DigitalOcean Pricing
Starting price
$4/month
Pricing model
Paid
Free tier
No
Free trial
Yes
Plans
| 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 |
Figures are the vendor's published prices. Unknown values show as “—”. Price-history tracking is not yet available for this tool. Price verified 2026-10-01. Last updated 2026-10-07.
True cost
True cost calculator
| Plan | Listed | Seat basis | Monthly · 5 seats | Annual · 5 seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Droplets | $4/month | flat | $4 | $48 |
| App Platform | $0/month | flat | $0 | $0 |
| Kubernetes | $12/month | flat | $12 | $144 |
| Managed Databases | $15/month | flat | $15 | $180 |
| Spaces Storage | $5/month | flat | $5 | $60 |
Estimate from published prices. Per-seat plans scale with seats; flat plans don't; plans with included seats charge the base until you exceed them, then add the per-seat overage where published. Monthly/annual come from each plan's billing period. Taxes and add-ons excluded.
DigitalOcean's starting price ($4) is 96% below the Cloud & Infrastructure average of $105.