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DigitalOcean App Platform

www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform · Application platforms
SEPT 2026 audit

Managed platform that builds and runs apps from a Git repository or a container image, with per-container pricing and a free tier for static sites.

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Entry paid plan$5.00 per month for the smallest container: 1 shared vCPU, 512 MiB of RAM and 50 GiB of bandwidth.
RegionsThirteen regions: NYC, AMS, SFO, SGP, LON, FRA, TOR, BLR, SYD, ATL, RIC, MKC and MEM. The availability table marks dynamic and static-site components separately, but those marks are images, so which app type is offered where is not readable as text.
Free tierYes
CategoryApplication platforms

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Apps deployed from a Git repository or a container image where a flat per-container price is easier to reason about than usage metering — $5 a month buys 1 shared vCPU, 512 MiB and 50 GiB of bandwidth.

Consider something else if…

The free tier covers static sites only, three apps with no running service, and autoscaling is listed only against the dedicated container sizes — a small service scales by hand or not at all.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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Pricing
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Free tierYes
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What the free plan includesUp to three apps that use only static site components. Anything with a running service falls outside the free tier.
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Entry paid plan$5.00 per month for the smallest container: 1 shared vCPU, 512 MiB of RAM and 50 GiB of bandwidth.
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  • App Platform Pricing — DigitalOcean Documentation ↗

    “the table below shows monthly pricing per container and available container sizes. api/cli slug cpus ram bandwidth allowance price manual scaling auto scaling apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb 1 shared 512 mib 50 gib per month $5.00 per month no no”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs

Limits
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Memory (entry plan)512 MiB on the $5.00 container, the cheapest paid size; 1 GiB from $10.00.
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Included bandwidth50 GiB a month on the $5.00 container, rising with size to 900 GiB on the largest dedicated one.
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Infrastructure
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AutoscalingLimited
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RegionsThirteen regions: NYC, AMS, SFO, SGP, LON, FRA, TOR, BLR, SYD, ATL, RIC, MKC and MEM. The availability table marks dynamic and static-site components separately, but those marks are images, so which app type is offered where is not readable as text.
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  • App Platform Availability — DigitalOcean Documentation ↗

    “App Platform is a fully managed Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that deploys applications from Git repositories or container images. [...] App Type NYC AMS SFO SGP LON FRA TOR BLR SYD ATL RIC MKC MEM Dynamic Static Site”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs

Uptime SLA99.95% monthly uptime, promised separately for each App Platform App Component Instance rather than for the account. Below it, service credits run 10%, 30% and upward as the month gets worse.
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  • App Platform SLA — DigitalOcean ↗

    “applies separately to each App Platform App Component Instance associated with your Account (each an "App Platform ACI"). [...] DigitalOcean will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide a Monthly Uptime Percentage of 99.95% for each App Platform ACI.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official site

Support
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Support on entry paid planThe DigitalOcean account-level support plans, not an App Platform product: free ticket-based support 24/7 for everyone, then Developer $24/month, Standard $99/month with live chat, Premium $999/month with a dedicated Slack channel.
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  • Support Plans — DigitalOcean Documentation ↗

    “DigitalOcean provides free ticket-based support to all customers, accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We also offer paid support plans with quicker response times, live chat, access to Solution Architects, and more. [...] Support Plan Starter Developer Standard Premium Price Free $24.00 per month $99.00 per month $999.00 per month”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs

Response time commitmentUnder 8 hours on Developer ($24/month), the cheapest paid support plan; under 24 hours free, under 2 hours on Standard, under 30 minutes on Premium. Account-level and not severity-based.
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  • Support Plans — DigitalOcean Documentation ↗

    “Response Time < 24 hours < 8 hours < 2 hours < 30 minutes [...] We do not offer different support request response times based on the severity of an issue. Response times are based on the level of support you are subscribed to.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs

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