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Tailored for growing businesses

Develop, manage, and scale your applications on DigitalOcean’s complete cloud platform.

Compute

Confidently build and release with scalable compute products in the cloud.

Databases

Optimize your application’s performance with fully managed databases.

Storage

With highly available and scalable storage options, you can store and quickly access. any amount of data

Networking

Secure resources and route applications with highly reliable and customizable networking products.

Marketplace

Build faster and smarter with a diverse catalog of preconfigured 1-Click Apps.

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Simple solutions for complex issues

Running a business is hard. Your cloud doesn’t have to be.

Web & mobile apps

Create and run your web and mobile apps’ backends with lightning speed.

Website hosting

Easily and reliably host a website for your business while keeping complete control of the underlying infrastructure.

Streaming

We provide the combination of flexible compute layers with low-bandwidth pricing that make building a streaming service easy for your developers – and cost-efficient for your business.

Gaming

Build your game on DigitalOcean with flexible compute options and low-bandwidth pricing that will allow you to scale your game as fast as you want.

Big data

Run both batch and streaming big data workloads. Gain valuable insights that help inform business initiatives, improve your customer experience, and drive business growth.

Managed services

Deploy and integrate any type of managed service – including SaaS, PaaS, DBaaS, and API – using our developer-friendly cloud platform.

For agencies and web dev shops

By providing a combination of flexible compute layers with low pricing, we empower you to create more powerful websites and applications for your clients at a lower cost than other cloud providers.

SaaS Solutions

With flexible compute options combined with a host of other tools – including Managed Databases and Kubernetes – you can build your SaaS exactly how you want while saving on hosting costs.

Startups

We ensure your cloud bills are predictable and affordable, while providing your business with a range of powerful compute options and networking tools that will scale with your business.

Host mission-critical solutions

Everything you need to run fast and scale faster.

Control your costs

We offer transparent, predictable pricing so you know what you’ll be paying every single time. Cloud Spectator – an independent benchmarking firm – concluded that DigitalOcean delivers the best CPU performance per dollar when compared with AWS and Google.

Protect your information

Our data centers are individually audited and certified by various internationally recognized compliance standards, including SOC 1, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Certification and EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Certification.

Automate & orchestrate with a click

Configure, manage, and scale your infrastructure using popular one-click DevOps tools. Leverage our API and open source libraries to easily manage resources.

Get global availability

Deliver a great user experiences with 99.99% uptime across eight data centers in 12 worldwide regions.

Collaborate with team accounts

Enable unified collaboration with distinct user roles, one invoice, and no shared credentials.

We’re always here for you

When you need help, get free around-the-clock technical support – or go in depth with Premier Support if your business needs a high-touch, personalized support experience.

Simple, predictable pricing

Always know what you’ll pay with monthly caps and flat pricing across all data centers.

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Basic Droplets

Balanced virtual machines with a healthy amount of memory tuned to host and scale applications like blogs, web apps, testing and staging environments, in-memory caching, and databases. Learn more

• 1 GB / 1 CPU
• 25 GB SSD Disk
• 1000 GB transfer

• 2 GB / 1 CPU
• 50 GB SSD Disk
• 2 TB transfer

• 2 GB / 2 CPUs
• 60 GB SSD Disk
• 3 TB transfer

• 4 GB / 2 CPUs
• 80 GB SSD Disk
• 4 TB transfer

• 8 GB / 4 CPUs
• 160 GB SSD Disk
• 5 TB transfer

• 16 GB / 8 CPUs
• 320 GB SSD Disk
• 6 TB transfer

General Purpose Droplets

Virtual machines with a healthy balance of memory and dedicated compute hyper-threads from best-in-class processors. Designed for the widest range of mainstream or production workloads, including web application hosting, e-commerce sites, medium-sized databases, and enterprise applications. Learn more

