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DigitalOcean

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Available worldwide · Popular in: US

What is DigitalOcean?

Cloud platform providing compute, storage, managed databases, and AI/ML services ranging from virtual machines to serverless functions and managed Kubernetes.

Independently observed

DigitalOcean pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $0.05/moHybridFree tier

From $0 (App Platform, Functions) to $1.91/GPU/hour. Simple, predictable pricing. Free tier available. Multiple billing models: fixed, metered, usage-based, percentage-based.

AI Inference

$0.05/M tokens

Access to leading AI models with flexible deployment

  • Access leading AI models
  • Compare cost, speed, and capability
  • Deploy with single API
  • Pay only for what you use

GPU Droplets

$1.91/GPU/hour (multi-month commitment); $0.76/GPU/hour on-demand
monthly

GPU-powered virtual machines for AI/ML workloads

  • Run training and inference on AI/ML models
  • Process large data sets and complex neural networks
  • High-performance computing

App Platform

Free
Free

Fully managed infrastructure for app deployment

  • Build, deploy and scale apps quickly
  • Zero infrastructure management
  • Highly scalable

Droplets

Starting at $4/month

Highly-efficient virtual machines

  • Per-second billing with 60 sec minimum
  • Deploy in seconds
  • Scale up on demand
  • Run any workload

Kubernetes

Starting at $12/month

Managed Kubernetes for container orchestration at scale

  • Free control plane
  • Free bandwidth allowance
  • Automate and optimize to peak performance

Functions

Free
Free

Serverless computing and function-as-a-service

  • Focus on building great apps
  • Pay for what you use
  • Scale automatically

Cloudways Managed Hosting

Starting at $11/month

Pay-as-you-go managed hosting optimized for WordPress and PHP

  • Optimized for WordPress & PHP apps
  • SSD stack with PHP 8 & Redis
  • Unlimited apps
  • Git & staging

Databases

Starting at $15/month

Fully managed database instances

  • Fully managed and updated
  • Popular database engines
  • TLS/SSL encrypted connections
  • Application firewall
  • Customer-controlled users and permissions

Backups

20% of Droplet cost (weekly); 30% (daily); usage-based from $0.01/GiB/month

Automated backup plans for Droplets

  • Flexible frequencies from weekly to every 4 hours
  • Custom retention periods 3 days to 6 months
  • Fast and fully automated
  • Off-site encrypted storage

What DigitalOcean does

The capabilities that matter for cloud infrastructure, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Provider tier
Hyperscaler
Reach
Regions / global footprint
-
Compute
Bare-metal servers
✓
GPU / accelerated compute
✓
Spot / preemptible pricing
-
Storage
Object storage
✓
Block storage
✓
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
✓
Managed databases
✓
Serverless / FaaS
✓
Network
VPC / private networking
✓
Pricing
Free / low egress
✓
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
-
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
✓
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (3)

Independently observed
  • LangGraph
  • CrewAI
  • OpenCode

DigitalOcean alternatives

Other cloud infrastructure we track, ranked by the same independent score.

Independent · unbought · dated

The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for DigitalOcean, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 62 / 100
low · 41%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Reliability500.178.8✓
Capabilities1000.077.0✓
Pricing Transparency1000.077.0✓
Price Level800.053.8✓
Integrations170.091.6✓
Security Posture50.130.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"tier":"hyperscaler","bare_metal":true,"free_egress":true,"marketplace":true,"block_storage":true,"gpu_instances":true,"object_storage":true,"serverless_faas":true,"managed_databases":true,"managed_kubernetes":true,"private_networking":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count3mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
Availability{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 50%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 70%
Starting gbp0.05mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%