vioscaleAI
Comparison

DigitalOcean vs Exoscale

On the evidence we track, Exoscale leads this comparison with a composite score of 83/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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DigitalOcean64
★Exoscale83
Score
vioscaleAI score
DigitalOcean64 / 100low · 49%
Exoscale83 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✗
Model
DigitalOceanfreemium
Exoscalecommercial
Price level
DigitalOceanlow
Exoscalelow
Starting price
DigitalOcean$11
Exoscale–
Transparent
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓
Integrations
Count
DigitalOcean24
Exoscale2
Security
Disclosure policy
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓
Fedramp
DigitalOcean–
Exoscale✓
Gdpr
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓
Hipaa
DigitalOcean–
Exoscale✓
Iso27001
DigitalOcean–
Exoscale✓
Pci
DigitalOcean–
Exoscale✓
Soc2
DigitalOcean–
Exoscale✓
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
DigitalOcean–
Exoscale99.95
Status page
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
DigitalOcean6 items
Exoscale7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cloud infrastructure. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Provider tier
DigitalOceanHyperscaler
ExoscaleVPS / developer
Reach
Regions / global footprint
DigitalOceanMultiple global regions including US, Europe (Frankfurt), Canada, Asia (Bangalor
Exoscale5 European regions (Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia)
Compute
Bare-metal servers
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale-
GPU / accelerated compute
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓
Spot / preemptible pricing
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale-
Storage
Object storage
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓
Block storage
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓
Managed databases
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓
Serverless / FaaS
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale-
Network
VPC / private networking
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale-
Pricing
Free / low egress
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale-
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
DigitalOcean-
Exoscale-
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

DigitalOcean

A cloud platform providing compute instances (Droplets), managed Kubernetes, serverless functions, object storage, block storage, and managed databases. Designed for AI and machine learning workloads with GPU acceleration, spot pricing, and integrated end-to-end infrastructure.

Independently observed

Exoscale

Leader

European cloud provider offering compute instances, managed Kubernetes, database services, object and block storage, and GPU servers across multiple European regions.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

DigitalOcean

from $11/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $11/month. Free tier with $5 free credit available.

  • FunctionsFree
    • 90,000 GiB-seconds per month free
    • Per-second billing
  • Kubernetes$12/month
    • Free control plane
    • Free bandwidth allowance
  • Cloudways Managed Hosting$11/month starting
    • Scalable
    • Pay-as-you-go
  • Managed Databases$15/month starting
    • MongoDB
    • Kafka
    • PostgreSQL
    • MySQL
    • Caching
    • +4 more
  • GPU Droplets$1.91/GPU/hour with commitment
    • Multi-month commitment pricing
    • On-demand pricing available
as of verify ↗

Exoscale

Leader
from €0.01/moUsage-based

Pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing billed by the second, no upfront costs or commitments. Starting from €0.00729/hour.

  • Standard Micro€0.00729/hour
  • GPU A30 Small€1.226/hour
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✗
CLI
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
DigitalOcean✓
Exoscale✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • Kubernetes

DigitalOcean

44 total - 43 not shared
  • Docker
  • WordPress
  • GitLab Enterprise Edition
  • Supabase
  • RabbitMQ
  • n8n
  • cPanel & WHM
  • Plesk
  • 3CX
  • Jitsi
  • Appwrite
  • OpenClaw
  • Hermes Agent
  • Codex Universal
  • Grok Build
  • Coolify
  • Easypanel
  • Anaconda
  • SnapShooter
  • Simple Observability
  • IVP.ai | Deskless
  • WooCommerce
  • OpenLiteSpeed
  • Let's Encrypt
  • +19 more
Independently observed

Exoscale

Leader
4 total - 3 not shared
  • Rancher
  • Terraform
  • Karpenter
Independently observed
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