Memory	vCPUs	Transfer	SSD	$/HR	$/MO
8GB	2vCPU	4TB	25GB	$0.08929	$60.00
16GB	4vCPUs	5TB	50GB	$0.17857	$120.00
32GB	8vCPUs	6TB	100GB	$0.35714	$240.00
64GB	16vCPUs	7TB	200GB	$0.71429	$480.00
128GB	32vCPUs	8TB	400GB	$1.42857	$960.00
160GB	40vCPUs	9TB	500GB	$1.78571	$1200.00

CPU-Optimized Droplets

Compute-optimized virtual machines with dedicated hyper-threads from best-in-class Intel CPUs for workloads that rely on CPU more than RAM. Designed for CPU-intensive applications like CI/CD, video encoding, machine learning, ad serving, batch processing, and active front-end web servers. Learn more

Memory	vCPUs	Transfer	SSD Variant	SSD	$/HR	$/MO
4GB	2vCPUs	4TB	1x	25GB	$0.05952	$40.00
4GB	2vCPUs	4TB	2x	50GB	$0.06696	$45.00
8GB	4vCPUs	5TB	1x	50GB	$0.11905	$80.00
8GB	4vCPUs	5TB	2x	100GB	$0.13393	$90.00
16GB	8vCPUs	6TB	1x	100GB	$0.23810	$160.00
16GB	8vCPUs	6TB	2x	200GB	$0.26786	$180.00
32GB	16vCPUs	7TB	1x	200GB	$0.47619	$320.00
32GB	16vCPUs	7TB	2x	400GB	$0.53571	$360.00
64GB	32vCPUs	9TB	1x	400GB	$0.95238	$640.00
64GB	32vCPUs	9TB	2x	800GB	$1.07143	$720.00

Memory-Optimized Droplets

With 100% dedicated vCPU and 8GB of memory for each vCPU, this is our maximum memory Droplet. These Droplets are built for RAM-intensive applications like high-performance databases and real-time big data processing. Learn more

Memory	vCPUs	Transfer	SSD Variant	SSD	$/HR	$/MO
16GB	2vCPUs	4TB	1x	50GB	$0.11905	$80.00
16GB	2vCPUs	4TB	3x	150GB	$0.14881	$100.00
16GB	2vCPUs	4TB	6x	300GB	$0.18601	$125.00
32GB	4vCPUs	6TB	1x	100GB	$0.23810	$160.00
32GB	4vCPUs	6TB	3x	300GB	$0.29018	$195.00
32GB	4vCPUs	6TB	6x	600GB	$0.37202	$250.00
64GB	8vCPUs	7TB	1x	200GB	$0.47619	$320.00
64GB	8vCPUs	7TB	3x	600GB	$0.58036	$390.00
64GB	8vCPUs	7TB	6x	1.17TB	$0.74405	$500.00
128GB	16vCPUs	8TB	1x	400GB	$0.95238	$640.00
128GB	16vCPUs	8TB	3x	1.17TB	$1.16815	$785.00
128GB	16vCPUs	8TB	6x	2.34TB	$1.48810	$1000.00
192GB	24vCPUs	9TB	1x	600GB	$1.42857	$960.00
192GB	24vCPUs	9TB	3x	1.76TB	$1.74851	$1175.00
192GB	24vCPUs	9TB	6x	3.52TB	$2.23214	$1500.00
256GB	32vCPUs	10TB	1x	800GB	$1.90476	$1280.00
256GB	32vCPUs	10TB	3x	2.34TB	$2.32887	$1565.00
256GB	32vCPUs	10TB	6x	4.69TB	$2.97619	$2000.00

Storage-Optimized Droplets

Virtual machines with large amounts of NVMe SSD storage, along with 8 GB RAM per dedicated vCPU. Designed for extra large NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, Elasticsearch, TimeScaleDB); analytics systems, and data warehouses.

