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www.digitalocean.com · VPS and cloud
SEPT 2026 audit

Cloud infrastructure provider offering Linux virtual machines, managed databases, object storage and an app platform across global datacenter regions.

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Live sites detected2,189,877via BuiltWith
Entry paid plan$4.00
RegionsThirteen regions holding 16 datacenters: New York City (NYC1, NYC2, NYC3), Amsterdam (AMS3), San Francisco (SFO2, SFO3), Singapore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Bangalore, Sydney, Atlanta, Richmond, Kansas City and Memphis.
Free tierYes — App Platform static sites only: up to three static-site-only apps, 1 GiB outbound data each

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 38 criteria comparedSources last checked

DigitalOcean pricing at a glance

Entry paid plan
$4.00 source ↗
Pricing model
billed per second with a minimum charge of 60 seconds or $0.01, whichever is higher source ↗
Egress over allowance
$0.01 per GiB (Droplets); inbound transfer is free and allowances pool across the team source ↗
When you exceed a cap
Billed automatically — outbound transfer beyond the pooled plan allowance is charged at $0.01 per GiB; inbound transfer is free source ↗

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DigitalOcean plans and prices

Basic Droplets (Regular CPU)Shared-CPU virtual machines. Billed per second from January 2026, with a minimum charge of 60 seconds or $0.01.
MemoryvCPUSSDTransferMonthlyHourly
512 MiB1 vCPU10 GiB500 GiB$4.00 a month$0.00595 an hour
1 GiB1 vCPU25 GiB1,000 GiB$6.00 a month$0.00893 an hour
2 GiB1 vCPU50 GiB2,000 GiB$12.00 a month$0.01786 an hour
2 GiB2 vCPUs60 GiB3,000 GiB$18.00 a month$0.02679 an hour
4 GiB2 vCPUs80 GiB4,000 GiB$24.00 a month$0.03571 an hour
8 GiB4 vCPUs160 GiB5,000 GiB$48.00 a month$0.07143 an hour
16 GiB8 vCPUs320 GiB6,000 GiB$96.00 a month$0.14286 an hour

Droplet Pricing | DigitalOcean · read · every row quoted from this page

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Teams that want plain Linux virtual machines with predictable per-second billing from $4 a month, and the option of managed databases beside them. App Platform adds Git and Docker deploys on top.

Consider something else if…

You want a platform that manages the runtime for you rather than a server you administer.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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DigitalOcean pricing

7 criteria
Free tierYes — App Platform static sites only: up to three static-site-only apps, 1 GiB outbound data each
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Kind of free offerFree tier
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Entry paid plan$4.00
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Pricing modelbilled per second with a minimum charge of 60 seconds or $0.01, whichever is higher
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Egress over allowance$0.01 per GiB (Droplets); inbound transfer is free and allowances pool across the team.
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  • Bandwidth billing — DigitalOcean Docs ↗

    “Each Droplet plan includes an amount of free outbound data transfer. Additional outbound transfer is billed at $0.01 per GiB. Inbound transfer to Droplets is free. Transfer allowance and usage is pooled cumulatively across all Droplets at the team level, not individually per Droplet.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction

When you exceed a capBilled automatically — outbound transfer beyond the pooled plan allowance is charged at $0.01 per GiB; inbound transfer is free
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Startup credit programDigitalOcean Startups (formerly Hatch): credits (amount varies, up to $10,000/month) for 12 months, plus 15 months of free Standard Tier support. Requires ≤$10M raised and a registered business account; service-based startups are not eligible.
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  • DigitalOcean Startups ↗

    “Get the cloud infrastructure you need with DigitalOcean credits (amount varies) to focus on building, not billing. [...] Must have raised $10m or less.”

    Read 2026-09-11 · official site · Report a correction

Limits

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Storage (entry plan)10 GiB SSD on the cheapest Basic Droplet (Regular CPU, 512 MiB / 1 vCPU, $4.00/mo).
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Memory (entry plan)512 MiB on the cheapest Basic Droplet (Regular CPU, 1 vCPU, $4.00/mo).
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Sites or apps includedNo more than 10 Droplets can be created at the same time through the Control Panel or the API
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Included bandwidth500 GiB of included outbound transfer on the cheapest Basic Droplet ($4.00/mo, 512 MiB / 1 vCPU).
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File, inode or volume limitUp to 5000 Block Storage volumes per account
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Max request durationThe maximum timeout is 15 minutes. This includes initialization and function execution.
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Execution

1 criteria
Managed connection poolingSupported
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Deployment

4 criteria
Git deploymentSupported
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Docker deploymentSupported
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ContainersSupported
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Scheduled jobsSupported
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Infrastructure

8 criteria
Persistent processesSupported
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Persistent storageSupported
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Managed databasesSupported
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Edge networkLimited
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Scales to zeroNot supported
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AutoscalingSupported — App Platform autoscales on CPU or on request metrics; containers are added and removed by workload.
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  • Scale Apps — DigitalOcean Docs ↗

    “Autoscaling automatically adds or removes containers based on workload. This is useful for apps with high but inconsistent traffic. App Platform supports two categories of autoscaling metrics:”

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RegionsThirteen regions holding 16 datacenters: New York City (NYC1, NYC2, NYC3), Amsterdam (AMS3), San Francisco (SFO2, SFO3), Singapore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Bangalore, Sydney, Atlanta, Richmond, Kansas City and Memphis.
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  • Regional Availability — DigitalOcean Docs ↗

