page.
Current affiliate status
These are application and enrollment statuses, checked against the relevant email or provider program information. “Approved” does not mean a link is currently live.
| Provider | Network | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudways | Cloudways | Approved; disclosed affiliate links live on nine pages (six with one pricing link plus one STACKVALUE sign-up link; three with a single pricing link; links counted on the date of the last page review below) | 9 Sep 2026 |
| AccuWeb Hosting | Awin | Approved (joined); one disclosed affiliate link live on one page (Hetzner alternatives 2026) | 12 Oct 2026 |
| DigitalOcean | Awin | Rejected; advertiser does not work with this publisher type. Awin publisher account remains active. | 1 Sep 2026 |
| n8n Cloud | PartnerStack | Rejected | 30 Aug 2026 |
| Kinsta | Kinsta | Rejected | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Hostinger | Hostinger | Not enrolled | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Contabo | CJ | Not enrolled | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Hetzner | n/a | No cash affiliate link used | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Vultr | n/a | No cash affiliate link used | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Akamai (Linode) | n/a | No cash affiliate link used | 31 Aug 2026 |
| AWS Lightsail | n/a | Not enrolled | 31 Aug 2026 |
Last page review: 13 October 2026. Affiliate links on every published post were counted that day; each program status above keeps its own Checked date.
What an affiliate relationship does not buy
- No vendor sees an article before it is published. Nobody is sent a draft or offered a change.
- Commission never decides the conclusion. Pricing tables use dated source pages and show the calculation so readers can check it.
- Approval does not prove product use. We label vendor-sourced prices, direct measurements and untested assumptions separately.
- No paid placement. A provider cannot pay to appear higher in a comparison or to remove an unfavorable result.
How to identify and avoid an affiliate link
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Corrections and questions
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