Memory	vCPUs	Transfer	SSD Variant	SSD	$/HR	$/MO
16GB	2vCPUs	4TB	1x	300GB	$0.18601	$125.00
16GB	2vCPUs	4TB	1.5x	450GB	$0.23065	$155.00
32GB	4vCPUs	6TB	1x	600GB	$0.37202	$250.00
32GB	4vCPUs	6TB	1.5x	900GB	$0.46131	$310.00
64GB	8vCPUs	7TB	1x	1.17TB	$0.74405	$500.00
64GB	8vCPUs	7TB	1.5x	1.76TB	$0.92262	$620.00
128GB	16vCPUs	8TB	1x	2.34TB	$1.48810	$1000.00
128GB	16vCPUs	8TB	1.5x	3.52TB	$1.84524	$1240.00
192GB	24vCPUs	9TB	1x	3.52TB	$2.23214	$1500.00
192GB	24vCPUs	9TB	1.5x	5.27TB	$2.75298	$1850.00
256GB	32vCPUs	10TB	1x	4.69TB	$2.97619	$2000.00
256GB	32vCPUs	10TB	1.5x	7.03TB	$3.69048	$2480.00

Block storage

Attach additional SSD-based Block Storage volumes to your Droplet to suit your database, file storage, application, service, mobile, and backup needs. Pricing starts at $0.10/GB per month.

Backups

The pricing for backups is 20% of the cost of your virtual machine. So, for example, if you want to enable backups for a $5 per month Droplet, the cost of the backup will be $1 per month.

Snapshots

Snapshots are charged at a rate of $0.05/GiB per month. Pricing is based on the size of the snapshot, not the size of the filesystem being saved. There is no additional charge for making a snapshot available in multiple regions.

Kubernetes

DigitalOcean Kubernetes provides the control plane for free, unlike other services that charge a management fee. This includes compute and storage infrastructure and management for processes like etcd, kube-apiserver, kube-controller-manager, kube-scheduler, cloud-controller-manager, and other services for Kubernetes cluster management.

Customers are billed for the underlying resources used by their Kubernetes worker nodes, which could include Droplets, Block Storage, and Load Balancers. A Kubernetes cluster can be deployed for as little as $10 per month. Only public outgoing transfers are considered for bandwidth billing. Transfer limits are calculated by pooling the transfer from all droplets on the account. Overages above pooled transfer will be charged at a rate of $0.01/GB.

The monthly price advertised is the max amount per month, the actual cost will depend on the number of node hours consumed within the billing period. Learn more

Container Registry

Easily store and manage private container images with a registry that integrates directly with DigitalOcean Kubernetes. Learn more

Features	Free	Basic $5	Professional $20
Repositories	1	5	Unlimited
Storage	500MB	5GB	100GB
Storage overage	n/a	$0.02 / GB	$0.02 / GB
Outbound transfer	500MB	5GB	100GB
Transfer overage	$0.10 / GB	$0.10 / GB	$0.10 / GB

App Platform

App Platform provides a simple, intuitive, and visually rich experience to rapidly build, deploy, manage, and scale apps. We provision and manage infrastructure, operating systems, databases, application runtimes, and other dependencies. This means you can go from code to production in just minutes. App Platform has three pricing tiers: Starter, Basic, and Professional. The capabilities and pricing for each tier are listed below.

Starter

Try App Platform and deploy static sites.

Starts at $ 0 / month *

Build static sites

Deploy hand coded or pre-generated HTML, CSS, JS, and icons

Deployment from GitHub

All apps are always https encrypted

Bring your custom domain

Cloudflare for global, high-performace content delivery

Unlimited team members

Outbound transfer – 1GB per app

Build minutes – 100/mo

May incur overages in the future

You can build and deploy 3 static sites for free. Every additional static site will be charged $3/mo.

Basic

Prototype your apps.