    “DigitalOcean has 16 datacenters across 13 regions. [...] Datacenter Region Slug NYC1 New York City, United States nyc1 NYC2 New York City, United States nyc2 NYC3 New York City, United States nyc3 AMS3 Amsterdam, the Netherlands ams3 SFO2 San Francisco, United States sfo2 SFO3 San Francisco, United States sfo3 SGP1 Singapore sgp1 LON1 London, United Kingdom lon1 FRA1 Frankfurt, Germany fra1 TOR1 Toronto, Canada tor1 BLR1 Bangalore, India blr1 SYD1 Sydney, Australia syd1 ATL1 Atlanta, United States atl1 RIC1 Richmond, United States ric1 MKC1 Kansas City, United States mkc1 MEM1 Memphis, United States mem1”

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Uptime SLA99.99% monthly uptime per individual Droplet, with a 100% service credit for any month below it. Instance-level, and the same for every customer.
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  • CPU Droplets SLA — DigitalOcean ↗

    “DigitalOcean commits to a monthly uptime percentage of 99.99% for each individual Droplet instance. This is an instance-level SLA, meaning the uptime percentage applies to the availability of each Droplet you provision, considered independently.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official site · Report a correction

Support

2 criteria
Support on entry paid planFree ticket-based support for everyone, 24/7. Paid plans buy speed and channels rather than infrastructure: Developer $24/month, Standard $99/month with live chat, Premium $999/month with a dedicated Slack channel and video calls.
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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 · Report a correction

Response time commitmentUnder 8 hours on Developer ($24/month), the cheapest paid support plan. Free is under 24 hours, Standard under 2 hours and Premium under 30 minutes. 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 · Report a correction

Compliance

10 criteria
SOC 2SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 Type II certifications issued by independent auditor Schellman & Company; reports via the Security Reports & Certifications Center.
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ISO 27001Listed only for DigitalOcean's colocated data center facilities, not as a DigitalOcean corporate certification; certificates via the Certifications Center.
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  • Trust Platform Certification Reports and Resources | DigitalOcean ↗

    “Please visit our Security Reports & Certifications Center for access to our SOC 2 Type II Report, PCI-DSS SAQ-A, CIS Benchmarks, and colocated data center certifications (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC Reports, PCI-DSS, etc). [...] Each of these colocated facilities maintains a unique certification suite that can be accessed through our Security Reports & Certifications Center”

    Read 2026-09-13 · official site · Report a correction

HIPAAAnnual third-party HIPAA/HITECH attestation; BAA offered through sales; ePHI allowed only on listed HIPAA Eligible products such as Droplets, Kubernetes, Spaces.
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  • HIPAA at DO | DigitalOcean Trust Platform ↗

    “The Company undergoes an annual risk assessment, performed by our external auditors, to attest to our adherence to HIPAA, the HIPAA Security Rule, and the HITECH Breach Notification Requirements. [...] Please contact your DigitalOcean sales representative to execute a BAA. [...] HIPAA Eligible Products”

    Read 2026-09-13 · official site · Report a correction

GDPR / data residencyCustomer selects the datacenter location at account creation; EU/UK residency available via the Amsterdam, Frankfurt and London datacenters.
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  • GDPR at DO | DigitalOcean Trust Platform ↗

    “We support customers' data sovereignty rights by offering data centers in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and London. [...] Customers are responsible for selecting the data center location that best meets their compliance needs when they open their accounts.”

    Read 2026-09-13 · official site · Report a correction

PCI DSSPCI-DSS SAQ-A validation under a Zero-Footprint data policy; DigitalOcean does not store, process or transmit cardholder data in its admin environment.
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Encryption at restVolumes block storage is encrypted with LUKS; the storage cluster is fully encrypted at rest and snapshots inherit that encryption.
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Customer-managed keysSpaces object storage supports SSE-C (server-side encryption with customer-provided keys); bucket-level encryption settings are not supported. Spaces object storage only; read from the Spaces S3-compatible API reference.
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Role-based access controlTeams have six predefined roles, plus custom roles containing only the permissions you choose.
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Private networking / VPCVPC networks are private interfaces inaccessible from the public internet; traffic within a VPC or between peered VPCs in the same datacenter is free.
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Dedicated infrastructureFour of the five bundled Droplet plans use dedicated CPUs with guaranteed full hyper-thread access; only the Basic plan shares hyper-threads.
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DigitalOcean pricing questions

How much does DigitalOcean cost?

$4.00.

Droplet Pricing — DigitalOcean · read

How does DigitalOcean charge?

billed per second with a minimum charge of 60 seconds or $0.01, whichever is higher.

Droplet Pricing | DigitalOcean Documentation · read

Does DigitalOcean have a free tier?

Yes.

App Platform Pricing | DigitalOcean Documentation · read

What happens if you exceed DigitalOcean's limits?

Billed automatically — outbound transfer beyond the pooled plan allowance is charged at $0.01 per GiB; inbound transfer is free.

Droplet Pricing | DigitalOcean Documentation · read

How much does DigitalOcean charge for egress?

$0.01 per GiB (Droplets); inbound transfer is free and allowances pool across the team.

Bandwidth billing — DigitalOcean Docs · read

What uptime does DigitalOcean guarantee?

99.99% monthly uptime per individual Droplet, with a 100% service credit for any month below it. Instance-level, and the same for every customer.

CPU Droplets SLA — DigitalOcean · read

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