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# DigitalOcean

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> Cloud-based platform for developers, startups, and SMBs, offering compute, storage, managed databases, Kubernetes, and AI/ML.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 159 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of DigitalOcean

\* Reduces cloud spend with transparent, usage-based pricing, monthly cost caps, no hidden fees, and no egress fees between DigitalOcean resources, supporting predictable budgeting compared to hyperscaler pricing models.
\* Accelerates infrastructure provisioning through a simplified control panel, CLI, and API, allowing engineering teams to deploy virtual machines, storage, and managed services without extensive cloud expertise.
\* Supports AI and machine learning workloads via GPU-accelerated Droplets and a managed model deployment environment, removing the need to configure specialized hardware independently.
\* Managed database offerings for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis handle automated backups, failover, and patching, reducing database administration burden on small engineering teams.
\* Kubernetes clusters are fully managed, covering control plane operations, upgrades, and scaling, so development teams can focus on application delivery rather than cluster maintenance.
\* Built-in cloud firewalls, DDoS mitigation, VPC isolation, and private networking provide layered security controls configurable without third-party security tooling.
\* Integrated monitoring, alerting, and centralized logging give engineering teams infrastructure observability from within the platform, without requiring additional observability services.
\* One-click application deployments and pre-configured Marketplace images reduce setup time for common development stacks, databases, and self-hosted tools.
\* App Platform provides a managed application hosting environment supporting automatic builds and deployments from source control, suited for teams prioritizing delivery speed over infrastructure control.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 159 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support Software | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: DigitalOcean

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$4.00
- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: App Platform: Starting at $0/month
Droplets: Starting at $4/month
GPU Droplets: Starting at $2.50/GPU/hour
Kubernetes: Starting at $12/month
Functions: Starting at $0/month
Databases: Starting at $15/month
Spaces: Starting at $5/month
Volumes: Starting at $10/month
Load Balancers: Starting at $12/month
Container Registry: Starting at $0/month
Support Plans: Starting at $0/month
Uptime: Starting at $0/month
Backups: 20% (for weekly) of Droplet cost per month and 30% (for daily) of Droplet cost per month
Additional GPU Options: Please contact DigitalOcean directly for pricing details.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States

## Features

- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Backup and Recovery
- Cloud Computing
- Collaboration Tools
- Control Panel
- Cost Management
- Data Dictionary Management
- Data Migration
- Data Security
- Data Storage Management
- Deployment Management
- Graphical User Interface
- Integrated Development Environment
- Load Balancing Software
- Log Access
- Monitoring
- Multi-Cloud Management
- Network Monitoring Software
- Relational Database Management

## Integrations (29 total)

- AWS VPN
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
- Apache HTTP Server Project
- Brevo Marketing Platform
- Docker
- Elsevier Pure
- FTP Hosting
- Flask
- Git
- Google Analytics
- Google Cloud Console
- High Fidelity
- Laravel
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MongoDB

... and 14 more integrations

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base Software
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/352/platform-as-a-service-paas/software)

## Related Categories

- [Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/352/platform-as-a-service-paas/software)
- [IaaS Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/521/iaas/software)
- [Virtual Private Server (VPS) Solutions ](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/3821/virtual-private-server/software)
- [Machine Learning Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/1399/machine-learning/software)
- [Conversational AI Platforms](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/1647/conversational-ai-platform/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Essential Studio](https://www.getapp.ca/software/171039/essential-studio) — 4.5/5 (946 reviews)
2. [GitHub](https://www.getapp.ca/software/90537/github) — 4.8/5 (6205 reviews)
3. [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.getapp.ca/software/100377/microsoft-visual-studio-online) — 4.6/5 (3014 reviews)
4. [Microsoft Azure](https://www.getapp.ca/software/1022/azure) — 4.6/5 (1979 reviews)
5. [Jira](https://www.getapp.ca/software/9953/jira) — 4.4/5 (15483 reviews)

## Reviews

### "from good to perfect" — 4.0/5

> **Samuel Isaí** | *August 26, 2023* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I love GUI, how easy it´s to deploy a react app with a droplet o a backend with nodejs
> 
> **Cons**: I had some issues with my spaces and contacted customer service around 3 time and they didn´t give a solution
> 
> Digital ocean was my first IaaS and it is so easy to start learning how it works, i have deploy 4 backend servers and i feel confortable when i think of creating more of them in digital ocean, so the only thing that is left is funtions (like AWS with lambda funtions)

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### "Deploying Linux or open-source software? Use DigitalOcean" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *June 28, 2020* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The most amazingly refreshing platform to use in a long time, especially for back-end work. We'd switched from AWS, which was incredibly cumbersome to administer.
> 
> **Cons**: We sometimes have had to migrate between data centers because the machines we wanted in the data center in which we already had nodes didn't have the same node available for scaling.
> 
> In a word -- superb on all fronts -- as an example, we were replicating a certain image type that wouldn't work -- any time we'd load the image on a new box, it would fail. It turned out to be a very specific issue around the length of the image name on a specific Debian release -- the DigitalOcean support team figured it out, and looped back with us, long after we'd simply rebuilt the image.

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### "Terrible hosting\!" — 1.0/5

> **Omer** | *July 27, 2022* | Airlines/Aviation | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: nothing, nothing at all\! I didnt like anyting at all.
> 
> **Cons**: Stay away at all costs\! You will regret it\!
> 
> I have used Digital Ocean for more than 2 years and I regret it. 

I started over the recommendation of our freelancer, but in 2 years, I always had a hard time, from setting up, to managing, to backup, and performance, everything was very hard and confusing for me. And whenever I had a problem and opened a ticket, I only received automated responses and never heard from a real person answering my messages\! In the end, one of my sites was hacked because of Digital Ocean and they didn't even bother to respond to me for anything at all\!

I finally pulled the plug and changed to another hosting provider which I am happy with\!

So, in short, if you are not a genius with IT, stay away from Digital Ocean. Or if you use, pray that you will not have any problems and will need technical support, because if you do, support will be nowhere to be found\!

Stay away at all costs\! You will regret it\!

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### "Great Cloud Provider" — 5.0/5

> **Christian** | *June 9, 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Very easy to use - can get started pretty quickly with little to no training.
> 
> **Cons**: Parts of the dashboard UI differ too much, making the products that are different harder to find things for configuration.
> 
> I use DigitalOcean for deploying and hosting a few web applications. A couple of them are with collaboration with a designer or another developer. Setting up new instances of different products is easy and deploying is a breeze.

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### "Great cloud hosting for everyone" — 4.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *June 19, 2023* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Digitalocean is so extremely easy to use. You can get a product deployed in under 10 minutes, with super fast build times.
> 
> **Cons**: It is somewhat expensive, however the ease of use makes it very worth it.
> 
> We have had a great experience with Digitalocean ever since we started using it. It is extremely easy to use and very fast.

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