Starts at $ 5 / month

Build static sites

Deploy hand coded or pre-generated HTML, CSS, JS, and icons

Build and deploy dynamic apps (e.g. Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Docker)

Deployment from GitHub

All apps are always https encrypted

Bring your custom domain

Cloudflare for global, high-performace content delivery

Unlimited team members

Application metrics – Hourly

CPU – Shared

Auto OS patching

Manually adjust the size of your container

Outbound transfer – 40GB per app

Build minutes – 400/mo

May incur overages in the future

Professional

Deploy your production apps.

Starts at $ 12 / month

Build static sites

Deploy hand coded or pre-generated HTML, CSS, JS, and icons

Build and deploy dynamic apps (e.g. Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Docker)

Deployment from GitHub

All apps are always https encrypted

Bring your custom domain

Cloudflare for global, high-performace content delivery

Unlimited team members

Application metrics – Per-minute

CPU – Shared & dedicated

Auto OS patching

Manually adjust the size of your container

Scale out to meet high traffic demands

Run multiple instances of your container for redundancy

Outbound transfer – 100 GB per app

Build minutes – 1,000/mo

May incur overages in the future

If your dynamic app has static site components then all of them will be deployed at no additional charge on the Basic and Professional tiers. This is in addition to the 3 free static sites that you get as part of the Starter tier. Learn more

Pricing for App Platform’s Basic and Professional tiers

An app is typically made up of one or more components like web service, database, workers, etc. When you run an app, we deploy an instance (container) of each of the components. The table below shows the monthly pricing per instance.

CPUs	RAM	Basic tier (price/mo)	Professional tier (price/mo)
1	512MB	$5.00	вњ•
1	1GB	$10.00	$12.00
1	2GB	$20.00	$25.00
2	4GB	$40.00	$50.00
1 dedicated	4GB	вњ•	$75.00
2 dedicated	8GB	вњ•	$150.00
4 dedicated	16GB	вњ•	$300.00

Pricing for App Platform’s add-ons

If you need additional resources than what are included in the Starter, Basic, and Professional tiers, then the following prices will apply.

Product	Quantity	Price/mo
Managed Databases	Varies
Development Database	1 (512MB)	$7
Additional outbound transfer	1GB	$0.10
Spaces Object Storage	Varies

App Platform FAQ

Can you provide an example of how App Platform pricing works?

An app is typically made up of one or more components e.g. static assets, dynamic components like web service, workers, etc. When you run an app, we deploy an instance (container) of each of the components. For example:

• If an app is a static site, it will be deployed for free on the Starter tier. You can build and deploy 3 static sites for free on the Starter tier. Every additional static site will be charged $3.00 /mo.
• If your app is dynamic and has components like web service, background worker, and database, then you should select the Basic or Professional tier. You can then select the size of the instance (container) that will run the components. For example, if you select the Professional tier for your dynamic app, then you could select a 2GB RAM instance ($25/mo) for the web service component, a 1GB RAM instance ($12/mo) for the background worker, and development database add-on ($7/mo) for the database. You could scale each of the components if needed.

How much outbound transfer do I get with App Platform?

You get outbound transfer bandwidth for every app you deploy using App Platform.

Tier – outbound transfer/month

• Starter – 1GB / Static site
• Basic – 40GB per app
• Professional – 100GB per app

Your outbound transfer is pooled at the account level. For example, if you deploy 3 static sites, 2 apps on Basic tier, and 1 app on Professional tier, then the total outbound transfer for your account will be 183GB per month (i.e. 3GB from the 3 static sites, 80GB from the 2 apps on Basic tier, and 100 GB from the 1 app on Professional tier).

What happens if I exceed the usage limits?

You can build and deploy 3 static sites for free on the Starter tier. Every additional static site will be charged $3.00 /mo. We may charge you for overages if you exceed the limits on outbound transfer.

Resources – Overage charge

outbound transfer – $0.10 /GB

How much does the Starter tier cost?

