DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider offering simple, developer-friendly compute, storage, databases, and Kubernetes for startups and businesses.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Teams that need to orchestrate containerized applications will find DigitalOcean's Kubernetes service beneficial.
Who should look elsewhere
Less features than AWS
Pros
- +Simple pricing
- +Good docs
- +Developer friendly
Cons
- −Less features than AWS
- −Cloud & Infrastructure
Key features
- ✓Droplets
- ✓Kubernetes
- ✓App Platform
- ✓Managed databases
- ✓Object storage
- ✓Load balancers
- ✓VPC networking
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Droplets | $4 | month | Virtual machines; Quick deployment; On-demand scaling |
| App Platform | $0 | month | Build and deploy apps; Fully managed; Zero infrastructure management |
| Kubernetes | $12 | month | Managed Kubernetes; Free control plane; Free bandwidth allowance |
| Managed Databases | $15 | month | MongoDB, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL; Automated failover; Daily backups |
| Spaces Storage | $5 | month | S3-compatible; Scalable; Built-in CDN |