The Starter tier is ideal to try App Platform and deploy static sites. You can build and deploy 3 static sites for free and for every additional static site, you would be charged $3.00 /month. You also get 1GB of outbound transfer per month for every static site. If you exceed this usage limit, we may charge you for overages.

Are there any compute resources in the Starter tier?

No, if your app needs compute resources, you would need to upgrade to the Basic or Professional tier.

Are there any free resources in the Basic and Professional tiers?

Yes. If your dynamic app has static site components (e.g. www.my_dynamic_app.com/site1, www.my_dynamic_app.com/site2 ) then all of them will be deployed at no additional charge on the Basic and Professional tiers. This is in addition to the 3 free static sites that you get as part of the Starter tier. Learn more

What is a development database?

A development database has 512MB RAM. It has more limited capabilities than a Managed Database. It can only be used from the app it belongs to, it is not backed up by default, it does not support multi-database creation – and if the app is destroyed, the development database is destroyed with it. Currently, the development database only supports PostgreSQL.

What are build minutes?

The time required to build or rebuild an application counts towards your build minutes. Every pricing tier includes a set amount of build minutes per app per month. At this time, if you use more than your included allowance, there is no additional charge. In the future, we may charge for overages if you exceed the build minutes includeding your tier.

Managed Databases

Combine the power of our core VM platform with a fully managed MySQL, Redis, and PostgreSQL database engine to give your application the performance it needs—without the operational overhead that comes with building and running your own database server. Learn more

Spaces Object Storage

Simple and scalable S3-compatible object storage with a built-in content delivery network (CDN) to store, serve, back up, and archive any amount of web content, images, media, and static files for your web apps. Learn more

Storage	Outbound Transfer (w/CDN)	Add’l. GB Stored	Add’l. GB Transferred (w/CDN)	$/MO
250GB	1TB	$0.02/GB	$0.01/GB	$5.00

How does our pricing compare?

See how much you’ll save with DigitalOcean, while getting better performance and the best customer service.

Our simple approach to bandwidth

Explore how each Droplet accrues a bandwidth allowance that is shared in a pool between all Droplets at the account level.

Load Balancers

Scale your applications and improve availability, security, and performance by spreading traffic across your compute resources.

Small

For static websites and blogs with low to moderate traffic

Medium

For transaction-driven sites or services with moderate traffic

Large

For busy sites, services, or endpoints where high performance is a must

Tools

Floating IPs

Floating IPs are free to use as long as they are attached to a Droplet. Due to limited IPv4 availability, we charge $0.00595 per hour for floating IPs that have been reserved but not assigned to a Droplet.

What forms of payment do you accept?

We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, and PayPal. For additional payment options, including wire transfer, purchase orders, and ACH, please contact us.

Note that when you add a card, we may send a temporary pre-authorization request to the issuing bank. This pre-authorization charge is immediately released by DigitalOcean but may take a few days to clear from your card depending on the bank.

When will my card be charged?

DigitalOcean billing cycles are monthly. Typically, on the first day of each month we invoice and automatically charge your account’s primary payment method for the previous month’s usage. In some cases, we might charge if your usage exceeds a threshold. You can also login and self pay the balance at any time.

Am I charged when I enter my credit card?

No. Your card is only charged at the end of the billing cycle or upon exceeding a usage threshold.

Pre-authorization charge: When you add a card, we may send a preauthorization request to the issuing bank. This is to verify that the card being added has been issued by the bank and that they will authorize any charges in future. These temporary pre-authorizations are typically $1 but can vary in range and are immediately canceled by us. Depending on your bank, it might take a few days for the charge to clear from the card.

Will taxes be included in my monthly invoice?

We’re required by law to apply taxes in some countries. Click here to learn whether we collect taxes in your country, what the tax rate is, etc.

Why am I billed for powered off Droplets?

When you power off your Droplet, you are still billed for it. This is because your disk space, CPU, RAM, and IP address are all reserved, even while powered off. Therefore, charges are made until you destroy the instance.

How do I destroy my resources?

Check out the docs to learn how to destroy Droplets, Kubernetes clusters, Managed Databases clusters (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis), Spaces, Volumes, Firewalls, and Load Balancers.

Can I be notified if my bill exceeds a threshold?

Yes, you can set up billing alerts and we will email you if the monthly spending exceeds an amount you specify.

What if I use my Droplet for less than a month, would I still be charged for the whole month?

You will never be billed more than the monthly cost of your Droplet. All Droplets are billed hourly up to a monthly cap of 672 hours (the number of hours in 4 weeks). If you use your server for fewer than 672 hours during the month, you will be billed for each hour that you used it. If you use your server for more than 672 hours that month, you will be billed at the monthly cost. For example, if you spin up a $10/mo Droplet and use it for 336 hours, then you would be charged $5 (going by the hourly rate). If you use that Droplet for 700 hours, then you would be charged $10 (capped at the monthly rate).

I got a $100 credit when I opened an account. When will my card be charged?

Your card will be charged only after you have utilized the free credits. For example, if you received a $100 credit for 60 days, then that $100 credit is automatically applied to your account. If you spend $25 in that timeframe, then your card will not be charged. If you spend $300, then the $100 credit would be fully utilized and your card will be charged only $200. Since the credit is valid for 60 days, you won’t be able to use any remaining credit after 60 days.

I spun up a $5 Droplet, but my monthly bill is more than $5. Why is that?

Our pricing is based on a single Droplet. You may have created additional resources and this could be the reason for the higher bill. You can check your bill in the control panel to get details on the various resources you are using. If you need help, please contact support.

What’s the price for the Marketplace 1-Click Apps?

We charge you for the underlying compute on which the 1-Click Apps runs.

How do I remove my card from the account?

To remove a credit or debit card, click the «. » menu of the card, then click Delete. In the Confirm Delete Card window that opens, click Delete to remove the card. You cannot remove a card if it is the default payment method for your account or if it’s the only card left on your account.

Can I have a refund?

We do not offer refunds. If there are extenuating circumstances, contact support.

Can I prepay for my resources?

Yes, you can make pre-payments with PayPal. Pre-payments let you pay ahead of time for future resource usage. When your account balance is due, we apply pre-payments before we charge any credit or debit cards.

How do you calculate costs in the pricing calculator?

Our pricing calculator uses 672 hours (hours in a 31-day month) to calculate the monthly cost for each provider. On-demand prices are shown.

Prices are drawn from the following data centers:

• DigitalOcean: Prices consistent throughout all data centers
• GCP: US East (Iowa)
• AWS: US East (Ohio)
• Azure: US East (no state specified)

The configurations we’ve used from other providers for this comparison are as follows:

• AWS- t3.micro, t3.small, t3.medium, t3.large, t3.xlarge, t3.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.12xlarge, m5.12xlarge, m5.12xlarge, c5.large, c5.xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.9xlarge
• GCP- f1-micro, g1-micro, n1-standard-4, n1-standard-8, n1-standard-16, n1-standard-32, n1-standard-64, n1-standard-96, n1-highcpu-4, n1-highcpu-8, n1-highcpu-16, n1-highcpu-32, n1-highcpu-64
• Azure-B1S, B1MS, B2S, B2MS, B4MS, B8MS, A8m v2, A8m v2, D32 v3, D32 v3, F2s v2, F4s v2, F8s v2, F16s v2, F32s v2

The pricing calculator does not account for all available discounts. The pricing calculator does not include backups or snapshots, which incur an additional fee. DigitalOcean acknowledges that there is some variability and complexity in other providers’ pricing. If you wish to better understand the pricing for one of the providers included in our pricing calculator, we recommend you use the pricing calculators/lists from those providers.

The pricing calculator was last updated on February 13, 2019.